Skip to content
Ventas Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Ventas Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$577k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$734kCommunity Improvement$659kArts & Culture$349kEducation$309kHealth$226kYouth Development$127kHuman Services$116kEnvironment$109kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 35 grants below total $523,785, the rows itemized in this filing. The $577,035 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $53,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $102k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $360k
$2,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$8.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Greater Chicago Food Depository$249,524
The Commercial Club Foundation$60,000
REEC Foundation$50,000
Lurie Childrens Foundation$27,600
President and Fellows of Harvard College$25,000
Chicago Botanic Garden$19,250
Drexel Uni Lebow College of Business$15,000
After School Matters, Inc.$15,000
One Tail at a Time$5,650
Wellspring Womens Center$5,061
Openlands$5,000
Benchmark One Company Fund$5,000
Fenwick High School$3,800
Youth Guidance$3,000
Youthbuild$2,900
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 36 repeat orgs$731k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
81

Total granted

$2.0M
$657k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+15%

Still filing today

67%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $723k · revenue +34%
  • TG
    THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $425k · revenue +805% · 77% of their budget
  • JF
    JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    2× · 2022–2023 · $190k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • TJ
    The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Artw
    one grant, 2021 · $95k
  • NC
    NORTHSIDE CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +7%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +20%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
6
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
9
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
10
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is After School Matters Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Stiff Person Syndrome Research. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

80 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 80 of the 133 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/80
Grantees still filing
50/80
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $723,214 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSIT…+1 more: $2,000 · Food & NutritionTHE COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION: $110,000 · OtherTHE COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATIONThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Artw: $95,090 · OtherThe John F. Kennedy Center for t…Lurie Childrens Foundation: $55,200 · OtherLurie Childrens FoundationREEC Foundation: $50,000 · OtherREEC FoundationTHE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB: $30,000 · Other+88 more: $508,919 · Other+88 moreTHE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC: $425,000 · Community ImprovementTHE GLOBAL INSTITUT…NAREIT FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Community ImprovementNAREIT FOUNDATION+2 more: $19,550 · Community ImprovementTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $98,250 · EducationTRUSTEES OF …President and Fellows of Harvard College: $75,000 · EducationPresident an…NORTHSIDE CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $50,000 · EducationNORTHSIDE CE…AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $44,100 · EducationAFTER SCHOOL…Erikson Institute: $23,500 · EducationErikson Inst…Youth Guidance: $13,000 · Education+4 more: $19,000 · Education+4 moreJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $190,252 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KEN…Chicago Symphony Orchestra: $25,000 · Arts & CultureChicago Sy…STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $22,000 · Arts & CultureSTEPPENWOL…ALL STARS PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureALL STARS …+3 more: $14,500 · Arts & Culture+3 moreCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $55,025 · HealthLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC: $25,000 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $22,900 · HealthCURE JM FOUNDATION: $12,000 · HealthNORTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthALLIANCE OF HOPE FOR SUICIDE LOSS SURVIVORS: $8,000 · Health+8 more: $20,000 · HealthCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $72,000 · EnvironmentTHE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE: $17,400 · Environment
Food & Nutrition$725,214Other$849,209Community Improvement$499,550Education$322,850Arts & Culture$266,752Health$177,925Environment$89,400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $723,214 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GLOBAL INSTITUTE ON INNOVATION DISTRICTS INC: $425,000 over 2y, 77% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $190,252 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $98,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $72,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $55,025 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNAREIT FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetNORTHSIDE CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $44,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetErikson Institute: $23,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $22,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE TAIL AT A TIME NFP: $22,650 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGlobal Compact Network USA Inc: $22,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetA BETTER CHANCE INC: $22,450 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $22,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE: $17,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN CORPORATE DIRECTORS EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $15,550 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALL STARS PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Guidance: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCURE JM FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetELDERSERVE INC: $11,800 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LINCOLN ACADEMY OF ILLINOIS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO: $8,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFIGUEROA WU FAMILY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE OF HOPE FOR SUICIDE LOSS SURVIVORS: $8,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE 13TH MAN INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $7,315 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWELLSPRING WOMEN'S CENTER: $5,061 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENCHMARK ONE COMPANY FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetChicago Cubs Charities: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO LOUISVILLE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG ADULT DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION INC: $4,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCore El Centro Incorporated: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Baird Foundation IncRepublic Bank Foundat…The Chicago Community…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Brown-Forman Foundati…Cralle Foundation IncJohn D and Catherine …LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Robert R McCormick Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Baird Foundation IncWI17.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Brown-Forman Foundation · Cralle Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ventas Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ventas Charitable Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 133 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Ventas’ filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home