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William R and Mary Anne Litgen Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

William R and Mary Anne Litgen Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$506kHuman Services$72kEducation$63kRecreation & Sports$41kHealth$40kHousing & Shelter$22kFood & Nutrition$13kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $19k
$2,069
Median grant
1
States reached
$447k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARY OF VERNON CHURCH$18,700
COVE ALLIANCE$7,400
AID FOR WOMEN$5,000
VARIOUS 1000$2,069
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,400
CATHOLIC CHARITIES GIFT PROGRAM$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW MOMS: $1k → 14%MADONNA MISSION: $1k → 14%MADONNA MISSION: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$634k · 25 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +155% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
28

Total granted

$634k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+155%
+17%

Still filing today

24%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthReligionHuman ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • AF
    AID FOR WOMEN INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $19k · revenue +155%
  • FO
    FRANCISCAN OUTREACH
    4× · 2017–2020 · $10k · revenue +134%
  • SC
    SARAH'S CIRCLE
    2× · 2019–2023 · $8k · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MOSES CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $42k
  • SM
    ST MARY OF VERNON -ST ANGELA
    one grant, 2019 · $13k
  • KO
    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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.

04Its 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
Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary

Catholic charities provides and advocates for the physical, emotional, and social needs of the poor and vulnerable. we focus our attention on people (individuals and families) who live in poverty and are marginalized in other ways. our…

Human Services
2
House of the Good Shepherd

House of Good Shepherd serves with love and compassion women and children affected by domestic violence by offering a safe place with opportunities for emotional, educational and spiritual growth, giving hope and continued support for a…

Human Services
3
Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants

Serving recently arrived migrants and asylum seekers in the Chicagoland area and is committed to upholding the dignity and human rights of immigrants.

Human Services
4
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago's purpose is to partner with mission-driven people and organizations across Cook and Lake counties and to witness a message of mercy and hope to a world in need through service.

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5
Dominican University

Dominican University provides instruction to students seeking an Associates, Undergraduate or Graduate degree (some doctorate and certificates), and administers all of its programs without discrimination of race, color, gender, religion,…

Education
6
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
7
Respond Now

Respond now connects those in need with health, hunger, and housing services in the chicago southland.

Human Services
8
Depaul Community Services Inc

To provide residential and rehabilitation services to clients with mental illnesses

Health
9
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
10
Lakeside Community Committee

To enhance the quality of life for children and families by inspiring hope and empowerment and growth within all whom we serve.

Human Services
11
Chicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for

Providing academic support to children experiencing homelessness in Chicago and providing resources and services to families experiencing homelessness in Chicago.

Education
12
St Jude House Inc

MISSION - ST. JUDE HOUSE, Inc. (St. Jude House) IS a family violence prevention center and shelter; our mission is TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND SERVE WITH JOY. Vision - St. Jude House is a catalyst in Northwest Indiana for the prevention,…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Moms Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Dynamic Catholic Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 54 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY OF VERNON CHURCH: $391,807 · OtherST MARY OF VERNON CHURCHST EDWARD SCHOOL: $58,700 · OtherST EDWARD SCHOOLST MOSES CHURCH: $42,173 · OtherST MOSES CHURCHCOVE ALLIANCE: $27,415 · Other+39 more: $197,209 · Other+39 moreUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $40,000 · EducationSARAH'S CIRCLE: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterLAKE COUNTY SPONSORS: $6,000 · ReligionTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $1,000 · ReligionPADS Lake County Inc: $2,500 · HealthRESILIENCE: $2,000 · HealthDANNY DID FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · HealthMadonna Mission: $2,000 · Human ServicesNEW MOMS INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,000 · International
Other$717,304Education$40,000Housing & Shelter$8,000Religion$7,000Health$6,000Human Services$3,000International$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAID FOR WOMEN INC: $19,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFRANCISCAN OUTREACH: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSARAH'S CIRCLE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE COUNTY SPONSORS: $6,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPADS Lake County Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRESILIENCE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMadonna Mission: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDANNY DID FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW MOMS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHAEL JOSEPH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIV OF NOTRE DAME CLUB OF CHICAGO: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds AID FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds SARAH'S CIRCLE ↗
  • Who funds LAKE COUNTY SPONSORS ↗
  • Who funds NOURISHING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds PADS Lake County Inc ↗
  • Who funds RESILIENCE ↗
  • Who funds Madonna Mission ↗
  • Who funds DANNY DID FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW MOMS INC ↗

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.

AbbVie FoundationHelen V Brach Foundat…The Chicago Community…John Marshall Family …The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
AbbVie FoundationIL18.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John Marshall Family Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization William R and Mary Anne Litgen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William R and Mary Anne Litgen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 54 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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