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Winnie and Bob Crawford Foundation at a glance

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Winnie and Bob Crawford Foundation

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.

$538k
Granted FY2022
20
Grants FY2022
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States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$524kArts & Culture$330kInternational$30kEnvironment$16kPhilanthropy$11kCommunity Improvement$10kReligion$10kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2022 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $411,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $538,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $126,500 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 · FY2022

  • Under $10k14 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$2,500
Median grant
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States reached
$846k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lake Forest College$250,000
Field Museum -Pledge$100,000
Wolcott School$10,000
Field Museum$10,000
DesPlaines Wetland Conservancy (Halter)$10,000
Lake County Community Foundation/NEL Lake C$10,000
U of Pennsylvania - Wharton$2,500
Art Institute of Chicago$2,500
AUSL$2,500
Dickinson College$2,500
University of Pennsylvania/Wharton$2,500
Ragdale$1,500
Christian Century$1,000
City Lights/Fourth Presbyterian$1,000
Gorton Community Center$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 (FY19–20, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RENEW COMMUNITIES NFP: $5k → 8%RENEW COMMUNITIES NFP: $5k → 8%GORTON COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 8%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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$460k · 3 repeat orgs$492k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
23

Total granted

$460k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+38%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $412k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’22
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • Lake Forest College
    2× · 2019–2020 · $250k · revenue +58%
  • RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $200k · revenue +40%
  • RC
    RENEW COMMUNITIES NFP
    2× · 2019–2020 · $10k · revenue -18%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -24%
  • LO
    Lyric Opera of Chicagograduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +34%
  • MT
    MCCORMICK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 22-22148
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
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
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
2
Lake Forest Academy

Lake forest academy strives to embody in its practices - and to cultivate in its students -excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

Education
3
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

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4
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
5
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
6
The Trustees of Grinnell College

To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Northern Illinois University Foundation

The niu foundation's mission is to energize and connect the private sector with the niu community to secure and steward resources that support the future and growth of niu.

Education
9
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
12
East-West University

East-west university is an independent institution of higher learning located in downtown chicago. its mission is the pursuit of excellence by all through relevant, effective and convenient education and service to humankind with a global,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lake Forest College; the most unlike its peers is Faraja Fund Foundation. 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 47 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lake Forest College: $250,000 · OtherLake Forest CollegeField Museum -Pledge: $100,000 · OtherField Museum -Pledge+30 more: $82,700 · Other+30 moreLake Forest College: $250,000 · EducationLake Forest College+4 more: $6,692 · EducationRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIAT…Lyric Opera of Chicago: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $25,000 · InternationalOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $5,000 · InternationalRENEW COMMUNITIES NFP: $10,000 · Human ServicesGorton Community Center: $1,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL RECREATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsBOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION: $500 · Recreation & SportsWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 · Environment
Other$432,700Education$256,692Arts & Culture$211,000International$30,000Human Services$11,000Recreation & Sports$5,500Environment$5,000

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 budgetLake Forest College: $250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRENEW COMMUNITIES NFP: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL RECREATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDICKINSON COLLEGE: $3,092 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE FOREST FOUNDATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Lake County: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARAJA FUND FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGorton Community Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLake Forest Police Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUniversity of New England: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE SPIRIT MEDIA NFP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELAWA FARM FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Chicago Community…Clarks Fork FoundationJohn and Kathleen Sch…Anne Hunting Foundati…Hunting FoundationRed Bird Hollow Found…Harold M & Adeline S …The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…
The Chicago Community TrustIL20.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Clarks Fork Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Anne Hunting Foundation · Hunting Foundation · Red Bird Hollow Foundation · Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Winnie and Bob Crawford Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Winnie and Bob Crawford 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Winnie and Bob Crawford Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Winnie and Bob Crawford Foundation 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 47 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $362k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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