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Woods Fund of Chicago

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
120
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$170k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Civil Rights$6.4MCommunity Improvement$4.0MCrime & Legal$2.5MEmployment$1.2MHousing & Shelter$1.0MHuman Services$961kPhilanthropy$863kEducation$632kOther$0
02FY2024 · 120 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $800k
  • $50k–250k80 grants · $4.8M
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CROSSROADS FUND$170,000
Individual grant recipient$150,000
HANA CENTER$120,000
SOUTHSIDE TOGETHER ORGANIZING FOR POWER$120,000
KENWOOD OAKLAND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION$100,000
CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS$90,000
BLACK ROOTS ALLIANCE$90,000
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$75,000
BRIGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL$60,000
CHICAGO COMMUNITY AND WORKERS RIGHTS$60,000
WESTSIDE RISING$60,000
ORGANIZING NEIGHBORHOODS FOR EQUALITY NORTHSIDE$60,000
SOUTHSIDERS ORGANIZED FOR UNITY AND LIBERATION$60,000
GOODKIDS MADCITY ENGLEWOOD$60,000
LATINO UNION INC AKA LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO$60,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $2.1M) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LATINO UNION INC AKA LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $60k → 14%LATINO UNION INC AKA LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $50k → 14%LATINO UNION INC AKA LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $50k → 14%LATINO UNION INC AKA LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $40k → 14%LATINO UNION INC AKA LATINO UNION OF CHICAGO: $40k → 14%EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION: $50k → 14%EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION: $45k → 14%EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION: $40k → 14%EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION: $26k → 14%JANE ADDAMS SENIOR CAUCUS: $28k → 14%JANE ADDAMS SENIOR CAUCUS: $28k → 14%COALITION FOR SPIRITUAL AND PUBLIC LEADERSHIP NFP: $60k → 14%COALITION FOR SPIRITUAL AND PUBLIC LEADERSHIP NFP: $35k → 14%CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS UNITED WORKERS' CENTER: $60k → 14%CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS: $50k → 14%CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS UNITED WORKERS' CENTER: $50k → 14%CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS UNITED WORKERS' CENTER: $35k → 14%CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS: $35k → 14%HANA CENTER: $120k → 14%HANA CENTER: $55k → 14%HANA CENTER: $51k → 14%HANA CENTER: $45k → 14%THE HANA CENTER: $45k → 14%EASTLAKE TENANTS UNION: $35k → 14%ILLINOIS PARTNERS FOR HUMAN SERVICE: $30k → 14%NORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER DBA NORTHWEST CENTER: $50k → 14%NORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER DBA NORTHWEST CENTER: $40k → 14%NORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER: $40k → 14%NORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER: $20k → 14%NORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER: $20k → 14%VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS: $30k → 14%PASO-WEST SUBURBAN ACTION PROJECT: $50k → 14%PASO-WEST SUBURBAN ACTION PROJECT: $50k → 14%PASO - WEST SUBURBAN ACTION PROJECT: $40k → 14%PASO-WEST SUBURBAN ACTION PROJECT: $35k → 14%PASO-WEST SUBURBAN ACTION PROJECT: $30k → 14%MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $50k → 14%MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $50k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $50k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $45k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $35k → 14%BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE: $35k → 14%FATHERS FAMILIES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: $25k → 14%MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $25k → 14%MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $25k → 14%LATIN WOMEN IN ACTION AKA MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION: $18k → 14%FATHERS FAMILIES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: $20k → 14%FATHERS FAMILIES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
SD
CT
CA
CO
AZ
DC

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$17M · 113 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +33% for the ones you funded once.

113 repeat relationships — 79 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

113
100

Total granted

$17M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+33%

Still filing today

74%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalCivil RightsEducationHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CF
    CROSSROADS FUND INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $524k · revenue +167%
  • KO
    Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
    5× · 2020–2024 · $436k · revenue +88%
  • ST
    Southside Together Organizing For Power
    5× · 2020–2024 · $330k · revenue +261% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • JC
    JUST CHICAGO COLLECTIVE (FS BYP100 EDUCATION FUND)
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • OC
    OPEN COLLECTIVE FOUNDATION AKA PATHS (FISCAL SPONSOR THE PRAXIS PROJECT)
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • Center for Third World Organizinggraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $70k · revenue +34%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
3
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence

The Network is a group of 40+ member organizations dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by gender-based violence through education, public policy and advocacy, and connecting community members with direct service providers.…

Human Services
4
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
5
Alianza Leadership Institute

The Alliance of the SouthEast (ASE) builds the capacity of leaders, organizers, and associations that carry out community and social change. We envision a powerful grassroots base that impacts decision makers and wins real improvements in…

Human Services
6
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs

The Jewish Council on Urban Affair's (JCUA) longstanding mission is to combat poverty, racism and antisemitism working in partnership with diverse communities. JCUA uses a community organizing model to engage the Jewish community in the…

Community Improvement
7
Chicago United

To achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, expanding the talent pipline for executive-level management, and growing minority businesses.

Philanthropy
8
Legal Aid Chicago

At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…

Crime & Legal
9
Public Interest Law Initiative

PILI engages, inspires and empowers those advancing equal access to justice.

Crime & Legal
10
Illinois Unidos

Champion equitable responses and recovery efforts for the Latinx community impacted by COVID-19

Community Improvement
11
Chicago Committee On Minorities in Large Law Firms

The chicago committee seeks racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession by collaborating with its law firm and corporate membership to: drive sustainable institutional change at law firms and corporate legal departments; provide…

Civil Rights
12
Cair-Chicago

A grass roots civil rights activisim, community outreach and political empowerment to the community members.

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United African Organization and the most unlike its peers is Marguerite Casey Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%11%<5yr14%16%5–10yr18%19%10–20yr17%23%20–35yr15%23%35–55yr16%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%6%<5yr14%17%5–10yr18%15%10–20yr17%29%20–35yr15%25%35–55yr16%8%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 11% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%2/147
the rest of the field
16%
4,998/31,363

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 135 of the 254 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
45
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/135
Grantees still filing
102/135
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CROSSROADS FUND INC — $523,700 · Other+137 more — $10,033,609 · Other+137 moreKenwood Oakland Community Organization — $435,789 · Community ImprovementKenwood Oakland…Southside Together Organizing For Power — $329,789 · Community ImprovementSouthside Toget…SOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT — $275,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHWEST ORGAN…COMMUNITIES UNITED — $250,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITIES UNI…BRIGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL — $230,000 · Community ImprovementBRIGHTON PARK N…PILSEN ALLIANCE — $228,789 · Community ImprovementPILSEN ALLIANCEEnlace Chicago — $211,000 · Community ImprovementEnlace ChicagoCOMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES — $210,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ORGAN…INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK — $177,500 · Community ImprovementINNER-CITY MUSL…LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT CORP — $165,000 · Community ImprovementLAWNDALE CHRIST…Logan Square Neighborhood Association — $144,000 · Community Improvement+3 more — $100,000 · Community ImprovementTHE HANA CENTER — $316,000 · Human ServicesTHE HANA CE…Latino Union of Chicago — $251,039 · Human ServicesLatino Unio…CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS — $240,789 · Human ServicesCENTRO DE T…PASO- WEST SUBURBAN ACTION PROJECT — $205,000 · Human ServicesPASO- WEST …MUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION — $173,600 · Human ServicesMUJERES LAT…NORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER — $170,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST S…BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE — $165,000 · Human ServicesBRAVE SPACE…EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION — $162,500 · Human ServicesEQUITY AND …COALITION FOR SPIRITUAL & PUBLIC LDRSHP — $95,000 · Human ServicesFATHERS FAMILIES HEALTHY COMMUNITIES — $75,789 · Human ServicesJane Addams Senior Caucus — $75,789 · Human Services+3 more — $105,789 · Human ServicesBYP100 Education Fund — $357,500 · Civil RightsBYP100 Ed…ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS — $270,000 · Civil RightsILLINOIS …Workers Center For Racial Just NFP — $245,789 · Civil RightsWorkers C…CHICAGO COMMUNITY AND WORKERS RIGHTSNFP — $200,789 · Civil RightsCHICAGO C…CHICAGO AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE — $150,000 · Civil RightsCHICAGO A…BLACKROOTS ALLIANCE — $140,000 · Civil RightsBLACKROOT…Chicago United for Equity — $130,000 · Civil RightsChicago U…Organized Communities Against Deportations — $115,000 · Civil RightsOrganized…+4 more — $145,789 · Civil Rights+4 moreCHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND — $240,000 · Crime & LegalSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW — $225,000 · Crime & LegalCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID — $210,000 · Crime & LegalFirst Defense Legal Aid — $200,789 · Crime & LegalThe Juvenile Justice Initiative Attn Elizabeth Clarke — $195,789 · Crime & LegalTarget Area Development Corporation — $100,000 · Crime & LegalGood Kids Mad City - Englewood — $96,000 · Crime & LegalChicago Torture Justice Center — $95,000 · Crime & LegalIMPACT FOR EQUITY — $80,000 · Crime & Legal+4 more — $119,039 · Crime & LegalGrassroots Collaborative — $255,150 · EducationChicago Workers' Collaborative NFP — $244,789 · EducationRAISE YOUR HAND FOR ILLINOIS PUBLIC EDUCATION — $230,789 · EducationCHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL — $95,000 · EducationDISSENTERS — $65,000 · EducationThe Chicago Community Trust — $265,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHSIDERS ORGANIZED FOR UNITY AND LIBERATION — $232,289 · PhilanthropyFOREFRONT — $70,000 · PhilanthropySocial Movement Technologies Foundation Inc — $45,000 · Philanthropy
Other$10,557,309Community Improvement$2,756,867Human Services$2,036,295Civil Rights$1,754,867Crime & Legal$1,561,617Education$890,728Philanthropy$612,289

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCROSSROADS FUND INC — $523,700 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetKenwood Oakland Community Organization — $435,789 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetBYP100 Education Fund — $357,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetSouthside Together Organizing For Power — $329,789 over 5y, 26% of budgetTHE HANA CENTER — $316,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS — $281,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLugenia Burns Hope Center — $280,789 over 5y, 12% of budgetSOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT — $275,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS — $270,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Chicago Community Trust — $265,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOrganizing Neighborhoods For Equality Northside — $262,750 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetGrassroots Collaborative — $255,150 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetLatino Union of Chicago — $251,039 over 5y, 15% of budgetCOMMUNITIES UNITED — $250,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetAlliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment — $245,789 over 5y, 24% of budgetWorkers Center For Racial Just NFP — $245,789 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetChicago Workers' Collaborative NFP — $244,789 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS — $240,789 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetCHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND — $240,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetArab American Action Network — $232,589 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetSOUTHSIDERS ORGANIZED FOR UNITY AND LIBERATION — $232,289 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetBLOCKS TOGETHER — $230,789 over 5y, 10% of budgetRAISE YOUR HAND FOR ILLINOIS PUBLIC EDUCATION — $230,789 over 5y, 15% of budgetWoodstock Institute — $230,789 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetBRIGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL — $230,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLATINO POLICY FORUM — $230,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetPILSEN ALLIANCE — $228,789 over 5y, 20% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW — $225,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetEnlace Chicago — $211,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID — $210,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES — $210,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetPASO- WEST SUBURBAN ACTION PROJECT — $205,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetCHICAGO COMMUNITY AND WORKERS RIGHTSNFP — $200,789 over 5y, 11% of budgetFirst Defense Legal Aid — $200,789 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetThe Juvenile Justice Initiative Attn Elizabeth Clarke — $195,789 over 5y, 48% of budgetHousing Action Illinois — $195,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetAction Now Institute — $183,289 over 4y, 19% of budgetARISE CHICAGO — $180,789 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetWOMEN EMPLOYED — $180,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetLittle Village Environmental Justice Org — $180,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetINNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK — $177,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHealing to Action — $175,789 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetMUJERES LATINAS EN ACCION — $173,600 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPROGRESS CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING — $170,789 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetNORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER — $170,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetA LONG WALK HOME INC — $166,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetILLINOIS CAUCUS FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH INC — $165,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT CORP — $165,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds CROSSROADS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Kenwood Oakland Community Organization ↗
  • Who funds BYP100 Education Fund ↗
  • Who funds Southside Together Organizing For Power ↗
  • Who funds THE HANA CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
  • Who funds Lugenia Burns Hope Center ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds The Chicago Community Trust ↗
  • Who funds Organizing Neighborhoods For Equality Northside ↗
  • Who funds Grassroots Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds Latino Union of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES UNITED ↗
  • Who funds Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment ↗
  • Who funds Workers Center For Racial Just NFP ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Workers' Collaborative NFP ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND ↗
  • Who funds Arab American Action Network ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHSIDERS ORGANIZED FOR UNITY AND LIBERATION ↗
  • Who funds BLOCKS TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds RAISE YOUR HAND FOR ILLINOIS PUBLIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds Woodstock Institute ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds LATINO POLICY FORUM ↗
  • Who funds PILSEN ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW ↗
  • Who funds Enlace Chicago ↗
  • Who funds CABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES ↗
  • Who funds PASO- WEST SUBURBAN ACTION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO COMMUNITY AND WORKERS RIGHTSNFP ↗
  • Who funds First Defense Legal Aid ↗
  • Who funds The Juvenile Justice Initiative Attn Elizabeth Clarke ↗
  • Who funds Housing Action Illinois ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Polk Bros Foundation …Crossroads Fund IncField Foundation of I…John D and Catherine …United Way of Metropo…Chicago Foundation fo…ForefrontThe Chicago Community…Lloyd a Fry FoundationGrand Victoria Founda…Conant Family Foundat…Julian Grace Foundati…
Polk Bros Foundation IncIL122.9× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Crossroads Fund Inc · Field Foundation of Illinois · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Chicago Foundation for Women · Forefront · The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Grand Victoria Foundation · Conant Family Foundation · Julian Grace Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Woods Fund of Chicago funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 254 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

    Source object · view filing

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