Illinois · Nonprofit
THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO
THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,306,484 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,729,166). 84 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $61M
- Funders on record
- 113
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $124M
What The Latin School of Chicago does
Mission
It is the school's mission to provide its students with a rigorous and innovative educational program that embraces diversity of people, cultures and ideas. Latin inspires its students to lead lives of purpose and excellence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction and student support activities-founded in 1888, The Latin School of Chicago is an independent coeducational day school for grades junior kindergarten-12. The students: a diverse community of 1,190 students in junior kindergarten-12 from chicago and the surrounding suburbs.the faculty: caring, experienced professionals, over 86% of whom have earned a master's degree or higher. The student faculty ratio is 8:1.academics: latin offers a rigorous college preparatory curriculum that encourages independence, creativity and (continued on schedule o) curiosity with an emphasis on interdisciplinary learning.financial aid: the school assists students who otherwise may not be financially able to attend school. Approximately 12.5% of the student body receives financial aid.
$48,173,545 spentof which $5,254,852 as grants$52,724,965 earned by the program94% of program spendingSummer and student support services: these programs include summer at latin and the extended day program. Summer at latin provides a high quality educational and recreational opportunity for children of all ages. The summer staff is committed to offering a safe, nurturing community that aligns with the values of the school where pursuit of knowledge complements individual growth. The extended day program supports latin families by offering a safe fun program before and after the school day for students enrolled in junior kindergarten through 4th grade. The program provides a balance of organized activity and free time.
$2,977,912 spent$1,360,923 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $51,151,457.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $129M to $149M (+15%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
8% of THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Dara Milner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 38 funders to 46 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $2.3M.
20 of 113 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 113 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
69% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 38% · 2019 24% · 2020 17% · 2021 22% · 2022 21% · 2023 24% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
68% of THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5.2M that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO's revenue grew 34% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- 1500 Dearborn Management LLC · disregarded
- 1505 Dearborn LLC · disregarded
- 1507 Dearborn LLC · disregarded
- Dearborn Sv LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO?
- THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,306,484 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,729,166). 84 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO have?
- IRS filings report 113 organizations giving $16,306,484 in grants to THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO, 84 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,729,166 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 113 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing