190 private foundations reported health & medical grants in Illinois on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2023–2025. Historical giving records — not an open application portal.
Themes are derived from the free-text purpose each foundation wrote on its own Part XV filing, so a grant is classified by what the funder said it was for. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from recipient counts and tables.
Across tax years 2023–2025, 190 private foundations reported 552 grants for health & medical totaling $61,594,616 to 423 organizations in Illinois. The most-funded Illinois communities were Chicago, Evanston, Peoria. AbbVie Foundation reported the most health & medical giving — $19,070,000 across 4 grants. The median grant was $15,000.
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| Foundation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie Foundation | 4 | $19,070,000 |
| Gates Foundation | 6 | $9,004,064 |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| Elevance Health Foundation Inc | 4 | $2,833,700 |
| Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (aka) VNA Foundation | 49 | $2,331,409 |
| Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation | 12 | $2,184,577 |
| Lundbeck US Charitable Fund | 4 | $1,785,214 |
| Community Memorial Foundation | 9 | $1,752,934 |
| The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc | 9 | $1,700,000 |
| William & Sheila Konar Foundation | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| Freedom Together Foundation | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| Recipient | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| The University of Chicago Medicine | 1 | $15,000,000 |
| Sibel Health Inc | 1 | $5,700,000 |
| University of Chicago | 6 | $5,270,334 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| Feeding America | 2 | $2,350,600 |
| Northwestern University | 5 | $2,023,844 |
| Rush University Medical Center | 8 | $1,993,928 |
| Alzheimer's Association | 6 | $1,056,285 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | 5 | $1,010,000 |
| Halfthestory | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| Wrth LLC | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| Mrelief | 1 | $700,000 |
| OSF Healthcare Foundation | 6 | $693,474 |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | 4 | $618,310 |
| Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council NFP | 1 | $600,000 |
190 private foundations reported health & medical grants in Illinois on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $61,594,616. The largest by reported dollars were AbbVie Foundation, Gates Foundation, The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc. These are historical filings, not open application portals — check each foundation's own guidelines before approaching them.
423 distinct organizations appear as recipients in Illinois, led by The University of Chicago Medicine, Sibel Health Inc, University of Chicago. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from these figures.
The median reported health & medical grant in Illinois was $15,000, and the largest single reported grant was $15,000,000. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation for a historical tax year.
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Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2023–2025). Theme classification is derived from the funder’s own purpose text and is a summary, not a legal categorization. UseGrants is an independent aggregator, not affiliated with any foundation listed.
