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Advocate Charitable Foundation

See schedule o: to embrace the mission of advocate health care (a non-for-profit family of hospitals and caregivers), cultivate philanthropic partnerships, and increase charitable support of advocate health care's clinical, education and research programs.

$18M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$146MEducation$5.3MPhilanthropy$13k
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $13,100,154, the rows itemized in this filing. The $18,018,337 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,918,183 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $295k
  • $250k+6 grants · $13M
$111,592
Median grant
1
States reached
$206M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP$8,817,586
ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK$1,358,584
ADVOCATE AURORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE$943,617
ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP$574,419
ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH$502,895
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER$490,327
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL$111,592
ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH$99,586
ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK$84,228
ADVOCATE HOME HEALTH SERVICES$47,029
ADVOCATE AURORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE$42,849
ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP$13,010
ADVOCATE AURORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE$8,895
ADVOCATE HOSPICE$5,537
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $19.3M → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $19.3M → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $16.6M → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $16.0M → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $9.4M → 7%ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $4.9M → 7%ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $3.1M → 7%ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $2.7M → 7%ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $2.1M → 7%ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER: $2.0M → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $1.4M → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $1.4M → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $1.1M → 7%ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $913k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $787k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $784k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $784k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $753k → 7%ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL: $710k → 7%ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER: $709k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $627k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $556k → 7%ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER: $528k → 7%ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL: $526k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $394k → 7%ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL: $388k → 7%ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER: $324k → 7%ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL: $324k → 7%ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL: $315k → 7%ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER: $301k → 7%ADVOCATE HOME HEALTH SERVICES: $222k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $14.3M → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $8.8M → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $5.1M → 7%ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $2.5M → 7%ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $1.4M → 7%ADVOCATE NORTHSIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $1.0M → 7%ADVOCATE AURORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $944k → 7%ADVOCATE AURORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $855k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $625k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $574k → 7%ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH: $503k → 7%ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER: $490k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $488k → 7%ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH: $434k → 7%ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL: $364k → 7%ADVOCATE HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP: $294k → 7%ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER: $249k → 7%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$151M · 9 repeat orgs$186k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
3

Total granted

$151M
$186k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
0%

Still filing today

78%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AH
    ADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP
    8× · 2017–2024 · $120M · revenue +47%
  • AN
    ADVOCATE NORTH SIDE HEALTH NETWORK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $20M · revenue +84%
  • AC
    ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.8M · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • HC
    HISPANO CARE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $173k
  • AO
    ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS -CHICAGO CHAPTERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +33%
  • FL
    FIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -41%
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
Advocate Health Care Network

The mission of advocate health care is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of god.

Health
2
Advocate Health Inc

To supervise and manage an integrated academic and community health system that is steeped in innovation and poised to reshape the delivery of healthcare along with achieving the highest and safest outcomes in the communities it serves.

Health
3
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
4
Advocate Charitable Foundation

See schedule o: to embrace the mission of advocate health care (a non-for-profit family of hospitals and caregivers), cultivate philanthropic partnerships, and increase charitable support of advocate health care's clinical, education and…

Health
5
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Center Inc

We extend god's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

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6
Aurora Health Care Inc Group Return

To promote health, prevent illness, provide state-of-the art diagnosis and treatment. aurora is committed to improving the quality of health care and health outcomes, and providing services that are affordable and accessible.

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7
America's Essential Hospitals

America's essential hospitals champions excellence in health care for all, regardless of social or economic circumstance, and advances the work of hospitals and health systems committed to ensuring access to care and optimal health for…

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8
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
9
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
10
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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11
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
12
National Alliance for Care At Home

The association represents and advocates for home health agencies, hospices, and home care providers across the united states. it advances high quality, accessible home based care through federal and regulatory advocacy, professional…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ehs Home Health Care Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp. 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

11 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. 11 of the 12 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP: $119,695,615 · HealthADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPADVOCATE NORTH SIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $19,709,471 · HealthADVOCATE NORTH SIDE HEALTH NETWORK+4 more: $9,222,175 · Health+4 moreAurora Research Institute LLC: $1,887,828 · OtherMERIDIAN HOSPICE: $203,773 · OtherHISPANO CARE INC: $173,370 · Other+2 more: $46,122 · OtherFIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY FOUNDATION: $5,570 · Philanthropy
Health$148,627,261Other$2,311,093Philanthropy$5,570

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 budgetADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP: $119,695,615 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetADVOCATE NORTH SIDE HEALTH NETWORK: $19,709,471 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER: $4,825,614 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL: $2,797,610 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH INC: $1,083,879 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetEHS HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICE INC: $515,072 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMERIDIAN HOSPICE: $203,773 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSHERMAN WEST COURT: $38,622 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS -CHICAGO CHAPTER: $7,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY FOUNDATION: $5,570 over 1y, 0.1% 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 ADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATE NORTH SIDE HEALTH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds EHS HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds MERIDIAN HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds HISPANO CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds SHERMAN WEST COURT ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS -CHICAGO CHAPTER ↗
  • Who funds FIRST LOOK FOR CHARITY FOUNDATION ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Advocate Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Advocate Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 12 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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