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Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics

The association was formed to help strengthen and grow illinois free and charitable clinics and to help clinics move effectively into the future, connect patients with clinics and help stakeholder organizations who wish to work with or help clinics.

$8.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$19MHuman Services$1.6MReligion$431kEducation$63kHousing & Shelter$48kFood & Nutrition$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $192k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+11 grants · $6.9M
$162,134
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITYHEALTH$1,285,919
MOBILE CARE CHICAGO$1,038,913
DUPAGE HEALTH COALITION$975,606
FAMILY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP CLINIC$595,853
WILL-GRUNDY MEDICAL CLINIC$584,551
THE NIGHT MINISTRY$533,083
CHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER$460,385
SARAH BUSH LINCOLN DENTAL SERVICES$440,658
FENIX FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$341,838
THE ARK$329,535
COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC$292,287
TRI CITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INC$236,333
INDIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC CHAR$183,961
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY CHRISTIAN HEALTH C$163,690
CHICAGO DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION$162,134
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $26k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $13k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $533k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $458k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $354k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $6k → 14%PORT MINISTRIES: $86k → 14%PORT MINISTRIES: $42k → 14%PORT MINISTRIES: $16k → 14%THE ARK: $17k → 14%THE ARK: $13k → 14%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21M · 34 repeat orgs$859k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
10

Total granted

$21M
$340k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
0%

Still filing today

53%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $519k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • DH
    DUPAGE HEALTH COALITION
    5× · 2019–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +72% · 26% of their budget
  • FH
    Family Health Partnership Clinic
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +93% · 26% of their budget
  • WG
    WILL GRUNDY MEDICAL CLINIC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +493%

Funded once

  • HP
    HUMBOLT PARK HEALTH CARE-A-VAN
    one grant, 2024 · $112k
  • IA
    INDIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC
    one grant, 2023 · $91k
  • AO
    AZZARELLI OUTREACH CLINIC
    one grant, 2020 · $27k
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
Christ Clinic

Providing reliable, accessible, high quality medical services to the most vunerable people in our community.

Health
2
Family Christian Health Center Inc

Family Christian Health Center was organized to provide primary health and dental care to the medically underserved in the greater Harvey, Illinois area. Also to provide primary health care to Lynwood and Dolton.

Health
3
Community Health Nfp

Community health nfp is an illinois not-for-profit organization created on april 8, 1992, to provide free medical care to those who are medically uninsured and economically disadvantaged.

Health
4
Open Cities Health Center Inc

Open Cities Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) whose mission is to provide culturally competent primary and preventive healthcare services to a largely underserved population in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Health
5
Community Health Partnership of Illinois

Strive to improve the health and well being of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and other medically vulnerable populations by providing quality accessable, affordable, and culturally responsive health care within the community we serve.

Health
6
Community Care Clinic Inc

To provide health care to low-income persons in the community who do not have health insurance through disease prevention, continuity of care, and active follow-up, we can prmote the health and well-being of the community.

Health
7
Indiana Health Centers Inc

Improving the health status of the community at large with special emphasis on those who, because of their poverty, location in rural areas, or for other reasons, have health needs which are not being properly addressed.

Health
8
Peoples Community Health Clinic Inc

Dedicated to providing access to affordable, compassionate, high quality health care for all.

Health
9
Promise Healthcare Nfp

To improve the health and well-being of the diverse communities we serve by providing high-quality, equitable healthcare to people of all ages.

Health
10
Community First Health Centers

We provide high quality, patient centered health care that is respectful, compassionate and accessible to all members of our community.

Health
11
Universal Community Health Center

The organization provides quality and accessible health care to underserved communties and a pateint centered model of care to empower communities towards wellness.

Health
12
Montgomery County Free Clinic Inc

Montgomery county free clinic, inc. offers high-quality medical and dental care and health promotion and disease prevention services to residents of montgomery county who lack insurance and would otherwise go without basic health care. to…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Women's Health Center; the most unlike its peers is The Port Ministries. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 22 of the 49 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITYHEALTH: $3,277,277 · OtherCOMMUNITYHEALTHMOBILE CARE CHICAGO: $2,482,836 · OtherMOBILE CARE CHICAGOCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER: $1,340,098 · OtherCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTERSARAH BUSH LINCOLN DENTAL SERVICES: $1,166,142 · OtherSARAH BUSH LINCOLN DENTAL SERVICES+29 more: $2,193,060 · Other+29 moreDUPAGE HEALTH COALITION: $2,799,170 · HealthDUPAGE HEALTH COALITIONFamily Health Partnership Clinic: $1,888,477 · HealthFamily Health Partnership ClinicWILL GRUNDY MEDICAL CLINIC: $1,432,754 · HealthWILL GRUNDY MEDICAL CLINICCOMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC: $989,855 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINICFenix Family Health Center: $890,011 · HealthFenix Family Health CenterTRI CITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP: $731,747 · HealthTRI CITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIPOLD IRVING PARK COMMUNITY CLINIC: $371,456 · Health+4 more: $450,468 · HealthTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $1,389,303 · Human ServicesThe Port Ministries: $144,201 · Human Services+1 more: $29,250 · Human ServicesCHICAGO DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $167,134 · PhilanthropyHOUSING FORWARD: $48,393 · Housing & Shelter
Other$10,459,413Health$9,553,938Human Services$1,562,754Philanthropy$167,134Housing & Shelter$48,393

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDUPAGE HEALTH COALITION: $2,799,170 over 5y, 26% of budgetFamily Health Partnership Clinic: $1,888,477 over 6y, 26% of budgetWILL GRUNDY MEDICAL CLINIC: $1,432,754 over 5y, 24% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $1,389,303 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER: $1,340,098 over 5y, 27% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC: $989,855 over 6y, 10% of budgetFenix Family Health Center: $890,011 over 4y, 15% of budgetTRI CITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP: $731,747 over 5y, 23% of budgetOLD IRVING PARK COMMUNITY CLINIC: $371,456 over 5y, 17% of budgetNEW SONG HEALTH CENTER BOLINGBROOK CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $223,418 over 4y, 33% of budgetCHICAGO DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $167,134 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSostento Inc: $165,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetThe Port Ministries: $144,201 over 3y, 10% of budgetHOUSING FORWARD: $48,393 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHAMPAIGN COUNTY CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER: $39,550 over 3y, 18% of budgetTHE ARK: $29,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTUTORING ENGLISH TO ADVANCE CHANGE: $25,040 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMERCY TO MANKIND CLINIC NFP: $22,500 over 1y, 43% of budgetMISSION POSSIBLE: $12,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetNORWEGIAN AMERICAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $11,900 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINDIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetKENDALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% 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 DUPAGE HEALTH COALITION ↗
  • Who funds Family Health Partnership Clinic ↗
  • Who funds WILL GRUNDY MEDICAL CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds THE NIGHT MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Fenix Family Health Center ↗
  • Who funds TRI CITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds OLD IRVING PARK COMMUNITY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds NEW SONG HEALTH CENTER BOLINGBROOK CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Sostento Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Port Ministries ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPAIGN COUNTY CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE ARK ↗
  • Who funds TUTORING ENGLISH TO ADVANCE CHANGE ↗

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.

Visiting Nurse Associ…Direct ReliefAmericares Foundation…Blowitz-Ridgeway Foun…Illinois State Dental…AbbVie FoundationGeorge M Eisenberg Fo…National Association …The Dupage Community …United Way of Metropo…The Bersted FoundationNorthwestern Memorial…
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna FoundationIL24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation · Direct Relief · Americares Foundation Inc · Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation · Illinois State Dental Society Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Inc · The Dupage Community Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Bersted Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group

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 Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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
    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 Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics?

    Find your warmest path to Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics 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 49 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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