Illinois · Public charity
Memorial Health System Group
To improve the health of the people and the communities we serve.
- $14M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 45
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $12M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,666,924
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 40
- FY2018 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Memorial Health System Group funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 45 | $12M | 31% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $18M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $12M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $12M | 48% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $9.4M | 38% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $21M | 45% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $9.4M | 26% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $4.3M | 31% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Health$54MHuman Services$12MPhilanthropy$6.7MEducation$6.6MEmployment$6.5MYouth Development$740kHousing & Shelter$545kCommunity Improvement$307kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siu Physicians & Surgeons Inc | $18,602,031 | 9 | 2% |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $17,746,331 | 9 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield | $12,770,370 | 7 | 82% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $6,763,940 | 6 | n/a |
| Memorial Health System | $6,714,111 | 9 | n/a |
| Lincoln Land Community College Foundation | $6,082,978 | 1 | 72% |
| Illinois Cancer Care | $4,108,052 | 3 | n/a |
| Illinois College | $3,516,251 | 5 | 3% |
| Missouri Baptist Medical Center | $3,432,791 | 3 | n/a |
| Richland Community College Foundation | $3,254,000 | 3 | 51% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siu Physicians & Surgeons Inc | $18,602,031 | 9 | 2% |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $17,746,331 | 9 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield | $12,770,370 | 7 | 82% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $6,763,940 | 6 | n/a |
| Memorial Health System | $6,714,111 | 9 | n/a |
| Lincoln Land Community College Foundation | $6,082,978 | 1 | 72% |
| Illinois Cancer Care | $4,108,052 | 3 | n/a |
| Illinois College | $3,516,251 | 5 | 3% |
| Missouri Baptist Medical Center | $3,432,791 | 3 | n/a |
| Richland Community College Foundation | $3,254,000 | 3 | 51% |
| Board of Trustees of Illinois State University | $1,940,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Memorial Health System | $1,680,158 | 9 | n/a |
| Decatur Memorial Hospital | $1,651,774 | 6 | n/a |
| Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois | $1,633,103 | 9 | 2% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $1,500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wqpt | $851,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Health System | $799,225 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Illinois Inc | $769,366 | 4 | 11% |
| Memorial Health System | $682,862 | 9 | n/a |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency - Emergency Food and Shelter Program | $671,752 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Museum Foundation Corporation | $556,000 | 6 | 16% |
| Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Helping Hands of Springfield Inc | $465,000 | 4 | 16% |
| Saint Francis Medical Center | $424,354 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Springfield Inc | $405,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Illinois Hospital Research & Educational Foundation | $395,155 | 4 | 3% |
| The Outlet | $276,070 | 1 | 26% |
| Lincoln Economic Advancement & Development Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 32% |
| Taylorville CUSD #3 | $153,422 | 2 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois Hospital Services | $140,054 | 3 | 0% |
| Memorial Health System | $134,620 | 9 | n/a |
| Springfield Urban League Inc | $130,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 15% |
| University of Illinois Chicago - College of Nursing | $119,059 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association | $105,204 | 2 | 1% |
| Macmurray College | $97,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Decatur Park District | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sing - Shifting Into New Gear | $90,000 | 3 | n/a |
| West Central Mass Transit District | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network Charitable Foundation | $70,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Kumler Outreach Ministries | $68,900 | 8 | n/a |
| Economic Development Corp of Macon County | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midwest Healthcare Quality Alliance LLC | $58,069 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Chicago Medical Center | $56,513 | 1 | 0% |
| Prairieland United Way Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Children's Museum of Illinois | $53,050 | 4 | 4% |
| God's Shelter of Love | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| United Way of Decatur and Mid Il | $46,227 | 1 | 2% |
| School District #117 | $42,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Compass for Kids Inc | $41,588 | 3 | n/a |
| Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation | $40,352 | 1 | 0% |
| Enos Park Neighborhood Improvement Association Inc | $37,226 | 1 | 17% |
| Rtog Foundation Inc | $34,930 | 2 | 0% |
| The Motherland Gardens Community Project | $34,750 | 3 | 10% |
| Illinois Symphony Orchestra Inc | $32,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Baby Talk Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Christian County Prevention Coalition | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Hope School | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Corporation | $23,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Intricate Minds | $20,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Wooden It Be Lovely | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morgan County Health Department | $19,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Taylorville Ministerial Association | $18,400 | 1 | 12% |
| City of Springfield | $18,020 | 2 | n/a |
| Taylorville Park Distric | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Springfield Illinois African American History Foundatio | $17,465 | 2 | 11% |
| City of Taylorville - Fire Department | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ball-Chatham Educational Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 26% |
| The Hope Foundation | $11,673 | 1 | 0% |
| Imagicnation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Empowerment Opportunity Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Macon County Farm Bureau Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network | $9,296 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run of Central Illinois | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Brother James Court Association | $6,335 | 1 | 0% |
| Springfield School District 186 | $6,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Heartland Ag Group | $5,842 | 1 | n/a |
| Chanderville Volunteer Fire Department | $5,620 | 1 | n/a |
| Springfield Youth Performance Group Inc | $5,081 | 1 | 7% |
| Decatur Policeman's Benevolent & Protective Association | $5,040 | 1 | 3% |
| Webster Cantrell Youth Advocacy | $5,022 | 1 | 0% |
| Metrodecatur Blackchamber of Commerce | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Power in Pumps | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pawprint Ministries NFP | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Community Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kerbystrong | $5,000 | 1 | 19% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Memorial Health System Group supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.
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.
Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln IncIL21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Inc · The Community Foundation of Macon County · Horace Mann Educators Foundation · Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation · United Way of Central Illinois Inc · Green Family Charitable Foundation · United Way of Decatur and Mid Il · Andreas Foundation · Memorial Health System · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
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.
About Memorial Health System Group
- How much does Memorial Health System Group give?
- Memorial Health System Group reported 45 itemized grants totaling $12,447,748, out of $14,126,105 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Memorial Health System Group fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (61%), Human Services (14%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Memorial Health System Group's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Siu Physicians & Surgeons Inc ($19M), Southern Illinois University- Carbondale ($18M), Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield ($13M).
- Does Memorial Health System Group fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Memorial Health System Group?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Inc, The Community Foundation of Macon County, Horace Mann Educators Foundation.
- Where is Memorial Health System Group based?
- Memorial Health System Group is based in IL.
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