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Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

We are an organization of caregivers who aspire to consistent, high standards of quality, cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction.

$36M
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$35M
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.

Education$259MHealth$1.8MCommunity Improvement$519kArts & Culture$399kFood & Nutrition$240kHousing & Shelter$158kPhilanthropy$130kYouth Development$110kOther$0
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $455k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $308k
  • $250k+1 grant · $35M
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$15.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$35,133,357
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$150,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO$57,500
NAPLES CHILDREN AND EDUCATION$50,000
CHICAGO DEFENDER CHARITIES INC$50,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$45,000
BRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH$40,000
THE MAGNIFICENT MILE ASSOCIATION$36,000
WORLD BUSINESS CHICAGO$35,000
NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION INC$30,000
COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION$30,000
WINGS PROGRAM INC$28,250
FUTURE OF HEALTH INC$25,000
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHICAGO$25,000
STREETERVILLE ORGANIZATION OF ACTIVE RESIDENTS$20,000
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 (FY19–24, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RISE UP FOUNDATION: $8k → 6%PIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $5k → 6%Pioneer Center for Human Services: $5k → 6%Turning Point: $5k → 6%TURNING POINT: $5k → 6%CRISIS CENTER FOR SOUTH SUBURBIA: $5k → 14%CHICAGO CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CO
VA
AZ
DC
TX
FL
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.
$261M · 38 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
63

Total granted

$261M
$735k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+25%

Still filing today

89%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $396k 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
HealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHousing & 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

  • Northwestern University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $258M · revenue +41%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $911k · revenue +26%
  • NP
    NAVY PIER INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $317k · revenue +283%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHICAGO CARES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -36%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $45k · revenue +9%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $42k · revenue +203%
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
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
2
Chicago Municipal Employee's Credit Union

To give members the ability to control their financial destiny by providing members with the means to satisfy their needs for financial services in a comfortable family-like environment. in doing so, the credit union strives to maintain…

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3
The Chicago Bar Foundation

The chicago bar foundation brings the legal community together through advocacy, funding, and innovation to improve access to justice for people in need and to make the legal system more fair, equitable, and effective.

Education
4
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
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
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
7
Center for Housing and Health

Chh honors every person's right to a home and health care, by bridging the housing and health care systems, to improve the lives of chicagoans experiencing homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
8
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
9
Chicagoland Associated General Contractors

To deliver exceptional value to our members through industry leadership, superior services, and innovative programs.

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10
Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago

Strengthen companies in the kinzie industrial corridor and facilitate economic and community development by providing services and incubator space.

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11
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

The chicago children's advocacy center unites public, private, and community partners to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of abused children.

Crime & Legal
12
The Executives' Club of Chicago

To be chicagos premier resources for connecting, developing, and growing best-in-class leaders to provide established and emerging leaders opportunities to develop and nurture meaningful relationships, participate in innovative…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago; the most unlike its peers is American Lung Association. 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

116 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 116 of the 128 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
113/116
Grantees still filing
74/116
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Northwestern University: $258,345,875 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern UniversityAmerican Heart Association Inc: $911,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $109,500 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $107,500 · HealthFACIAL PAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $58,750 · Health+17 more: $254,059 · HealthVNA Health Care: $80,000 · OtherCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $57,500 · OtherTHE COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION: $57,500 · OtherEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHICAGO: $50,000 · OtherWINGS PROGRAM INC: $88,000 · OtherBig Shoulders Fund: $60,500 · OtherLADIES OF VIRTUE: $50,000 · Other+71 more: $914,418 · OtherNAVY PIER INC: $316,500 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $36,500 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $26,300 · Arts & CultureWORLD BUSINESS CHICAGO: $166,300 · Community ImprovementCHICAGO DEFENDER CHARITIES INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementCHICAGO CARES INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MAGNIFICENT MILE ASSOCIATION: $36,000 · Community ImprovementSTREETERVILLE ORGANIZATION OF ACTIVE RESIDENTS: $30,000 · Community ImprovementChicagoFIRST Association: $18,500 · Community Improvement+1 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $34,200 · PhilanthropyChicago Blackhawks Foundation: $20,000 · PhilanthropyVOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $13,000 · PhilanthropyCHICAGO UNITED: $12,000 · PhilanthropyKishwaukee United Way: $11,000 · PhilanthropyLILLIAN MARCIE LEGACY CO: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE FOX RIVER VALLEY: $7,500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyMAKING KANE COUNTY FIT FOR KIDS: $105,500 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $62,750 · Food & Nutrition
Recreation & Sports$258,345,875Health$1,440,809Other$1,357,918Arts & Culture$401,300Community Improvement$370,800Philanthropy$222,700Food & Nutrition$168,250

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthwestern University: $258,345,875 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $911,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY PIER INC: $316,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD BUSINESS CHICAGO: $166,300 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $109,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $107,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAKING KANE COUNTY FIT FOR KIDS: $105,500 over 6y, 29% of budgetWINGS PROGRAM INC: $88,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVNA Health Care: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $62,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $60,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFACIAL PAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $58,750 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $57,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMERCIAL CLUB FOUNDATION: $57,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHICAGO CARES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHICAGO: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLADIES OF VIRTUE: $50,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Health Partnership Clinic: $42,800 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $41,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetBRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORP: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChicagoland Chamber of Commerce: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago: $38,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $36,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MAGNIFICENT MILE ASSOCIATION: $36,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $34,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETERVILLE ORGANIZATION OF ACTIVE RESIDENTS: $30,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CIVIC FEDERATION: $28,300 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetINSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF CHICAGO: $25,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetFUTURE OF HEALTH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetForward Dupage Incorporated: $25,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHome of the Sparrow Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Blackhawks Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetONE ACRE FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicagoFIRST Association: $18,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetB NAI B RITH: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOLIDAY HEROES FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSPARK PROGRAM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDEKALB COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetILLINOIS HOSPITAL RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $14,259 over 1y, 31% of budgetSKILLS FOR CHICAGO: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHICAGO UNITED: $12,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

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.

Northwestern Memorial…United Way of Metropo…The Chicago Community…Robert R McCormick Fo…Polk Bros Foundation …The Community Foundat…Dekalb County Communi…Advocate Health and H…Arie and Ida Crown Me…John D and Catherine …Lloyd a Fry FoundationCircle of Service Fou…
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare GroupIL88.1× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for McHenry County · Dekalb County Community Foundation · Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation

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 Northwestern Memorial HealthCare funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%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
    3get no government money at all
    43report 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.

    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 128 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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