Illinois · Public charity
Rush University Medical Center
The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.
- $17M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $449k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Rush University Medical Center funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $414k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $449k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $840k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $673k | 66% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $430k | 68% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $50k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $60k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $362k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $336k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Transplant Fund | $1,003,000 | 7 | 46% |
| Esperanza Health Centers | $343,333 | 2 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $327,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Health NFP | $215,000 | 4 | 0% |
| IMD Guest House Foundation | $141,000 | 1 | 8% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $111,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Bears Care | $95,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $92,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Equal Hope | $91,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Commercial Club Foundation | $87,500 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 69 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Rush University Medical Center supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 60 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Michael Reese Health Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Greater Chicago Food Depository · Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation
How this is measured
About Rush University Medical Center
- How much does Rush University Medical Center give?
- Rush University Medical Center reported 24 itemized grants totaling $448,930, out of $17,441,567 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rush University Medical Center fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (85%), Community Improvement (4%), International (2%).
- Who are Rush University Medical Center's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Illinois Transplant Fund ($1.0M), Esperanza Health Centers ($343k), American Heart Association Inc ($328k).
- Does Rush University Medical Center fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rush University Medical Center?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Circle of Service Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Rush University Medical Center based?
- Rush University Medical Center is based in IL.
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