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· Public charity

SwedishAmerican Health Foundation

To provide financial and in-kind support for the stated missions of SwedishAmerican Hospital System Corporation, UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital, and the affiliates operating in the State of Illinois.

$309k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$309k
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 2025.

Health$8.8MYouth Development$100kHousing & Shelter$62kCrime & Legal$61kHuman Services$34kSocial Science$29kCommunity Improvement$27kFood & Nutrition$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$308,888
Median grant
1
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SwedishAmerican Hospital$308,888
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 (FY18–21, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Family Counseling Services of Northern Illinois: $20k → 15%Family Counseling Services Northern Illinois: $18k → 15%Youth Services Network Inc: $16k → 15%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.9M · 8 repeat orgs$256k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +101% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
20

Total granted

$8.9M
$256k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+101%
+19%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterHealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • SH
    SwedishAmerican Hospital
    9× · 2017–2025 · $8.8M · revenue +77%
  • SY
    STATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST
    3× · 2019–2022 · $42k · revenue +257%
  • FC
    FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES OF NO IL
    2× · 2018–2021 · $38k · revenue +324%

Funded once

  • BT
    BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY NORTHERN ILLINOIS
    one grant, 2018 · $29k · revenue -3%
  • AF
    AWAKEN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • RA
    ROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $17k · revenue +133%
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
Stepping Stones of Rockford Inc

Residential rehabilitation for mentally and emotionally disabled adults.

Human Services
2
Northwest Community Center

To enrich the quality of life within the diverse population of northwest rockford.

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3
Youth Service Bureau

The Youth Service Bureau provides services to at-risk youth who are, or are at risk of becoming, runaway, abused, neglected and/or homeless. Services are also available for their family members.

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4
Rockford Christian Education Association

To challenge young people to know christ as lord, apply god's truth in all areas of life, love others sacrifically, and achieve the highest level of knowledge and skill in order to serve god and others

Education
5
Rockford Regional Health Council

Rockford regional health council is a not-for-profit social service corporation organized under the laws of the state of illinois for the purpose of improving community health through data gatering and analysis, education and advocacy.

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6
Center for Family Services

Administering an array of critical, intensive therapeutic interventions and/or facilitation services to emotionally and behaviorally disturbed clients for whom DCFS is legally responsible in order to stabilize their traditional or home of…

Human Services
7
Rockford Community Service Center

North kent connect is a christian organization committed to improving the lives of all people in northern kent county by providing access to basic needs and promoting economic independence.

Human Services
8
The Rockford Institute

To provide analysis and commentary on cultural, economic, political, and educational issues through a published monthly opinion magazine and to operate continuing adult educational conferences in american and european literature and…

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9
Respond Now

Respond now connects those in need with health, hunger, and housing services in the chicago southland.

Human Services
10
Rock Valley Community Programs Inc

Rock valley community programs, inc.'s (rvcp) mission is to provide transitional and supportive housing, addictions and mental health treatment services to adults in the rock county area, through evidence based models for the future and…

Crime & Legal
11
Rockford Promise

Vision statement: enhance economic vitality in the rockford region by providing access to post-secondary education for all rockford public school graduates. - mission statement: remove financial barriers by offering full-tuition…

Education
12
Rockford Day Nursery

It is the mission of this corporation to provide quality care for children between the ages of six weeks and twelve years whose parents are employed or in training.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Habitat for Humanity International Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 28 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SwedishAmerican Hospital: $8,757,615 · HealthSwedishAmerican Hospital+1 more: $5,000 · HealthSTATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $42,000 · OtherAWAKEN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD: $15,000 · OtherSalvation Army Metropolitan Chicago: $15,000 · OtherEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA: $13,000 · OtherZION OUTREACH: $12,000 · OtherROCKFORD AREA LUTHERAN MINISTRIES: $8,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 · OtherRockford Barbell: $17,454 · OtherROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES: $16,609 · OtherTRANSFORM ROCKFORD: $15,000 · OtherLIFESCAPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $11,400 · OtherPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $12,500 · OtherFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES OF NO IL: $37,735 · Human ServicesYOUTH SERVICES NETWORK INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentKFACT INC KEEPING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentROCK HOUSE KIDS: $11,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterMOSAIC: $12,000 · Housing & ShelterVETERANS DROP-IN CENTER: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterBRIDGES TO PROSPERITY NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $29,000 · Social ScienceROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Environment
Health$8,762,615Other$227,963Human Services$53,735Youth Development$46,000Housing & Shelter$39,000Social Science$29,000Environment$25,000

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 budgetSwedishAmerican Hospital: $8,757,615 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSTATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $42,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES OF NO IL: $37,735 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRockford Barbell: $17,454 over 2y, 22% of budgetROCKFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $17,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES: $16,609 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH SERVICES NETWORK INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRANSFORM ROCKFORD: $15,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKFACT INC KEEPING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: $15,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetMOSAIC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCK HOUSE KIDS: $11,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS DROP-IN CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetROCKFORD REACHOUT JAIL MINISTRY: $7,500 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetROCKFORD SEXUAL ASSAULT COUNSELING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWINNEBAGO COUNTY 911 EMERGENCY RESPONDERS MEMORIAL NFP: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $5,000 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.

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 …The Kjellstrom Family…United Way of Rock Ri…Bergstrom Inc Charita…Kiwanis Charities of …The Mill FoundationBlazer FoundationJeffrey R Anderson Ch…Tracy E Anderson Char…The David & Colleen A…Woodward Governor Cha…Northern Illinois Foo…
Community Foundation of Northern ILIL36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern IL · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · United Way of Rock River Valley · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · Kiwanis Charities of Rockford Inc · The Mill Foundation · Blazer Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · Northern Illinois Food Bank

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 SwedishAmerican Health Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from SwedishAmerican Health Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 28 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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