Illinois · Public charity
The Chest Foundation
The CHEST Foundation champions lung health by supporting clinical research, community service and patient education. On April 24, 2023, the American College of Chest Physician's Board of Regents voted to merge The Chest Foundation into the American College of Chest Physicians effective June 1, 2023.
- $801k
- Granted FY2022
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $595k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $67,667
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2022
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 31% of the organizations The Chest Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 13 | $545k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $623k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $722k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $600k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $556k | 89% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $456k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $287,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Methodist Hospital | $275,000 | 4 | n/a |
| New York University | $141,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Thoracic Society Inc | $139,505 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Allergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics Inc | $128,900 | 2 | 3% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $125,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $287,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Methodist Hospital | $275,000 | 4 | n/a |
| New York University | $141,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Thoracic Society Inc | $139,505 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Allergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics Inc | $128,900 | 2 | 3% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $125,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of California Davis | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $101,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $86,680 | 3 | n/a |
| Duke University | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vcuvcu Health Campus | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research | $69,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | $62,292 | 1 | 1% |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | $60,680 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $59,929 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $52,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Mask Rally Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vital Strategies Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rhode Island Hospital | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Research Institute | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $29,996 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $29,958 | 1 | n/a |
| Montefiore Medical Center | $29,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Miriam Hospital | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwell Health Inc | $15,998 | 1 | n/a |
| Baylor University Medical Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Augusta University Research Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rebuilding Together Greater Florida Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Cincinnati Physicians Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Floating Doctors Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wipediseasesfoundation | $15,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Mobile Care Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Team Telomere Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gwinnett Hospital System Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas State University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Medical Association | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breathe Southern California | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Jewish Health | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The JUDAHH Project | $15,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research | $14,998 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas State University - San Marcos Research Foundation % Darryl Borgonah | $11,530 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center | $10,320 | 1 | 0% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Institute for Respiratory Equity | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Chest Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Johns Hopkins University · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Mayo Clinic · Washington University · Yale University · American Heart Association Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About The Chest Foundation
- How much does The Chest Foundation give?
- The Chest Foundation reported 19 itemized grants totaling $594,505, out of $800,505 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Chest Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (89%), Education (6%), Science & Tech (1%).
- Who are The Chest Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($288k), Methodist Hospital ($275k), New York University ($141k).
- Does The Chest Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Chest Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johns Hopkins University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Mayo Clinic.
- Where is The Chest Foundation based?
- The Chest Foundation is based in IL.
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