Illinois · Public charity
MHNU Corporation
The chicago fund, with a primary focus on greater chicago, is committed to tackling preventable and urgent public health issues to improve health and well-being of communities impacted by health disparities.
- $200k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
86% of MHNU Corporation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Chicago Community Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year MHNU Corporation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $183k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2023
- $183k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations MHNU Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $183k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $108k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $145k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $147k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $267k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $160k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mhn Aco LLC | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $325,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Wellness West Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Moms Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| United States Soccer Foundation Inc | $245,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Legal Council for Health Justice | $100,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Community Health NFP | $77,500 | 5 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Network For Young Adult Success | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mhn Aco LLC | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $325,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Wellness West Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Moms Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| United States Soccer Foundation Inc | $245,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Legal Council for Health Justice | $100,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Community Health NFP | $77,500 | 5 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Network For Young Adult Success | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $40,815 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Hope | $39,500 | 4 | 1% |
| City Colleges of Chicago Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Night Ministry | $15,050 | 1 | 0% |
| Gary Comer Youth Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Black Girls Break Bread Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Institute for Latino Progress | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sinai Health System | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Role Model Movement Inc (NFP) | $8,200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Chicago Network Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $5,145 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget MHNU Corporation 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: The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Rush University Medical Center · Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation · Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp · Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About MHNU Corporation
- How much does MHNU Corporation give?
- MHNU Corporation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $182,645, out of $200,362 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does MHNU Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (42%), Civil Rights (16%), Recreation & Sports (15%).
- Who are MHNU Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Greater Chicago Food Depository ($500k), Mhn Aco LLC ($500k), Shriver Center on Poverty Law ($325k).
- Does MHNU Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as MHNU Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is MHNU Corporation based?
- MHNU Corporation is based in IL.
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