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University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
49
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$134k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Health$2.3MHuman Services$791kCommunity Improvement$513kCrime & Legal$330kYouth Development$325kArts & Culture$222kEducation$199kEmployment$155kOther$0
02FY2025 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 49 grants below total $1,265,433 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,322,253 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $56,820 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $549k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $694k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$134,310
SOUTH SIDE HEALTHY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION$100,000
EQUAL HOPE$100,000
CHICAGO FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$56,000
MY DENSITY MATTERS NFP$53,673
Chicago House & Social Service Agency$50,000
CHICAGO DEFENDER CHARITIES INC$50,000
CHICAGO WOMENS AIDS PROJECT$50,000
INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK$50,000
Advocates for Community Wellness$50,000
CAROL EMMOTT FOUNDATION$45,000
FATHERS FAMILIES & HEALTHY COMMUNITIES$40,000
AMERICAN LUNG ASSN IN GREATER CHICAGO$40,000
CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESEARCH IN EPILEPSY$30,000
Medical Careers Exposure and Emergency Preparedness Initiative$30,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $936k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Public Allies: $90k → 17%SINGLE MOTHER'S NAVIGATING PARENTING CAREERS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC: $8k → 7%Public Allies: $31k → 17%PUBLIC ALLIES: $10k → 17%YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $134k → 14%YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $89k → 14%YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%American Red Cross: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%American Red Cross: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%JENNIFER FALLICK CANCER SUPPORT CTR: $10k → 14%FATHERS FAMILIES & HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: $50k → 14%FATHERS FAMILIES & HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: $40k → 14%INSTITUTE FOR POSITIVE LIVING INC: $10k → 14%Fathers Families & Healthy Communities: $8k → 14%Alianza Lead Inst (DBA Alliance SE): $10k → 14%Alliance of the Southeast: $8k → 14%ALLIANCE OF THE SOUTHEAST: $7k → 14%DARREN B EASTERLING CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE PRACTICES: $8k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY PEACE: $7k → 14%URBAN INITIATIVES INC: $11k → 14%Medical Careers Exposure and Emergency Preparedness Initiative: $35k → 14%Medical Careers Exposure and Emergency Preparedness Initiative: $30k → 14%MEDICAL CAREERS EXPOSURE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INITIATIVE: $27k → 14%ADA S MCKINLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 14%Grand Blvd Prev Svcs: $10k → 14%Grand Boulevard Prevention Services: $8k → 14%GRAND BOULEVARD PREVENTION SERVICES: $7k → 14%FATHERS FAMILIES & HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: $58k → 14%TOUCH GIFT FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%NEW ECLIPSE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $8k → 14%Ignite Org: $40k → 14%Ignite Org: $34k → 14%BURST INTO BOOKS: $10k → 14%IGNITE ORG: $8k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
WI
MA
OR
CA
MO
MD
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.2M · 54 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

54 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
63

Total granted

$4.2M
$876k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+17%

Still filing today

81%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $403k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEducationArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $330k · revenue +16%
  • YM
    YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    3× · 2023–2025 · $273k · revenue +3%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $260k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • IT
    ILLINOIS TRANSPLANT FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue 0%
  • UN
    UCM NETWORK DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $80k · revenue -15%
  • TS
    THE SOUTH SHORE PLANNING AND PRESERVATION COALITION
    one grant, 2020 · $50k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Chicago United for Equity

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

Civil Rights
2
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
3
Students Run Chicago
Health
4
Heal Chicago

To strengthen communities through educational dialogue, leadership development, emotional resilience, and intercultural competence programs that help people bridge differences and build trust.

Public Benefit
5
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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6
True Chicago
Arts & Culture
7
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
8
The Chicago Innovation Foundation
Philanthropy
9
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence

The Network is a group of 40+ member organizations dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by gender-based violence through education, public policy and advocacy, and connecting community members with direct service providers.…

Human Services
10
Chicago Torture Justice Center

Seeks to address the traumas of police violence and institutionalized racism through access to healing and wellness services, trauma-informed resources, and community connection. The Center is a part of and supports a movement to end all…

Crime & Legal
11
One for One Chicago

One for one chicago provides paid work-based learning, mentorship, and career readiness support for young people ages 1524 in chicago communities with high rates of unemployment and limited access to early work experience.

Youth Development
12
Thrive Chicago Nfp

Thrive chicago's mission is to prepare chicago's youth for a vibrant future by aligning efforts and outcomes from cradle to career.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health and Medicine Policy Research Group and the most unlike its peers is Still Searching Project Nfp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 14 years old; the field is 17. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%13%<5yr14%19%5–10yr18%23%10–20yr17%19%20–35yr15%13%35–55yr16%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%16%<5yr14%8%5–10yr18%23%10–20yr17%19%20–35yr15%13%35–55yr16%21%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 13% of your grantees by number, and just 16% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%5/141
the rest of the field
16%
4,995/31,369

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 120 of the 140 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
37
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/120
Grantees still filing
69/120
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

American Heart Association Inc — $330,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncCHICAGO FAMILY HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION — $167,000 · HealthCHICAGO FAMILY HEALTH CENTER FOU…Equal Hope — $154,261 · HealthEqual HopeMY DENSITY MATTERS NFP — $126,900 · HealthMY DENSITY MATTERS NFPSOUTH SIDE HEALTHY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — $100,000 · HealthSOUTH SIDE HEALTHY COMMUNITY ORG…CHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY — $100,000 · HealthCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE A…ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS — $100,000 · HealthADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESSCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy — $90,025 · HealthCitizens United for Research in …UCM NETWORK DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $79,500 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION — $75,000 · HealthFriend Family Health Center Inc — $60,000 · Health+12 more — $181,250 · Health+12 moreYWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO — $272,963 · Human ServicesYWCA METROPOLITAN C…FATHERS FAMILIES HEALTHY COMMUNITIES — $156,350 · Human ServicesFATHERS FAMILIES HE…PUBLIC ALLIES INC — $131,100 · Human ServicesPUBLIC ALLIES INCMedical Careers Exposure and Emergency — $92,660 · Human ServicesMedical Careers Exp…IGNITE — $81,500 · Human ServicesIGNITEAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $60,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National R…+12 more — $141,150 · Human Services+12 moreILLINOIS TRANSPLANT FUND — $240,000 · OtherILLINOIS TRANSPLANT FUNDCHICAGO WOMEN'S AIDS PROJECT — $100,000 · OtherCHICAGO WOMEN'S AIDS PROJECTCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO — $83,500 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICA…MIDWEST GAP ENTERPRISES — $60,800 · OtherUniversity of Chicago — $55,750 · OtherThe Cara Program — $57,500 · OtherCHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE — $51,000 · OtherLOST BOYZINC — $60,750 · OtherCITIZEN EDUCATION FUND INC — $90,000 · OtherCITIZEN EDUCATION FUND INC+54 more — $716,273 · Other+54 moreUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC — $260,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…ILLINOIS TRANSPLANT FUND — $150,000 · PhilanthropyILLINOIS …CHICAGO UNITED — $33,500 · PhilanthropyCHICAGO U…+1 more — $8,000 · PhilanthropyCHICAGO DEFENDER CHARITIES INC — $298,000 · Community ImprovementCHICAGO D…INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK — $50,000 · Community ImprovementINNER-CIT…GIFFORDS — $25,000 · Community ImprovementGIFFORDSTHE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK ALLIANCE — $15,350 · Community Improvement+6 more — $54,600 · Community Improvement+6 moreBRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORP — $130,000 · Youth DevelopmentLADIES OF VIRTUE — $25,225 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS OFF THE BLOCK INC — $23,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC — $22,150 · Youth DevelopmentTHINK OUTSIDE DA BLOCK INC — $18,350 · Youth DevelopmentGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC — $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS LIKE ME PROJECT INC — $17,150 · Youth Development+8 more — $68,200 · Youth DevelopmentReal Men Charities — $72,500 · Arts & CultureAFRICA INTERNATIONAL HOUSE USA INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMON THREADS — $33,500 · Arts & CultureTRUE STAR FOUNDATION INC — $16,350 · Arts & CultureANNIE B JONES CIVIC ARTS CENTER — $14,650 · Arts & CultureStill Searching Project Nfp — $10,000 · Arts & CultureFORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO — $8,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$1,563,936Human Services$935,723Other$1,515,573Philanthropy$451,500Community Improvement$442,950Youth Development$322,075Arts & Culture$205,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $330,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO DEFENDER CHARITIES INC — $298,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetYWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO — $272,963 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC — $260,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFATHERS FAMILIES HEALTHY COMMUNITIES — $156,350 over 4y, 34% of budgetEqual Hope — $154,261 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetILLINOIS TRANSPLANT FUND — $150,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetPUBLIC ALLIES INC — $131,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBRIGHT STAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH CORP — $130,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMY DENSITY MATTERS NFP — $126,900 over 3y, 11% of budgetCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY — $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS — $100,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetMedical Careers Exposure and Emergency — $92,660 over 3y, 50% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy — $90,025 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCITIZEN EDUCATION FUND INC — $90,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO — $83,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetIGNITE — $81,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetUCM NETWORK DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $79,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION — $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReal Men Charities — $72,500 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetLOST BOYZINC — $60,750 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriend Family Health Center Inc — $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cara Program — $57,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $55,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE — $51,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICA INTERNATIONAL HOUSE USA INC — $50,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetLEADERSHIP GREATER CHICAGO — $42,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHICAGOLAND PRISON OUTREACH — $41,700 over 1y, 10% of budgetSilver Cross Foundation — $35,600 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMON THREADS — $33,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHICAGO UNITED — $33,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAdventHealth Foundation Inc — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Nonviolence Chicago — $26,350 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGrand Boulevard Prevention Services — $25,500 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetAlianza Leadership Institute — $25,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetLADIES OF VIRTUE — $25,225 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGIFFORDS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC — $22,150 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Health NFP — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOOK COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSt Bernard Hospital — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHINK OUTSIDE DA BLOCK INC — $18,350 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetCENTERS FOR NEW HORIZONS INC — $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC — $18,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS LIKE ME PROJECT INC — $17,150 over 2y, 12% of budgetTRUE STAR FOUNDATION INC — $16,350 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKids Above All Illinois — $15,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Metropo…The Chicago Community…Polk Bros Foundation …Field Foundation of I…Lloyd a Fry FoundationJohn D and Catherine …Michael Reese Health …Robert R McCormick Fo…Circle of Service Fou…The Albert Pick Jr Fu…The Joyce FoundationChicago Foundation fo…
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago IncIL80.6× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Field Foundation of Illinois · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Michael Reese Health Trust · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · The Albert Pick Jr Fund · The Joyce Foundation · Chicago Foundation for Women

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization University of Chicago Medical Center funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 39%
  • Health Resources in Action Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
50report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 140 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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