Does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation, Circle of Service Foundation.

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Illinois · Private foundation

Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 64
Grants FY2025: 70
Organizations funded FY2024: 34%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $100,000
Organizations funded a year: 62 to 71; FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $65M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 34% of the organizations Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	62	$3.3M	21%
FY2024	70	$3.2M	34%
FY2023	71	$3.1M	34%
FY2022	66	$3.0M	41%
FY2021	62	$2.7M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$6.5MHuman Services$2.7MHousing & Shelter$2.5MYouth Development$670kCivil Rights$641kEducation$563kCommunity Improvement$475kReligion$329kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group	$459,500	5	7%
Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics	$350,000	5	31%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights	$325,000	5	0%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law	$316,000	5	1%
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence	$310,000	4	2%
Heartland Alliance Health	$290,000	4	0%
Everthrive Illinois	$250,000	5	3%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois	$250,000	4	0%
AIDS Foundation of Chicago	$250,000	3	0%
Connections for the Homeless Inc	$246,600	5	0%

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All grantees of Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group	$459,500	5	7%
Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics	$350,000	5	31%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights	$325,000	5	0%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law	$316,000	5	1%
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence	$310,000	4	2%
Heartland Alliance Health	$290,000	4	0%
Everthrive Illinois	$250,000	5	3%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois	$250,000	4	0%
AIDS Foundation of Chicago	$250,000	3	0%
Connections for the Homeless Inc	$246,600	5	0%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness	$240,000	5	1%
Refugeeone	$239,000	3	1%
Deborah's Place	$221,600	5	1%
Housing Forward	$215,000	4	0%
South Suburban Pads	$210,000	4	1%
North Side Housing and Supportive Services	$210,000	4	2%
Beds Plus Inc	$200,000	4	1%
Enlace Chicago	$200,000	4	1%
The Night Ministry	$200,000	4	0%
Lawndale Christian Health Center	$200,000	4	0%
Alliancechicago	$195,000	2	1%
Housing Opportunities for Women Inc	$185,000	4	0%
Mujeres Latinas En Accion	$175,000	4	1%
Resilience	$170,000	4	2%
Anew Building Beyond Violence and Abuse	$170,000	4	1%
Old Irving Park Community Clinic	$160,000	3	6%
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	$160,000	4	0%
New Moms Inc	$155,000	3	1%
Chicago Community Foundation	$150,000	2	n/a
Youth Guidance	$150,000	3	0%
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago	$150,000	3	1%
Sinai Health System	$148,500	3	0%
Tapestry 360 Health	$145,000	1	0%
Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago Inc	$140,000	2	1%
Juvenile Protective Association	$140,000	3	1%
Greenlight Family Services	$136,000	4	2%
Chinese American Service League Inc	$135,000	3	0%
Healing to Action	$130,000	3	5%
Wings Program Inc	$130,000	3	0%
Equal Hope	$125,000	2	2%
PrimeCare Community Health Inc	$125,000	2	0%
Michael Reese Research and Education Foundation	$125,000	3	1%
Nourishing Hope	$120,000	2	0%
La Rabida Children's Hospital	$120,000	3	0%
The Josselyn Center Nfp	$120,000	2	0%
Communities in Schools of Chicago	$120,000	2	1%
The Maven Project	$119,000	3	2%
Options for Youth	$115,000	4	3%
Pillars Community Health	$110,000	2	0%
Between Friends	$110,000	3	2%
Indo-American Center	$110,000	3	2%
Institute for Therapy Through the Arts	$110,000	3	2%
Antioch Area Healthcare Accessibility Alliance Inc	$105,000	4	15%
Christopher House	$105,000	2	0%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center	$105,000	3	0%
Pcc Community Wellness Center	$100,436	2	0%
Become Inc	$100,000	2	6%
The Boulevard of Chicago Inc	$100,000	2	1%
Erie Family Health Center Inc	$100,000	2	0%
Fenix Family Health Center	$100,000	2	6%
Esperanza Health Centers	$100,000	1	0%
Facing Forward to End Homelessness	$100,000	2	1%
Partnership for a Connected Illinois Inc	$100,000	2	52%
Children's Research Triangle	$100,000	2	1%
Heartland Alliance International Inc	$100,000	2	0%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$100,000	2	n/a
Chicago Volunteer Doulas Inc	$100,000	3	8%
Chicago South Side Birth Center	$97,000	1	n/a
Joliet Area Community Hospice Corp	$90,000	3	0%
The Harbour Inc	$90,000	2	1%
360 Youth Services	$90,000	2	1%
Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc	$90,000	3	0%
Youth Outreach Services Inc	$80,000	2	1%
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago	$80,000	2	0%
Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County	$80,000	2	1%
Crisis Center for South Suburbia	$80,000	2	1%
Yogacare	$75,000	2	22%
Un Nuevo Despertar a New Awakening Nfp	$70,000	2	8%
Girls Inc of Chicago	$70,000	2	2%
Community Health Partnership of Illinois	$70,000	1	1%
Will Grundy Medical Clinic	$70,000	1	4%
Legal Council for Health Justice	$60,000	1	1%
Teen Parent Connection Inc	$60,000	3	1%
Asian Human Services Family Health Center Inc	$60,000	1	0%
Primo Center for Women & Children	$60,000	1	1%
Healthcare Alternative Systems Inc	$56,000	1	0%
New Song Health Center Bolingbrook Christian Health Center	$50,000	1	29%
Journeys Community Center Incorporated	$50,000	1	6%
Community Youth Development Institute	$50,000	1	2%
Tri City Health Partnership	$50,000	2	2%
Center on Halsted	$50,000	1	1%
Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare S	$50,000	2	1%
Kids Above All Illinois	$50,000	2	0%
New Life-Knew Solutions	$50,000	1	2%
Advocates for Community Wellness	$50,000	1	9%
Melanated Midwives Nfp	$50,000	1	29%
The Harvard Community Senior Center	$50,000	1	n/a
McDermott Center	$50,000	1	0%
Gads Hill Center	$50,000	1	0%
Alternatives Inc	$50,000	1	0%
Marillac St Vincent Family Services Inc	$50,000	1	0%
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children	$50,000	1	1%
Howard Area Community Center	$50,000	1	1%
Sga Youth & Family Services Nfp	$50,000	1	0%
Holy Family Ministries	$48,000	2	0%
Ecker Center for Behavioral Health Inc	$45,000	1	0%
Erie Neighborhood House	$42,000	1	0%
Michael Reese Health Trust	$40,000	1	2%
Family Focus Legacy	$40,000	1	3%
Brave Space Alliance	$40,000	1	1%
NAMI Chicago	$40,000	1	0%
Family Health Partnership Clinic	$40,000	1	1%
Illinois Unidos	$40,000	1	n/a
Chicago Jesuit Academy	$40,000	2	n/a
Apna Ghar Inc	$40,000	1	1%
Gary Comer Youth Center Inc	$40,000	1	1%
Alianza Americas	$40,000	1	n/a
Swedish Covenant Health	$35,000	2	0%
Youth and Family Counseling	$35,000	1	2%
Forefront	$32,443	4	0%
James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy	$30,000	1	1%
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center	$30,000	1	1%
The Port Ministries	$28,000	1	3%
Ignite	$25,000	1	1%
Bridge Communities Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Nurse-Family Partnership	$25,000	1	0%
Association House of Chicago	$25,000	1	0%
Centro San Bonifacio Inc	$25,000	1	2%
Trilogy Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Youth & Opportunity United Inc	$25,000	1	0%
PADS Lake County Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Grantmakers in Health	$24,050	5	0%
Dupage Health Coalition	$23,000	1	1%
Fox Valley Hands of Hope Inc	$20,000	1	3%
Zion Benton Children's Service	$15,000	1	14%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($896k), not named here.

Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 128 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 128.

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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.

United Way of Metropolitan Chicago IncIL116.3× affinity62 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 · Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Michael Reese Health Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Chicago Foundation for Women · Healthy Communities Foundation · Grant Hospital of Chicago D/B/A Grant Healthcare Foundation

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.

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About Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation

How much does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation give?: Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation reported 64 grants totaling $3,324,209 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 62 and 71 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (42%), Human Services (18%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
Who are Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group ($460k), Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics ($350k), Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights ($325k).
Does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation, Circle of Service Foundation.
Where is Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation based?: Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago (Aka) Vna Foundation is based in IL.