Who funds health in Illinois
Health funding in Illinois is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago leads, and the money reaches 2,632 groups. Illinois's health organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.
The short version
- 11,741 funders gave $8.4B to 2,632 health organizations in Illinois across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 72% of that came from funders also based in Illinois; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of health in Illinois is Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, at $1.1B.
- The health organization drawing the most is Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, at $708M.
Largest funders of health in Illinois
The funders giving the most to health organizations in Illinois, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Health organizations in Illinois that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find health funders in Illinois
- 1Start with the funders already active in Illinois
The funders giving the most to health in Illinois are Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Endeavor Health Clinical Operations, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
28% of health money in Illinois comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Illinois.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Illinois?
- Start with the funders already giving to health in Illinois, currently Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Endeavor Health Clinical Operations, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Illinois from out of state.
- Who is the largest health funder in Illinois?
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago gives the most to health organizations in Illinois, $1.1B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to health in Illinois?
- $8.4B reached 2,632 health organizations in Illinois, from 11,741 funders. 72% came from funders also based in Illinois.
- How recent is this data?
- It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.
More from the funding graph
Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.