Illinois · Nonprofit
American Medical Association Foundation
American Medical Association Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,158,662 to it, the largest being ALFREDO AND MARIA BUBION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O WHITTIER TRUST ($525,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $25M
What American Medical Association Foundation does
Mission
The ama foundation brings together physicians and communities to improve our nation's health.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General program services - working in alignment with the strategic priorities of the american medical association, we amplify the impact of physicians by funding programs and initiatives that support physicians, promote optimal health for all, and advance medical education. Through targeted investments, partnerships, and philanthropic support, we identify areas of urgent need and help empower physician leaders to develop innovative solutions.
$2,052,313 spentof which $1,681,587 as grants55% of program spendingLgbtq+ health program - the ama foundation works to address persistent gaps in care affecting lgbtq+ individuals by convening leaders in health care, the lgbtq+ community, medical education, community organizations, and other stakeholders. Our vision is to ensure all lgbtq+ people receive high quality, compassionate, and affriming care.
$894,701 spentof which $549,241 as grants24% of program spendingMedical scholarships - physicians of tomorrow provides scholarship funding to academically outstanding medical students with a financial need who are already demonstrating a commitment to public health. The underrepresented in medicine scholarships are specifically awarded to medical students who meet the above criteria and are also from racial/ethnic/cultural groups under-represented in the practicing physician population - promoting diversity, health equity and the delivery of culturally competent care. These students often choose to serve at-risk minority and socio-economically disadvantaged patient populations. The joan f. Giambalvo fund for the advancement of women supports research advancing the study of women in the medical profession and strengthening the ama's ability to identify and address the issues affecting women in the medical profession. The scholarship was established by the women physicians section (wps) in conjunction with the ama foundation. To date, 25 research awards have been granted.
$585,422 spentof which $410,000 as grants16% of program spendingOther Program Services
$172,964 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,705,400.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $26M to $32M (+26%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Virginia Spitzer
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $96k → $69k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $992k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Northwestern University). These are real filings, and they are not money American Medical Association Foundation raised.
From the IRS filings of American Medical Association Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
American Medical Association Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund American Medical Association Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 63% · 2019 41% · 2020 59% · 2021 69% · 2022 62% · 2023 70% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
20% of American Medical Association Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
American Medical Association Foundation draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $177k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like American Medical Association Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 31 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Medical Association Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds American Medical Association Foundation?
- American Medical Association Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,158,662 to it, the largest being ALFREDO AND MARIA BUBION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O WHITTIER TRUST ($525,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Medical Association Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,158,662 in grants to American Medical Association Foundation, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Medical Association Foundation?
- ALFREDO AND MARIA BUBION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O WHITTIER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Medical Association Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing