Illinois · Nonprofit
MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,181,047 to it, the largest being AIDS Foundation of Chicago ($1,594,073). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Michael Reese Research and Education Foundation does
Mission
The research and education foundation conducts medical research, education, and community services for various areas of medicine including, but not limited to, oncology research, cardiovascular research, and healthcare delivery.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Hiv carethe hiv care program provides integrated primary and multi-specialty care, adherence education, case management, substance abuse services, mental health care and prevention interventions for people living with hiv disease.
$1,067,147 spent35% of program spendingWomen's healththe women's health program provides free screening mammograms and cervical screenings as well as diagnostic follow-up services to uninsured women, regardless of income. For women who are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer, surgery, treatment, medications and reconstructive breast surgery are also provided.
$741,577 spent25% of program spending340b drug purchasing program - the foundation entered into an agreement with a third party to facilitate the participation in the 340b drug purchasing program without the need to establish and operate its own pharmacy. Outpatients of the clinics who are eligible can purchase or receive covered 340b drugs.
$7,872,660 earned by the programCommunity outreach, community scholarships, medical research and education.
$1,202,572 spentof which $1,202,572 as grants40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,011,296.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $26M to $14M (−44%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 33% · 2018 38% · 2019 48% · 2020 34% · 2021 41% · 2022 38% · 2023 54% · 2024 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Jason Rothstein
Executive director
Board chair
William Chamberlin Md
Director, chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $136k → $235k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 80% · 2022 100% · 2023 80% — 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.
Where its funders are
79% of MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 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 MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,181,047 to it, the largest being AIDS Foundation of Chicago ($1,594,073). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,181,047 in grants to MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- AIDS Foundation of Chicago is the largest funder on record, with $1,594,073 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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