Illinois · Nonprofit
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,543,615 to it, the largest being Polk Bros Foundation Inc ($592,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.4M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $-343094
What Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago does
Mission
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (phimc) enhances the capacity of public health and healthcare systems to promote health equity and expand access to services. Through organizational development, system transformation, fiscal management, and program implementation, phimc leads efforts to strengthen public health infrastructure in illinois.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
HIV PREVENTION - PHIMC funds and monitors high impact, targeted HIV prevention services delivered by 14 partner agencies in Suburban Cook on behalf of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Through this project, PHIMC provides capacity building training and technical assistance focused on improving service delivery to all providers. PHIMC also works to expand routine, opt-out HIV testing within general medical settings throughout Illinois, supports the sustainability of routine testing through billing and reimbursement strategies, and provides training and technical assistance to improve medical and social services for people living with HIV/AIDS. PHIMC also provides regional implementation of state funding for 14 partner agencies.
$3,210,953 spentof which $821,806 as grants$3,547,261 earned by the program34% of program spendingSchool health - phimc brings together a diverse group of stakeholders to ensure access to quality school health services for chicago's most vulnerable students. Phimc offers those involved in the delivery side of school health services, advocated of comprehensive school-based healthcare, and city agencies a space to network with each other, share best practices, and identify opportunities to reduce healthcare barriers. Phimc promotes safety, support, and healthy development for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (lgbtq+) youth in illinois through advocacy, education, youth organizing, and professional development.
$925,235 spent$1,254,885 earned by the program10% of program spendingHealth justice - phimc's community reentry project provides comprehensive medical and social services to individuals living with, and at high risk for, hiv as they transition from incarceration to community. Through this project, phimc provides technical support to public health professionals and social service providers to identify and address the needs of the target population.
$740,543 spentof which $254,952 as grants$698,623 earned by the program8% of program spendingPublic Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (phimc) enhances the capacity of public health and health care systems to promote health equity and expand access to services. Through organizational development, system transformation, fiscal management, and program implementation, phimc leads efforts to strengthen public health infrastructure in illinois. Expenses $ 4,590,566. Grants $ 223,255. Revenue $ 3,633,259.
$4,590,566 spentof which $223,255 as grants$3,633,259 earned by the program48% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,467,297.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $4.1M to $5.4M (+33%).
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: 2018 82% · 2019 61% · 2020 58% · 2021 51% · 2022 31% · 2023 69% · 2024 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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
Karen Reitan
CEO/President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $247k → $380k.
8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
56% 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 Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 77% · 2019 60% · 2020 40% · 2021 32% · 2022 25% · 2023 26% — 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
21% of Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
57% of Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $750k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago: 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 Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago?
- Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,543,615 to it, the largest being Polk Bros Foundation Inc ($592,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $3,543,615 in grants to Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago?
- Polk Bros Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $592,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 31 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