Illinois · Nonprofit
THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL (Illinois) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,520,405 to it, the largest being EHLERS-DANLOS SOCIETY ($477,561). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5B
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $483M
What The Carle Foundation Hospital does
Mission
To be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions and to improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Serving people through high quality medical care, The Carle Foundation Hospital is an illinois not-for-profit corporation established for the purpose of operating the carle foundation's 509-licensed bed hospital and related facilities and, conducting patient care related activities of the foundation. The hospital, a level one trauma center, offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for medical, surgical, obstetrical and gynecological patients. The hospital provides various ancillary support services to both inpatients and outpatients such as autopsy, blood bank, emergency services, respiratory therapy, operating room, occupational therapy, pastoral counseling, social services, pharmacy and physical therapy. The Carle Foundation Hospital's mission is to serve people through high quality care, medical research and education. We make sure those who need care, get care, whether or not they can pay. Through our community care discount program for hospital services and our partnerships with area health agencies, access to dental, vision and general healthcare has been improved for those who are struggling financially. For the community, we offer…
$1,107,793,330 spentof which $759,524 as grants$1,513,892,599 earned by the program96% of program spendingResearch and education initiatives: research carle health invests in clinical research to seek innovative solutions for difficult clinical challenges and ensure our patients have access to the most effective and innovative approaches to healthcare. The stephens family clinical research institute (sfcri) at carle health provides the scientific leadership and research infrastructure to advance research ideas and ensure the safe and compliant conduct of research in the clinical setting. Carle's clinicians and researchers conduct studies that receive recognition and support from national federal agencies, major foundations, and research institutions throughout the united states. In 2024, clinicians, researchers, and students worked on over 425 clinical trials and research studies across the health system. More than 3,000 patients participated in clinical research, including more than 1,400 new participants at locations in champaign-urbana, mattoon, danville, bloomington-normal and peoria. Researchers working at carle produced over 220 research publications in 2024, including important research in tbi care and stroke recovery. Research at carle health happens across the continuum of…
$33,217,500 spent$682,794 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe carle community care discount program (financial assistance): as a tax-exempt organization, The Carle Foundation Hospital provides care to patients regardless of their ability to pay for that care or source of payment. We also recognize that some patients need help to pay their bills. The Carle Foundation Hospital's community care discount program (financial assistance) provides discounts or free care to those who need it. Our community care discount program is continually evaluated and managed as needed to meet the needs of our community. Evaluation involves input from administrative leaders, patient accounts staff, local consumer advocacy groups, and patients. During 2024, financial assistance alone for hospital patients totaled $18,057,494 at cost.
$18,057,494 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,159,068,324.
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 2022 to 2023, from $471M to $648M (+37%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 0% · 2022 1% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
James C Leonard MD
Ex-Officio, Officer - President & CEO
Board chair
Meredith Mills
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $120k → $297k.
2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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: $28M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Carle Community Health Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL raised.
From the IRS filings of THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL’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
THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
100% 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 THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 57% · 2019 52% · 2020 36% · 2021 43% · 2022 31% · 2023 30% — 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
57% of THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $315k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,075 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,075 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $190k on record — $190k federal, $50 state.
- Department of Justice$84k
- Consumer Product Safety Commission$76k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$31k
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$50
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 55 related entities
- Carle Bromenn Medical Center · exempt
- Carle Community Health Corporation · exempt
- Carle Development Foundation · exempt
- Carle Eureka Hospital · exempt
- Carle Health - Central Region · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL?
- THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL (Illinois) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,520,405 to it, the largest being EHLERS-DANLOS SOCIETY ($477,561). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,520,405 in grants to THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL?
- EHLERS-DANLOS SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $477,561 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL 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 15 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