Michael Reese Health Trust
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2170910. Reported 277 grants totalling $30.9M to 167 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Michael Reese Health Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $55,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $30,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $1,270,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Metro Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,975,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,574,328 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Acclivus Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,401,974 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence | Chicago, IL | $1,397,265 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Health and Medicine Policy Research Group | Chicago, IL | $900,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Communityhealth | Chicago, IL | $843,680 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Ark | Chicago, IL | $834,193 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Christian Community Health Center | Chicago, IL | $808,333 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sinai Urban Health Institute | Chicago, IL | $807,669 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Illinois Community Health Workers Association | Chicago, IL | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Centers of Chicago | Northbrook, IL | $727,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $675,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| State Revenue Alliance (state Power Fund) | Kent, OH | $650,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Esperanza Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $623,060 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sinai Chicago | Chicago, IL | $552,178 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $525,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| End Homelessness | Chicago, IL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wings Program Inc | Palatine, IL | $412,267 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Latino Policy Forum | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safer Foundation | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jcfs Chicago | Chicago, IL | $366,400 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Healing to Action | Chicago, IL | $340,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Midwest Refuah Health Center | Lincolnwood, IL | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cook County Health Foundation | Chicago, IL | $312,330 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal Council for Health Justice | Chicago, IL | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $274,972 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children First Fund -Chicago Public Schools Foundation | Chicago, IL | $268,095 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shalva | Chicago, IL | $254,466 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crossroads Fund | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Undue Medical Debt | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illinois Housing Development Authority | Chicago, IL | $208,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anew Building Beyond Violence and Abuse | Homewood, IL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Att & Reach | Skokie, IL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Coalition for the Homeless | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sinai Health System | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Swedish Hospital | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cje Seniorlife | Chicago, IL | $183,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights | Chicago, IL | $181,122 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Organizing and Family Issues | Chicago, IL | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Family Services | Chicago, IL | $173,100 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women Employed | Chicago, IL | $171,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $160,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sarah's Inn | Forest Park, IL | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gap Community Center | Chicago, IL | $154,999 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Legal Action Chicago | Chicago, IL | $151,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Advancing Domestic Peace | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tenant Education Network | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Un Nuevo Despertar - a New Awakening | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ascend Justice | Chicago, IL | $145,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Laureus Sport for Good Foundation of America | New York, NY | $145,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connections for Abused Women and Their Children | Chicago, IL | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Organizing and Family | Chicago, IL | $139,922 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| AIDS Foundation of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Between Friends | Chicago, IL | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mujeres Latinas En Accion | Chicago, IL | $135,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Saint Anthony Hospital | Chicago, IL | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Equity for All of US | Chicago, IL | $123,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Board of Trustees University of Illinois Dba University of Illinois at | Chicago, IL | $120,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $118,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Phalanx Family Services | Chicago, IL | $105,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance of the Southeast (alianza Leadership Institute) | Chicago, IL | $104,363 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago House and Social Service Agency | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family Rescue Inc | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Housing Action Illinois | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jane Addams Senior Caucus | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Tenants Organization | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Collective Foundation | Covina, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palenque Lsna (logan Square Neighborhood Association) | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Red Line Service | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Shore Works | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southside Together Organizing for Power | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southwest Organizing Project | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sylvia Woods Josephine Wyatt and Clarice Durham Memorial Foundation Ltd | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Network | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Att and Reach | Skokie, IL | $97,300 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Illinois Action for Children | Chicago, IL | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $90,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Umoja Student Development Corporation | Chicago, IL | $90,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA Central | Chicago, IL | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Communities in Schools of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $85,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thresholds | Chicago, IL | $85,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Centro San Bonifacio | Chicago, IL | $80,015 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alternatives Inc | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Apna Ghar Inc | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cje Senior Life | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Million Degrees | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Equity | Chicago, IL | $79,984 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alianza Leadership Institute | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Abortion Fund | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midwest Access Project Co Guild Row | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Eulalia Churchthe Quinn Center | Maywood, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ada Health Policy Institute | Chicago, IL | $71,794 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heartland Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Refugeeone | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| YWCA Evanstonnorth Shore | Evanston, IL | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The University of Chicago - Medical Center Development | Chicago, IL | $67,289 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Home and Aid | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Research Triangle | Chicago, IL | $62,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Erie Family Health Center | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Swedish Covenant Hospital | Chicago, IL | $55,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ageoptions | Oak Park, IL | $55,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gads Hill Center | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pillars Community Health | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Guidance | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| True Star Foundation | Chicago, IL | $52,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Volunteer Doulas Inc | Chicago, IL | $51,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Housing and Health | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heartland Alliance Health | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Infant Welfare Society - Oprf | Oak Park, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John Howard Association of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Life Span | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mile Square Health Center | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAMI Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Primecare Community Health | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Resilience Partners | Chicago, IL | $49,985 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Introspect Youth Services Inc | Chicago, IL | $49,952 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Antioch Community Social Service Agency | Chicago, IL | $49,929 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Burst Into Books | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Enlace Chicago | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anewbuilding Beyond Violence and Abuse | Homewood, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lawndale Christian Health Center | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County | Hillsdale, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthcare Alternatives Systems Inc | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthy Schools Campaign | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls Inc of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kids Off the Block | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Crossroads Inc | Berwyn, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sketchpad | Chicago, IL | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Advocate Charitable Foundation | Downers Grove, IL | $21,718 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civic Consulting Alliance | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connections for the Homeless | Evanston, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illinois Public Health Institute | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pcc Community Wellness Center | Oak Park, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Beautiful Surprise Foundation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alivio Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arab American Family Services | Worth, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Childcare Providers' Network | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Christian Health Center | Harvey, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helen Miller-Seiu Member Education and Training Center | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Illinois Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seasons Community Outreach | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vocel | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Storycatchers Theatre | Chicago, IL | $14,430 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Supportive Housing Providers Association | Springfield, IL | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Upwardly Global | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Access Community Health | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Housing Initiative | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Housing Forward | Maywood, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ignite | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Law Center for Better Housing | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Revive Center for Housing and Healing | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Streetwise | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forefront | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
46 of 167 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 31%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- United Way of Metro Chicago
CORPORATE COALITION - RESILIENCY NETWORK SUPPORT - The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE TASKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: SURVIVOR WORKING GROUP STIPENDS, VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT (VOCA) RELIEF FUND AND EMERGENCY HOUSING, GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME PILOT - Acclivus Inc
SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR CHICAGO AREA POPULATION AT RISK FOR VIOLENCE AND OTHER NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES - Illinois Community Health Workers Association
CAPACITY-BUILDING OVER 3 YEARS - City of Chicago
CHIEF HOMELESSNESS OFFICER - Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
CHICAGOLAND COVID-19 LESSONS LEARNED - A PATH FORWARD, GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 100 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 162 | $11.8M | $49,992 |
| 2022 | 57 | $7,184,136 | $100,000 |
| 2023 | 58 | $11.9M | $100,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Michael Reese Health Trust has 41 of them, worth $3,891,191. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Sinai Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 |
| Acclivus Inc | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| The Ark | Chicago, IL | $150,000 |
| Health and Medicine Policy Research Group | Chicago, IL | $150,000 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $120,000 |
| Children First Fund -Chicago Public Schools Foundation | Chicago, IL | $120,000 |
| Cook County Health Foundation | Chicago, IL | $117,626 |
| Alternatives Inc | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Communities in Schools of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $95,000 |
| Newroot Learning Institute | Chicago, IL | $95,000 |
| Att and Reach | Skokie, IL | $87,300 |
| Ada Health Policy Institute | Chicago, IL | $80,000 |
| One Million Degrees | Chicago, IL | $80,000 |
| Children's Research Triangle | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in Illinois. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $55,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Michael Reese Health Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 1 return. Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1707 N Randall Rd 200, Elgin, IL, 60123. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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