AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3412054. Reported 263 grants totalling $115.3M to 78 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For AIDS Foundation of Chicago, the IRS classifies it under diseases & disorders rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE G81Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 78 distinct organizations, with 49% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 81% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $133,444. Half of what it reported fell between $50,932 and $322,153; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $15.3M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Housing and Health | Chicago, IL | $56.8M | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hektoen Institute for Medical Research | Chicago, IL | $10.5M | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chicago House and Social Service Agency | Chicago, IL | $4,322,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mother and Child Alliance | Chicago, IL | $3,958,008 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Alexian Brothers Bonaventure House | Saint Louis, MO | $2,852,534 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Christian Community Health Center | Chicago, IL | $2,697,781 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Greater Family Health | Hoffman Estates, IL | $2,440,039 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL | $2,249,550 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Heartland Alliance Health | Chicago, IL | $1,824,035 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Urbana, IL | $1,785,328 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin | Elgin, IL | $1,764,736 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Erie Family Health Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,684,230 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mount Sinai Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,664,648 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | $1,405,468 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Boulevard of Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,364,398 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,215,129 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lawndale Christian Health Center | Chicago, IL | $1,157,636 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Agape Missions Nfp | Joliet, IL | $969,795 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Housing Opportunities for Women Inc | Chicago, IL | $926,402 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Michael Reese Research and Education Foundation | Chicago, IL | $882,666 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Southbend United Methodist Church | Gainesville, GA | $864,519 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| South Side Help Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $860,401 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $855,922 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Proactive Community Services | Hazel Crest, IL | $821,708 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercy Housing Lakefront | Denver, CO | $677,922 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Men & Women in Prison Ministries | Chicago, IL | $638,992 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Asian Human Services of Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $561,369 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Legal Council for Health Justice | Chicago, IL | $555,855 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mcdermott Center | Chicago, IL | $472,096 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Life Is Work | Maywood, IL | $416,839 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inner Voice Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $414,279 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alphawood | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Esperanza Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $337,236 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chicago Women's AIDS Project | Chicago, IL | $322,493 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| La CASA Norte | Chicago, IL | $297,704 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lake County Health Department | Waukegan, IL | $289,315 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Will County Community Health Center | Joliet, IL | $274,168 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Facing Forward to End Homelessness | Chicago, IL | $268,594 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Childrens Place Association | Chicago, IL | $258,429 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Deborahs Place | Chicago, IL | $258,392 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid Chicago | Chicago, IL | $251,830 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Association for Individual Development | Aurora, IL | $235,757 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| North Side Housing and Supportive Services | Chicago, IL | $223,135 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Primo Center for Women and Children | Chicago, IL | $218,997 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Featherfist | Chicago, IL | $216,100 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alliance Care 360 | Chicago, IL | $192,660 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chicago Family Health Center | Chicago, IL | $192,059 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Puerto Rican Cultural Center | Chicago, IL | $163,737 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $158,604 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Taskforce Prevention and Community Services | Chicago, IL | $151,077 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center | Chicago, IL | $142,513 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Season of Concern | Chicago, IL | $86,742 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Alivio Medical Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Health Nfp | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friend Family Health Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Primecare Community Health Inc | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tca Health Inc Nfp | Chicago, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Will County Health Department | Joliet, IL | $43,252 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Wellness Project | Saint Louis, MO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Black Gay Mens Caucus | Chicago, IL | $32,489 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peace Development Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $31,880 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heartland Human Care Services Inc | Chicago, IL | $30,438 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Power to Decide | Washington, DC | $29,960 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $24,690 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amita Health Housing & Health Alliance | Chicago, IL | $22,168 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Corazon Community Services | Cicero, IL | $20,194 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medical Organization for Latino Advancement | Wilmette, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $16,632 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $13,811 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Calor | Chicago, IL | $10,366 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Girls | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| All Chicago Making Homelessness History | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nefuse | Chicago, IL | $6,426 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Dance Health Fund | Chicago, IL | $6,407 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lorde Rustin & Bates | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jones Foundation Inc | Calumet City, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
57 of 78 (73%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Center for Housing & Health
PROMOTE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE DEALING WITH HIV/AIDS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 55 of 78 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 51 | $21.6M | $140,438 |
| 2021 | 61 | $21.6M | $80,000 |
| 2022 | 58 | $21.2M | $83,130 |
| 2023 | 47 | $23.8M | $165,540 |
| 2024 | 46 | $27.1M | $188,824 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
96% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $133,444 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from AIDS Foundation of Chicago's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 200 West Monroe Street Suite 1150, Chicago, IL, 60606.
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