Illinois · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Diseases & Medical Disciplines in Illinois

Imperigo has identified 707 funders that made 3,394 grants totaling $439.3M to 191 diseases & medical disciplines organizations in Illinois, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Diseases & Medical Disciplines Funding in Illinois

Total granted $439.3M
Funders 707
Grants 3,394
Organizations funded 191

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Epilepsy Study Consortium Inc C/O Sterling Foundation Management LLC
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $66K · through 2024 · 67.4% of their giving
$155K
27. National Health Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 33.5% of their giving
$150K
28. Chicago Wolves Charities
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $20K · through 2025 · 14.8% of their giving
$191K
29. Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$140K
30. Trust UArt 5 UWO Mary A Falvey F/B/O American Lung Association
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$140K
31. United States Energy Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$3.8M
32. International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Association
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$135K
33. The Physicians Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $377K · through 2023 · 5.1% of their giving
$527K
34. International Union of Operating Engineers 150
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 18.9% of their giving
$136K
35. Ufcw Local 1546 Charity Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2020 · 43.9% of their giving
$125K
36. Heart to Heart Hospice Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 19.7% of their giving
$124K
37. Nashville Fire Fighters Assoc 140
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $119K · through 2019 · 45.1% of their giving
$119K
38. Permobil Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2025 · 15.0% of their giving
$155K
39. Chicago Cubs Charities
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $580K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$610K
40. Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $332K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$1.4M
41. Will B Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $105K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$105K
42. National Academy of Neuropsychology Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022 · 38.0% of their giving
$100K
43. Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$96K
44. Worcester Fire Fighters Association Local 1009 Iaff Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$89K
45. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
15 grants to 9 organizations · largest $7.4M · through 2024
$15.6M
46. The Prager Metis Charitable Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $83K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$83K
47. Retirement Living Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$81K
48. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
32 grants to 20 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$5.0M
49. United Way of Tri County Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $72K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$177K
50. First Look for Charity Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $98K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$412K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to diseases & medical disciplines work in Illinois, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 18 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering diseases & medical disciplines work, with an address in Illinois. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable diseases & medical disciplines funding in Illinois, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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