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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 3 of 4

51. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 731 Union
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2022 · 15.7% of their giving
$80K
52. Beta Theta Pi Fraternity Gamma Xi Chapter
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$63K
53. Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids/Chicago Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2023 · 10.7% of their giving
$106K
54. American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2022 · 2.8% of their giving
$400K
55. Louisville Professional Firefighters
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2025 · 75.3% of their giving
$55K
56. The Chicago Community Trust
66 grants to 15 organizations · largest $590K · through 2023
$9.1M
57. North American Region of the Airports Council International
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 16.7% of their giving
$60K
58. Charities Aid Foundation America
73 grants to 27 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$4.2M
60. Jewish Communal Fund
19 grants to 9 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024
$5.9M
74. Rochester Area Community Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $213K · through 2024
$870K
75. Pledgeling Foundation
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $231K · through 2024
$711K
94. The Dupage Community Foundation
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $292K · through 2024
$438K
95. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $457K · through 2023
$652K
96. American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $154K · through 2024
$440K
99. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $474K · through 2024
$819K
106. Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $632K · through 2024
$900K
107. Pasadena Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $408K · through 2025
$408K
109. The Greater New Orleans Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$601K
110. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $400K · through 2023
$684K
120. Colorado Gives Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $201K · through 2024
$848K
123. Give Lively Foundation Inc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $191K · through 2025
$434K
127. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $369K · through 2024
$690K
130. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
38 grants to 13 organizations · largest $107K · through 2024
$1.2M
135. United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc
17 grants to 10 organizations · largest $121K · through 2024
$440K
149. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
20 grants to 10 organizations · largest $357K · through 2025
$1.6M

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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