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Who funds Rush University Medical Center?

Chicago, Illinois · EIN 362174823

103 private foundations reported grants to Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois totaling $21.2 million across 122 grants in tax years 2021 to 2025. The largest funder was Harold B Smith Foundation, with $6.0 million.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of Rush University Medical Center that accept applications

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Foundations that fund Rush University Medical Center

The 100 largest of 103 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Harold B Smith Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Charitable1$6.0 million
Sue Ling Gin Foundation Trust
Illinois · 2024
General operations3$1.9 million
Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc
New Jersey · 2025 · accepts applications
Grantee will use the grant to develop through west site united ("wsu"), a project currently fiscally sponsored by grantee, a collaborative network of community-based organizations ("cbos") in west side chicago to develop and deliver programs to these cbos to help them build capacity, and assist these cbos with their programing to make it more effective at addressing social determinants of health and health needs.1$1.2 million
The Regenstein Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Operational support1$1.0 million
The Boler Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
To support rush university medical center1$1.0 million
Lundbeck US Charitable Fund
Illinois · 2025
Improve health of individuals and communities we serve1$700,000
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Capital3$680,000
The Commonwealth Fund
New York · 2024
Testing, Scaling, and Disseminating the Racial Equity in Healthcare Progress Report, Phase 21$638,814
The John A Hartford Foundation Inc
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
Ready, willing and able: caring for caregivers in age-friendly health systems - dissemination phase1$586,535
Lolita Sheldon Armour Art VII Char Trust
Texas · 2025
Unrestricted general1$536,386
Anna L Bevan Tr
Illinois · 2025
General1$497,511
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
BRIDGES: Using BRIDGES to Address Intergenerational Trauma, Close the Clinic-Community Gap and Improve Children's Mental Health on Chicago's West Side1$433,928
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
Illinois · 2024
In flexible support of west side united1$275,000
The Brinson Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Brinson medical research fellowship5$270,000
Rosenberg Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Support general operations1$253,810
Edwardson Family Foundation
Florida · 2025
General operations1$250,000
Daniel and Susan Asher Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General support1$250,000
Vivo Foundation
Illinois · 2024
To further the mission of the donee1$250,000
Bedford Falls Foundation
Virginia · 2025
To further the exempt purpose of the organization1$239,128
The Simons Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
Rush-chicagoland spark2$227,117
The Otho Sa Sprague Memorial Institute
Illinois · 2025
Program support1$225,000
Polk Bros Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Health3$222,000
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
New Jersey · 2024 · accepts applications
79308 leveraging disparate datasets to close gaps in the current approach to caring for populations at high risk due to health inequity2$214,360
Glen and Wendy Miller Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Research & education1$214,000
Patricia S and William J Hagenah Foundation
Delaware · 2025
Rubschlager Building Campaign1$200,000
Abbott Fund
Illinois · 2024
Alive Faith Network1$200,000
Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2024
Medical research1$152,390
Levitetz Family Foundation Inc
Florida · 2024 · accepts applications
General purpose1$150,000
Circle of Service Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Medical research3$129,347
With Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Project support1$128,000
Herman W Ladish Family Foundation Inc
Wisconsin · 2024 · accepts applications
Charitable1$125,000
Retirement Research Foundation DBA RRF Foundation for Aging
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
An 18-month grant to support older people experiencing homelessness by leveraging the expertise of occupational therapists to identify and address the challenges faced by older people transitioning from homelessness to housing.1$110,000
Gates Foundation
Washington · 2024 · accepts applications
Empower women and girls1$108,392
Sirius Fund
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
To support charitable purpose2$102,500
Beatrice P Delany Char Tr
Illinois · 2023 · accepts applications
General1$100,000
A G Cox Charity Trust
Illinois · 2024
General1$100,000
Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Charity1$100,000
Chauncey and Marion D McCormick Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Hospitals, health, and medical1$100,000
Frank Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General fund raising1$95,000
Michael Reese Health Trust
Illinois · 2021 · accepts applications
Future-ready learning labs2$90,000
Pillsbury Hospital Residents Trust
Texas · 2025
Unrestricted general1$72,401
Edwards Family CJLJ Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Funding for scholarship programs for the education and training of clinicians, scientists, and other health care providers. Geared toward research, patient care, and community health care.1$60,000
Harold J & Viola Morton Childrens FD
Texas · 2024
Unrestricted general1$56,474
The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
New York · 2024
Innovation/ marginalized populations1$50,000
Hobsonlucas Family Foundation
California · 2024 · accepts applications
Dept of orthopedic surgery-bone/ joint research1$50,000
Cornell Brewer Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Health1$50,000
The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General operating support1$50,000
The Duchossois Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Mental health program1$50,000
Chris & Irene Seth Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
Medical reseach and treatment1$50,000
Motorola Solutions Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
General Operating Support1$50,000
Burt Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
See above1$50,000
Yagan Family Foundation
Colorado · 2024
Medical1$50,000
Mazzetta Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General charitable1$50,000
E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024 · accepts applications
Help with the costs of its program, to understand the experiences in clinical pastoral education, as described in its grant proposal.1$40,000
Robert & Terri Cohn Family Foundation
Florida · 2025
General operating support3$39,000
Elaine M & Myron J Cohn Family Fdn
New York · 2024
Research1$25,000
Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund
Michigan · 2024 · accepts applications
Unrestricted1$25,000
Paul and Pearl Caslow Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General support1$22,000
Courtney A Kleman
Illinois · 2025
General1$20,009
The Picerne Family Charitable Foundation
Arizona · 2024 · accepts applications
General support1$20,000
Bruce and Deborah Duncan Foundation
Florida · 2025 · accepts applications
General operating support1$20,000
Fibushendricks Family Foundation
Ohio · 2024
Pledge payment 1 of 51$20,000
Scott Family Foundation
Florida · 2024
Medical Research1$20,000
Aircast Foundation Inc
Florida · 2024 · accepts applications
Orthopaedic research1$15,000
Mary Hooker Dole Trust
Illinois · 2025
General1$15,000
The Kensington Square Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General support1$15,000
Reynolds Family Foundation
Delaware · 2024
General & Unrestricted1$15,000
Harold F & Suzanne D Falk Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2024
General fund1$15,000
Charles L Hutchinson Fund
Illinois · 2024
General support1$12,034
The Georgescu Family Foundation
Connecticut · 2025
general use1$10,000
Corcoran Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Healthcare1$10,000
Frank and Karen Ptak Family Foundation
Florida · 2025 · accepts applications
General1$10,000
John E & Jeanne T Hughes Charitable Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Program support1$10,000
RLH Foundation
Florida · 2025
Operating funds1$10,000
Sapiente Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Unrestricted Donation1$10,000
CME Group Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Men's health training & research1$10,000
Lee Ohana Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Medical research1$10,000
Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc
Wisconsin · 2024 · accepts applications
Donations - matching gift1$7,500
Twin Trees Foundationinc
Florida · 2024
General support1$7,500
Jack & Sandra Guthman Fdn
Illinois · 2025
general operating support1$7,000
The Allyn Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2025
Medical services1$5,000
Baranay Family Foundation Inc
Indiana · 2025
To help support operations1$5,000
Susan & Robert Wislow Charitable Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General unrestricted charitable purpose1$5,000
Lefkovitz Foundation
Wisconsin · 2024
Education1$5,000
Modestus Bauer Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General charitable use1$5,000
The Donnelley Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Unrestricted2$5,000
Krehbiel Family Foundation
Illinois · 2023
General Support1$5,000
Adreani Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General use1$5,000
The Dick & Diane May Foundation Inc
Delaware · 2024
Road Home1$3,000
Robert D & Phyllis A Jaffee Family Foundation
New York · 2024
Unrestricted contribution1$2,500
Jane W and David M Stone Charitable Trust
Illinois · 2025
Charitable1$2,500
Grace Roberti Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Charity1$2,000
Mount Prospect Mavericks Travel Baseball
Illinois · 2024
Cancer research1$2,000
The Page Foundation
Ohio · 2023
To support the mission of the hospital system to provide outstanding patient care, education, research, and community partnerships.1$1,000
The Rose Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Advocacy1$1,000
CDM Foundation Inc
Indiana · 2025
General support1$1,000
Maurice & Henry Freund Charitable Foundation
Illinois · 2024
To further charitable goals1$1,000
St Clair Charitable Trust
Michigan · 2025
General charitable1$1,000
Baxter International Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Matching gifts1$500
Juliette Eliscu Trust
Wisconsin · 2024
General operating1$400

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds Rush University Medical Center?

Harold B Smith Foundation, Sue Ling Gin Foundation Trust, Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc, The Regenstein Foundation and The Boler Family Foundation, and 98 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Rush University Medical Center get from foundations?

$21.2 million in 122 reported grants from 103 private foundations in tax years 2021 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, The John A Hartford Foundation Inc, Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation and The Brinson Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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