Alliancechicago
Chicago, IL · EIN 81-5434098. Reported 100 grants totalling $5,820,275 to 46 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 Alliancechicago, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E60) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 46 distinct organizations, with 15% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 68% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,327. Half of what it reported fell between $9,970 and $90,613; the smallest was $5,186 and the largest $303,137. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Primary Health Care Association | Springfield, IL | $885,944 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Erie Family Health Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $532,360 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Health Choice Network of Florida Inc | Doral, FL | $499,336 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friend Family Health Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $423,071 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Opinion Research Center | Chicago, IL | $377,319 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Near North Health Service Corporation | Chicago, IL | $358,438 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Everthrive Illinois | Chicago, IL | $349,815 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Emi Advisors LLC | Chevy Chase, MD | $333,880 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pcc Community Wellness Center | Oak Park, IL | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heartland Alliance Health | Chicago, IL | $183,484 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Clinic of Maui Inc | Wailuku, HI | $162,086 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Settlement Health and Medical Services Inc | New York, NY | $154,045 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tapestry 360 Health | Chicago, IL | $143,653 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Macoupin County Public Health Department | Carlinville, IL | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $112,885 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Beloved Community Family Wellness Center | Chicago, IL | $83,535 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jackson Charitable Foundation Inc | Alpharetta, GA | $82,820 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Howard Brown Health Center | Chicago, IL | $81,140 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of Wyoming | Laramie, WY | $80,044 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Advance Community Health Inc | Raleigh, NC | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $63,156 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | Carbondale, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Christian Health Center | Harvey, IL | $40,031 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Integrated Work Strategies LLC | Boulder, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Esperanza Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $37,917 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shawnee Health Service and Development Corp | Carterville, IL | $33,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Infant Welfare Society of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $32,507 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Uplevel Management | South Holland, IL | $30,843 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asian Human Services Family Health Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $25,917 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Peoples Community Health Clinic Inc | Waterloo, IA | $20,163 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Primecare Community Health Inc | Chicago, IL | $19,370 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| River Hills Community Health Center Inc | Ottumwa, IA | $19,370 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Florida College of Nursing Faculty Practice Associati | Gainesville, FL | $19,370 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Varyn Consulting LLC | Saint Louis Park, MN | $16,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago House and Social Service Agency | Chicago, IL | $14,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Access Community Health Network | Chicago, IL | $13,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crusaders Health Foundation | Rockford, IL | $13,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Power to Decide | Washington, DC | $12,988 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legacy Community Health Services Inc | Houston, TX | $10,069 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nursing Practice Corporation | Detroit, MI | $10,069 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hill Country Community Clinic | Round Mtn, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Crossing Recovery Center | Decatur, IL | $7,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pillars Community Health | Countryside, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Health Network of Central New York Inc | Homer, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
27 of 46 (59%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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.
- Emi Advisors LLC
LEADING EDGE ACCELERATION PROJECTS (LEAP) IN HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Illinois Primary Healthcare Association
HEALTH RESOURCES SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GRANT, SUPPORT PARTICIPATING HEALTH CENTERS TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE HRSA INITIATIVE - Illinois Primary Health Care Association
HEALTH RESOURCES SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GRANT, SUPPORT PARTICIPTING HEALTH CENTERS TO MEET THE GOALS OF HRSA INITIATIVE - National Opinion Research Center
LEADING EDGE ACCELERATION PROJECTS (LEAP) IN HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ICAN! EXPANDING CONTRACEPTIVE ACCESS PROJECT - Health Choice Network of Florida Inc
RESEARCH ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS IN REPRODUCTIVE AND MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES (REPRO), ENGAGEMENT FOR RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE SHARING TO AUGMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH (E-REACH), CHICAGO CENTER FOR DIABETES TRANSLATION RESEARCH,IMPLEMENTATION AND DISSEMINATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PREP CARE CONTINUUM OUTCOMES AMONG WOMEN IN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS IN THE SOUTHERN U.S. - Friend Health
CLINICAL DIRECTORS NETWORK GRANT, RESEARCH ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS IN REPRODUCTIVE AND MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES (REPRO), OPTIMIZING PATIENT NAVIGATION FOR PERINATAL CARE, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER - REPRODUCTIVE LIFE PLAN (CHC-RLP) PROJECT, MILLION HEARTS: PREVENTING HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES IN PRIMARY CARE, ICAN! EXPANDING CONTRACEPTIVE ACCESS PROJECT, ILLINOIS FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM, WOMENS HEALTH PROJECT: POSTPARTUM CARE SERVICES, LINCC TRIAL: LINKING INTER-SPECIALTY NEWBORN AND CONTRACEPTION CARE
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 of 46 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- 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 | 19 | $967,585 | $28,286 |
| 2021 | 25 | $936,997 | $12,988 |
| 2022 | 32 | $2,555,708 | $52,960 |
| 2023 | 24 | $1,359,985 | $15,373 |
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
73% 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 the strongest signal available 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 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 $25,327 -- 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 Alliancechicago's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 22 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 225 W Illinois Street 5TH Floor, Chicago, IL, 60654.
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