Helpful Links

Chicago Area Foundations 

Supporting Health / Social Services / Community Development

• AIDS Foundation of Chicago - http://www.aidschicago.org
• American Medical Association Foundation - http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/about-ama/ama-foundation.shtml
• Aon Foundation - http://www.aon.com/usa/about-aon/aon-foundation-goals.jsp
• The Arthur Foundation (formerly MacNeal Health Foundation) - http://www.arthurfdn.org/
• Bank of America Charitable Foundation - http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=overview
• The Baxter International Foundation - http://www.baxter.com/about_baxter/sustainability/international_foundati...
• The Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation - http://www.blowitzridgeway.org/
• The Brinson Foundation - http://www.brinsonfoundation.org/
• Chicago Bar Foundation - http://www.chicagobarfoundation.org/
• The Chicago Community Trust - http://www.cct.org/
• Chicago Foundation for Women - http://www.cfw.org/
• The Chicago Public Education Fund - http://www.thefundchicago.org/
• Chicago Tribune Foundation - http://www.chicagotribune.com/about/custom/community/chi-foundationspage...
• Circle of Service Foundation - http://www.cosfoundation.org/
• The Coleman Foundation - http://colemanfoundation.org/
• The Comer Foundation - http://www.comer-foundation.com/
• Community Foundation of Northern Illinois - http://www.cfnil.org/
• Community Memorial Foundation - http://www.cmfdn.org/Welcome.aspx
• Arie and Ida Crown Memorial - http://www.crownmemorial.org/
• DeKalb County Community Foundation - http://www.dekalbcountyfoundation.org/
• John & Susan Dewan Foundation - http://www.dewanfoundation.org/
• Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation - http://www.gddf.org/
• The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation - http://www.driehausfoundation.org/
• Eleanor Foundation - http://www.eleanorfoundation.org/
• Evanston Community Foundation - http://www.evcommfdn.org/
• The Field Foundation of Illinois, Inc. - http://www.fieldfoundation.org/
• Lloyd A. Fry Foundation - http://www.fryfoundation.org/
• Grand Victoria Foundation - http://www.grandvictoriafdn.org/
• Grant Healthcare Foundation - http://www.granthealthcare.org/
• The Irving Harris Foundation - http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/ffindershow.cgi?id=HARR012
• Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County - http://www.hfnlc.org/
• Illinois Bar Foundation - http://www.illinoisbarfoundation.org/
• Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation - http://www.ilchf.org/index.html
• The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago - http://www.juf.org/
• The Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago - http://www.juf.org/women/jwf.aspx
• The Joyce Foundation - http://www.joycefdn.org/
• Lake County Community Foundation - http://www.lakecountycf.org/
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - http://www.macfound.org
• McCormick Foundation - http://www.mccormickfoundation.org/
• William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, Inc. - http://www.mcgowanfund.org/
• The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund - http://www.albertpickjrfund.org/
• Polk Bros. Foundation - http://www.polkbrosfdn.org/
• Prince Charitable Trusts - http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/prince/chicago.html
• Ravenswood Health Care Foundation - http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/ravenswood/
• Retirement Research Foundation - http://www.rrf.org/
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors - http://rockpa.org/
• ShoreBank - http://www.sbk.com
• The Spencer Foundation - http://www.spencer.org/
• The Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute - http://www.spragueinstitute.org/
• Steans Family Foundation - http://www.steansfamilyfoundation.org/
• United Way of Metropolitan Chicago - http://www.uw-mc.org/
• VNA Foundation - http://www.vnafoundation.net/
• Washington Square Health Foundation, Inc. - http://www.wshf.org/
• Woods Fund of Chicago - http://www.woodsfund.org/

Selected National Foundations that support Health / Social Services

• California Healthcare Foundation - http://www.chcf.org/ 
• Edna McConnell Clark Foundation - http://www.emcf.org/
• The Commonwealth Fund - http://www.commonwealthfund.org/ 
• Ford Foundation - http://www.fordfound.org/
• The Gates Foundation (global health) - http://www.gatesfoundation.org
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - http://www.rwjf.org/ 
• W. K. Kellogg Foundation - http://www.wkkf.org/

Selected Health Related Evaluation and Research / Information Dissemination

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - http://www.ahrq.gov/
• Center for Healthcare Strategies Inc. - http://www.chcs.org/ 
• Chicago Center for Jewish Genetic Disorders - http://www.jewishgenetics.org/ 
• The Cochrane Collaboration - http://www.cochrane.org/ 
• Data.Gov (US Government Data dissemination site) - http://www.data.gov/ 
• Harvard Family Research Project - http://www.hfrp.org/ 
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - http://www.rwjf.org/ 
• National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality - http://www.nichq.org/index.html 
• Sinai Urban Health Institute - http://www.suhichicago.org/
• US Census Quick Links (Illinois) - http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17000lk.html 

Nonprofit Services

• Council on Foundations http://www.cof.org/ 
• Donors Forum (Chicago) - http://www.donorsforum.org
• Foundation Center - http://foundationcenter.org/
• Guidestar - http://www.guidestar.org/