Funding search · EIN 366068723 · Chicago, IL
The Otho Sa Sprague Memorial Institute
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 78
- grants reported
- $8.1M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $75,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
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- University of Il at Chicago3 grants · $1.2M
- Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $650,500
- Uic School of Public Health1 grant · $539,767
- Sinai Health System3 grants · $425,000
- Mobile Care Foundation3 grants · $425,000
- Lawndale Christian Health Center3 grants · $350,000
- Children First Fund3 grants · $325,221
- United Way of Metropolitan Chicago3 grants · $300,000
- Rush University Medical Center3 grants · $275,000
- Heartland Alliance Health1 grant · $245,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 78 reported grants, largest first.
- $539,767
Uic School of Public Health · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $442,511
University of Il at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $417,052
University of Il at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $350,878
University of Il at Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $300,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $250,500
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $250,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $245,000
Heartland Alliance Health · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $225,000
Mobile Care Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $225,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $210,000
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $200,000
Iws Family Health · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $200,000
Swedish Covenant Hospital Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $180,000
Heartland Alliance Health · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $175,000
Mobile Care Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $150,000
Lawndale Christian Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $138,200
Esperanza Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $125,263
City of Colleges of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $125,000
Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $122,300
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $120,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $100,000
Lawndale Christian Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $100,000
Michael Reese Health Trust · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $100,000
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $100,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $100,000
Lawndale Christian Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $100,000
Mobile Care Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $100,000
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $100,000
Mobile Care Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $100,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Program support
- $100,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $100,000
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $100,000
Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $100,000
Uil at Chicago - College of Dentistry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $100,000
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $90,000
Partnership for a Connected Il · Springfield, IL · 2024
Program support
- $80,000
Everthrive · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $75,500
Institute of Medicine of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $75,000
Community Health · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $75,000
American Red Cross · Washington, WA · 2024
Program support
- $75,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $75,000
Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $75,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Program Support
- $75,000
Mapscorps · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $65,221
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $65,000
Everthrive · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $60,000
Heartland Alliance Health · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $60,000
Association of American Medical College · Washington, DC · 2022
Program Support
- $60,000
Uil at Chicago - College of Medicine Hispanic Center of Excellence · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $51,500
Partnership for a Connected Il · Springfield, IL · 2023
Program support
- $50,000
Chicago Coalition To Save Our Mental Health Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $50,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $50,000
Esperanza Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $50,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $50,000
City of Colleges of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $50,000
Sinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $25,200
Uic Urban Health Program · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $25,000
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $25,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
American Red Cross · Washington, WA · 2023
Program support
- $25,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $25,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $24,935
Anne & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $24,500
Institute of Medicine of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $20,000
Children First Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $12,245
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $10,000
City Orchards Cooperative · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
AIDS Foundation of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $5,000
Xavier University Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Program Support
- $4,558
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
- $4,558
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program Support
- $4,100
Grantmakers in Health · Washington, WA · 2024
Program support
- $4,100
Grantmakers in Health · Washington, WA · 2023
Program support
- $3,250
Grantmakers in Health · Washington, DC · 2022
Program Support
- $500
Uic College of Dentistry · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
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