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 20222025. 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

$1.9M
2022
$1.8M
2023
$2.1M
2024
$2.3M
2025

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.