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Erie Family Health Center Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Chicago, IL EIN: 36-3088628 Website

Motivated by the belief that healthcare is a human right, ERIE family health centers, inc. (ERIE) provides high quality, affordable care to support healthier people, families and communities. ERIE's mission is an outgrowth of the civil rights movement, and for more than 60 years our commitment to equity and justice has remained steadfast. Our vision of "all people living their healthiest lives" demands that we examine and work to address the social drivers of health and structural barriers that are the root causes of inequity in our communities.

Erie Family Health Center Inc at a glance

In short: Erie Family Health Center Inc gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$10,000
-50.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$10,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$10,000
Total assets
$120,717,744
-4.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Erie Family Health Center Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Puerto Rican Cultural Center: $10KPuerto Rican Cultural Center$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Puerto Rican Cultural Center ($10K).

Grant Size Distribution

6 grants across all recorded years

6<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 6 grants of 6 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Chicago

How Erie Family Health Center Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K$40K4 grants2019 2 grants2020 Total only2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2021) to $37K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Puerto Rican Cultural Center Chicago, ILFiesta Boricua 2024 Sponsorship$10,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$120,717,744$132,295,957$122,117,456$10,0001$3,159,962
2024$126,046,512$122,213,003$110,619,316$20,0002$2,260,005
2023$111,496,272$111,889,573$105,443,960$35,0002$1,322,016
2022$100,905,418$113,418,535$98,409,944$10,0001$3,162,328
2021$89,001,559$100,123,889$87,245,124$5,000Total only$665,502
2020$65,218,689$75,980,019$74,248,513$15,0002$-718,875
2019$62,078,378$71,027,614$68,737,134$36,6774$413,370

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Erie Family Health Center Inc

Based on IRS filings

Erie Family Health Center Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Chicago, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $120.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $10K. Net investment income was $3.2M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Erie Family Health Center Inc is led by Lee Francis, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 11 of 33 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Lee Francis

    President & CEO

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $322K (2019) → $549K (2025)

  • Brian P. Marsella

    Board Chairman

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Naureckas

    Senior Medical Director - Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Snd Hit Integration

    Medical Director → Senior Medical Director - Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Snd Hit Integration, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $233K (2020) → $257K (2025)

  • Betzy Berganza

    Director

    Director - Starting → Director, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carolyn Dickens

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Edward Sarden

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Mayeda

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ernest Chang

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jill Simon Svoboda

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Judy Mendez

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Linda Cushman

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Dykstra

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Aaronson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Cole

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Bock

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Romanowski

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Iman Emamifard

    Director

    Director - Starting → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Boyd

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alice Setrini

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katherine Wilson

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Luis Fernando Sarmiento

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Valukas

    Chief Population Health Officer

    Chief Operating Officer → Chief Population Health Officer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $196K (2019) → $307K (2025)

  • Caroline M. Hoke

    Chief Clinical Officer

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $279K (2019) → $423K (2025)

  • David C. Bruce

    Chief Financial Officer

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $253K (2019) → $331K (2025)

  • Deborah Midgley

    Family Medicine Physician

    Medical Director Family Adult Medicine → Family Medicine Physician, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $217K (2019) → $239K (2025)

  • Nicole Kazee

    Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer

    Vice President of Strategy & Business Development → Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $207K (2019) → $289K (2025)

  • Tracy Irwin

    Ob & Gyn Physician

    Medical Director → Ob & Gyn Physician, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $222K (2020) → $274K (2025)

  • Michelle Eichinger

    Ob & Gyn Physician

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $329K (2023) → $244K (2025)

  • Robin Varnado

    Chief Operating Officer

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $152K (2024) → $219K (2025)

  • Andrea Danielle Walker

    Ob & Gyn Physician

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $253K (2025)

  • Celeste Castillo

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rosalie Alicea

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William G. Kistner

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (17)
  • Former: Alissa Carlson (2019–2024) — Clinical Director Prentice Womens Hospital
  • Former: Victoria Whildin (2022–2024) — Chief Operating Officer
  • Former: Andy Ewbank (2023–2024) — Ob & Gyn Physician
  • Former: Catherine Te Chen (2023–2024) — Ob & Gyn Physician
  • Former: Elaine Aguinaldo (2024) — Ob & Gyn Physician
  • Former: Darryl Tom (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Michelle Wyszomirski (2021–2022) — Ob & Gyn Physician
  • Former: Andrew Ewbank (2022) — Medical Director
  • Former: Daniel Hill (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Humberto Uribe (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Joanne M. Sarroza (2019–2021) — Ob & Gyn Physician
  • Former: Katerhine Wilson (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Santina Wheat (2020–2021) — Program Director
  • Former: Amelia Madrigal (2019) — Director -
  • Former: DEBORAH Wright-Powell (2019) — Director -
  • Former: Juan Fernando Jauregui (2019) — Director
  • Former: Weronika Armstrong (2019) — Ob & Gyn Physician

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Lee Francis — President & CEO: $549KLee FrancisPresident & CEO$549KCaroline M Hoke — Chief Clinical Officer: $423KCaroline M HokeChief Clinical Officer$423KDavid C Bruce — Chief Financial Officer: $331KDavid C BruceChief Financial Officer$331KAmy Valukas — Chief Population Health Officer: $307KAmy ValukasChief Population Health Officer$307KNicole Kazee — Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer: $289KNicole KazeeChief Strategy and…$289KTracy Irwin — OB/GYN Physician: $274KTracy IrwinOB/GYN Physician$274KSara Naureckas — Senior Medical Director - Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine snd HIT Integration: $257KSara NaureckasSenior Medical Director…$257KAndrea Danielle Walker — OB/GYN Physician: $253KAndrea Danielle WalkerOB/GYN Physician$253KMichelle Eichinger — OB/GYN Physician: $244KMichelle EichingerOB/GYN Physician$244KDeborah Midgley — Family Medicine Physician: $239KDeborah MidgleyFamily Medicine Physician$239KRobin Varnado — Chief Operating Officer: $219KRobin VarnadoChief Operating Officer$219K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $549K, to Lee Francis (President & CEO). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Erie Family Health Center Inc

How much does Erie Family Health Center Inc give each year?

Erie Family Health Center Inc gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $20K across 2 grants.

How large is Erie Family Health Center Inc?

Erie Family Health Center Inc reported $120.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $132.3M.

What is Erie Family Health Center Inc?

Erie Family Health Center Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Chicago, IL. It holds $120.7M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Erie Family Health Center Inc operate?

Erie Family Health Center Inc has awarded grants in Illinois.

What is Erie Family Health Center Inc's EIN?

Erie Family Health Center Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-3088628. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 12, 2020)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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