Friends of Prentice
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Friends of Prentice at a glance
In short: Friends of Prentice gave $241K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $241K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $241,406
- -22.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $241,406
- -22.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $241,406
- Total assets
- $650,516
- +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 September 2026.
Who Friends of Prentice funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Northwestern University ($241K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Friends of Prentice gives
- Giving fell 41% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $241K (2025) to $483K (2020). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $241K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Research | $241,406 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $650,516 | $746,190 | $592,152 | $241,406 | 1 | $6,822 |
| 2024 | $624,529 | $683,348 | $686,859 | $311,996 | 1 | $220 |
| 2023 | $668,950 | $614,270 | $636,754 | $352,037 | 1 | $48 |
| 2022 | $740,285 | $568,352 | $665,106 | $408,275 | 1 | $7 |
| 2021 | $839,367 | $609,694 | $707,659 | $444,853 | 1 | $9 |
| 2020 | $1,079,773 | $612,000 | $722,653 | $483,145 | 1 | $138 |
| 2019 | $1,175,220 | $427,276 | $70,520 | — | — | $101 |
About Friends of Prentice
Based on IRS filings
Friends of Prentice is a public charity, based in Chicago, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $651K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $241K. Net investment income was $7K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Friends of Prentice is led by Kristen Field, Executive Director since 2022 (on filings since 2021); 1 of 77 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kristen Field
Executive Director
CEO → Executive Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$171K (2021) → $176K (2025)
J. Alex Jacobson
President
Secretary → President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cecil Booth
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl Skender
Director
Immediate Past President → Past President, 2023
Past President → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel P Linger
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elena M. Kamel MD
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Curtin
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erin Clifford
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie Bolanowski
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Linger
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lee P. Golub
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynn M. McGovern
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meredith Maienza
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael B. Arrington
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael L. Socol MD
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patty H Henderson
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Randy A. Fifield
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Serdar E. Bulun MD
Director
Vice President - Grants Co-Chair → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Trina Gordon McCallister
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ali Craig
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Betsy Farrington
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
D'anna L. Flowers
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie Benjamin
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laurelle Etri
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Samantha Berngard
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Allyson Julien
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Courtney Bae
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joelle Cosmas
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenna Johnson
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristi Carroll
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lauren Selman
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Morgan O'Neil Shaddock
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nicole Blank
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jack Begley
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janelle Bolden MD
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Levy
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Shetty
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nirali Rodriguez
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Samantha Basic
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Miller
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martin Roth
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Smita Aggarwal
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Taylor Wald Koldyke
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Abigail Gastevich
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alexa Goutos
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Arin Fife
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bianca Pizzino
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Grayson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Case
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hillary Scott
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Carlino
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristina Katz Cercone
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lauren Briskin
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lauren McDonnell
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Liesl Pereira
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lindsay Cash
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marco Ellis MD
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Megan McCarthy Hayes
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Oluwateniola Teni Brown
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sanjay Bhat
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah May
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sari Altshul
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Noami Parr Millen
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carol Lavin Bernick
Founder
Director → Founder, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Catherine D. Nardi
Vice President
Vice President → Director, 2023
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher J Newton
Vice President
Past President → Director, 2023
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donna Kaner Socol
Vice President
Vice President → Director, 2023
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emily Newhouse Dillingham
Vice President
Vice President → Director, 2023
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael C. Borders
Immediate Past President
Immediate Past President → Inmediate Past President, 2024
Inmediate Past President → Immediate Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rocky Lopez
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shannon Flavin
Vice President
Vice President → Director, 2023
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shayna Cook
Vice President
Vice President → Director, 2023
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wendy Freyer
Vice President
Vice President → Vice President & Director, 2024
Vice President & Director → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Justine Schavocky
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie Schlott
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Megan O'Halleran Archibald
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lila Trickle
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (34)
- Former: Adam Snyder (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Braden R. Smith (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Julia Zousmer (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Christina Zhang (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Chante Martinez Thurmond (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Connor (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Ellen Toobin (2024) — Director
- Former: Naomi Parr Millen (2024) — Director
- Former: Renee Zipprich (2024) — Director
- Former: Ashley Ziya (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Heidy Best (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Laura Lewandowski (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Laurelle Etri Moseley (2023) — Director
- Former: Trina Gordon (2023) — Director
- Former: Jared C. Robins (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kimberly Kollwelter Dbt MBA (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Dane Rausch (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Erica C Goldman (2019–2021) — Emeritus Director
- Former: Jennifer Englehaupt (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Wesley (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Joanne Fitzsimmons Abele (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kath M Carter (2019–2021) — Emeritus Director
- Former: Kay O'Halleran (2019–2021) — Emeritus Director
- Former: Kimberly Kenton MD MS (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mary L Gallo (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Melanie Andrews RN (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Maggie Mueller (2021) — Director
- Former: Sarah Collins (2021) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Martin (2021) — Director
- Former: Camille Baxter (2019) — Director
- Former: Eileen Timmins PhD (2019) — Vice President - Grants Co-Chair
- Former: Kelly K Penry (2019) — Director
- Former: Meghan Gill (2019) — Director
- Former: Shohreh Shahabi MD (2019) — Director
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $176K, to Kristen Field (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Friends of Prentice
How much does Friends of Prentice give each year?
Friends of Prentice gave $241K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $312K across 1 grant.
How large is Friends of Prentice?
Friends of Prentice reported $651K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $746K.
Where does Friends of Prentice operate?
Friends of Prentice has awarded grants in Illinois.
What is Friends of Prentice's EIN?
Friends of Prentice's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-3930139. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 29, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 28, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 17, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 16, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 16, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 15, 2026)
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