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Gibson Community Hospital Association

Public charity · Grantmaker Gibson City, IL EIN: 37-0647938 Website

Gibson Community Hospital Association is a public charity based in Gibson City, Illinois. Its 2024 filing describes an organization providing inpatient and outpatient health care, along with long-term care, to people in the community and surrounding areas. Its 2025 filing reports 29 grants totaling $567,631.

Key facts about Gibson Community Hospital Association

In short: Gibson Community Hospital Association gave $568K across 29 grants in 2025 (avg $20K), mostly in Illinois. 45% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
37-0647938
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$567,631
Grants made (2025)
29
Average grant
$19,573
Median grant
$12,500
New grantees (estimate)
45% first-time grantees (13 of 29, 2025)
Total assets
$106,376,982
Primary geography
Illinois (93% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$106.4M

+20.0% YoY

Annual Giving

$568K

+40.4% YoY

Grant Count

29

+45.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$20K

-3.2% YoY

Is Gibson Community Hospital Association open to new grantees?

45%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 13 of 29 grantees (45%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $12K; repeat grants $26K. How we count

Medians: $10K first-time, $25K repeat.

  • 52% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 175% from 2022 to 2025. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The Association’s mission, as stated in its 2024 filing, is “to provide personalized, professional services to the residents of the communities we serve.” Its website states the mission as providing personalized, professional healthcare services to residents of the communities it serves.

The 2025 grants are listed with the purpose “Community Benefit.” Recipients show a range of supported organizations. For example, the American Cancer Society describes its mission as improving the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support; Parkland College Foundation says it raises funds for scholarships, economic development programs, and quality of life in east-central Illinois; and the Illinois Rural Health Association says it focuses on issues affecting access to quality rural health care, including EMS and mental health.

The hospital’s Foundation says its funds are used primarily for scholarships to further hospital employees’ education and for hospital capital projects.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, the Association gave 29 grants totaling $567,631. Grants ranged from $5,250 to $70,000, with a median grant of $12,500.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The 2025 filing reports that 93% of grant dollars went to recipients in Illinois, 4% to Georgia, 1% to New York, and 1% to recipients with an unlisted state. The listed grants include recipients in Gibson City and other Illinois communities.

Grant Distribution by State

7states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 29 itemized grants.

Cities

Gibson CityPaxtonHoopestonFarmer CityMelvinFisherBartonvilleChampaignDanvilleMahometElliottSpringfieldAtlantaFairburyLexingtonPontiacStreatorCaryDarienDowningtown

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K9 grants2019 13 grants2020 20 grants2021 14 grants2022 14 grants2023 20 grants2024 29 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $143K (2020) to $568K (2025). In 2025 it made 29 grants totaling $568K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Gibson Area Food Pantry: $70KGibson Area Food Pantry$70KTelecare: $55KTelecare$55KGCMS High School: $41KGCMS High School$41KGibson Area Chamber of Commerce: $36KGibson Area Chamber ofCommerce$36KAmerican Legion Auxillary: $30KAmerican Legion Auxillary$30KHoopeston Multi Agency Service Center: $25KHoopeston Multi Agency ServiceCenter$25KFord County Fair Association: $25KFord County Fair Association$25KParkland College Foundation: $25KParkland College Foundation$25KAmerican Cancer Society: $25KAmerican Cancer Society$25KPrairieland CEO: $25KPrairieland CEO$25K

The largest 2025 recipient was Gibson Area Food Pantry ($70K). Together the top 10 received $356K.

Grant Size Distribution

97 grants across all recorded years

93<$50K4$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 93 grants of 97 (96%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Gibson Area Food Pantry Gibson City, ILCommunity Benefit$70,000
Telecare Gibson City, ILCommunity Benefit$55,000
GCMS High School Gibson City, ILCommunity Benefit$41,131
Gibson Area Chamber of Commerce Gibson City, ILCommunity Benefit$35,600
American Legion Auxillary Gibson City, ILCommunity Benefit$29,750
Hoopeston Multi Agency Service Center Hoopeston, ILCommunity Benefit$25,000
Ford County Fair Association Melvin, ILCommunity Benefit$25,000
Parkland College Foundation Champaign, ILCommunity Benefit$25,000
American Cancer Society Atlanta, GACommunity Benefit$25,000
Prairieland CEO Melvin, ILCommunity Benefit$25,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants
2025 $106,376,982 $207,941,046 $193,069,529 $567,631
2024 $88,655,453 $174,782,498 $165,679,063 $404,400
2023 $82,151,820 $154,445,267 $154,429,518 $252,200
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$100M$200M$300M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$106,376,982$88,655,453$82,151,820
Revenue$207,941,046$174,782,498$154,445,267
Expenses$193,069,529$165,679,063$154,429,518
Net Investment Income$212,527$66,863$99,053

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 13, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 16, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 9, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 31, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 15, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 7, 2023)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 11, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Martin Nuss as President; Kathy Bennett as Vice-President; and Kevin Seymour as Secretary. It lists Andy Hudson, Brian Steidinger, Donald Reese, Dr Mark Spangler, Justin Swan, Justin Taylor, and Michael Young as directors. Donald Reese and Dr Mark Spangler are identified as physician-directors.

Gibson Community Hospital Association is led by Rob Schmitt, CEO on every filing since 2019; 12 of 22 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Rob Schmitt

    CEO

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $404K (2019) → $589K (2025)

  • Martin Nuss

    President

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donald Reese

    Director & Physician

    Director → Director & Physician, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $428K (2020) → $673K (2025)

  • Mark Spangler

    Director & Physician

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $469K (2023) → $471K (2025)

  • Brian Steidinger

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Taylor

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Peterson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Young

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andy Hudson

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Swan

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David J Hagan

    Cso

    Director → Cso, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $347K (2019) → $406K (2025)

  • Matthew Ertel

    CFO

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $154K (2019) → $306K (2025)

  • Robin Rose

    COO

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $306K (2019) → $466K (2025)

  • Anthony San Diego

    Physician

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $630K (2020) → $749K (2025)

  • Jesse Butler

    Physician

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $703K (2020) → $1.3M (2025)

  • Jessica Delost

    Clo

    CCO → Clo, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $138K (2020) → $300K (2025)

  • Dritan Dragu

    Physician

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $876K (2022) → $937K (2025)

  • Jeffrey Lowe

    Physician

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $915K (2023) → $1.2M (2025)

  • Ismail Bobat

    Physician

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $746K (2024) → $1.1M (2025)

  • Kathy Bennett

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Seymour

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Kelly

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (13)
  • Former: Ellen Lee (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Joseph Chung (2019–2024) — Physician
  • Former: Marty Nuss (2019–2024) — President
  • Former: Margo Martin (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Carl Hudson (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Chris Dangles (2019–2022) — Physician
  • Former: Nancy Krumwiede (2019–2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Anas Alzoobi (2019–2021) — Physician
  • Former: Darrin Ray (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jason Ye (2019) — Physician
  • Former: Mike Meunier (2019) — CCO
  • Former: Mike Young (2019) — Director
  • Former: Richard Foellner DO (2019) — 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

Jesse Butler — Physician: $1.3MJesse ButlerPhysician$1.3MJeffrey Lowe — Physician: $1.2MJeffrey LowePhysician$1.2MIsmail Bobat — Physician: $1.1MIsmail BobatPhysician$1.1MDritan Dragu — Physician: $937KDritan DraguPhysician$937KAnthony San Diego — Physician: $749KAnthony San DiegoPhysician$749KDonald Reese — Director/Physician: $673KDonald ReeseDirector/Physician$673KRob Schmitt — CEO: $589KRob SchmittCEO$589KDr Mark Spangler — Director/Physician: $471KDr Mark SpanglerDirector/Physician$471KRobin Rose — COO: $466KRobin RoseCOO$466KDavid J Hagan — CSO: $406KDavid J HaganCSO$406KMatthew Ertel — CFO: $306KMatthew ErtelCFO$306KJessica Delost — CLO: $300KJessica DelostCLO$300K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $1.3M, to Jesse Butler (Physician). 12 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Contact

Mailing address: 1120 North Melvin, Gibson City, IL 60936
Phone: (217) 784-4251
Website: https://gibsonhospital.org

Frequently asked questions about Gibson Community Hospital Association

How much does Gibson Community Hospital Association give each year?

Gibson Community Hospital Association gave $568K across 29 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $404K across 20 grants.

What is Gibson Community Hospital Association's typical grant size?

Gibson Community Hospital Association's median grant in 2025 was $12,500, and its average grant was $19,573, across 29 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Gibson Community Hospital Association that year got $12K on average.

Where does Gibson Community Hospital Association give grants?

Gibson Community Hospital Association gives mostly in Illinois: 93% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Gibson City, IL (10 grants), Melvin, IL (2 grants), Champaign, IL (2 grants) and Hoopeston, IL (2 grants).

Does Gibson Community Hospital Association give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 29 grants with a stated purpose on Gibson Community Hospital Association's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Community Benefit" (29 grants).

Who are Gibson Community Hospital Association's largest grantees?

Gibson Community Hospital Association's largest 2025 grantees include Gibson Area Food Pantry ($70,000), Telecare ($55,000) and GCMS High School ($41,131), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 29% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Gibson Community Hospital Association?

Gibson Community Hospital Association reported $106.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $207.9M.

What does Gibson Community Hospital Association fund?

The Association’s mission, as stated in its 2024 filing, is “to provide personalized, professional services to the residents of the communities we serve.” Its website states the mission as providing personalized, professional healthcare services to residents of the communities it serves. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Gibson Community Hospital Association?

Gibson Community Hospital Association has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check gibsonhospital.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is Gibson Community Hospital Association's EIN?

Gibson Community Hospital Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 37-0647938. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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