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Pillars Community Health

Public charity · Grantmaker Countryside, IL EIN: 36-2170869 Website

Pillars Community Health provides health, social, and educational services to build strong, healthy communities.

Key facts about Pillars Community Health

In short: Pillars Community Health gave $132K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $132K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
36-2170869
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$132,405
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$132,405
Median grant
$132,405
Total assets
$23,243,536
Primary geography
Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

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

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$23.2M

-0.2% YoY

Annual Giving

$132K

-20.8% YoY

Grant Count

1

-50.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$132K

+58.5% YoY

About Pillars Community Health

Based on IRS filings

Pillars Community Health is a public charity focused on Health, based in Countryside, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $23.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $132K. Net investment income was $1.6M.

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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

Oak ParkCiceroWheaton

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 1 grant2023 2 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $38K (2023) to $2.3M (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $132K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

NAMI Metro Suburban Inc: $132KNAMI Metro Suburban Inc$132K

The largest 2025 recipient was NAMI Metro Suburban Inc ($132K).

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 4 (50%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
NAMI Metro Suburban Inc Oak Park, ILFunding for the Loft of 8 Corners$132,405

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$10M$20M$30M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$23,243,536$23,288,269$19,882,173
Revenue$25,065,262$23,721,332$22,734,133
Expenses$24,283,216$23,246,078$20,445,637
Net Investment Income$1,610,718$306,274$235,743

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 February 26, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 26, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 28, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 25, 2025)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 23, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Pillars Community Health is led by Angela Curran, CEO since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 7 of 21 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Angela Curran

    CEO

    Chief Executive Officer → CEO, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $197K (2019) → $236K (2025)

  • Alexandra Normington

    Board Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rachel Shaw Callahan

    Director

    Immediate Past Chair → Past Chair, 2022

    Past Chair → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • April E. Schweitzer

    Director

    Chair → Past Chair, 2024

    Past Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Spratford

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shilpa Hingwe

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Fabiola Zavala

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Sexton

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ariella Guardi

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Denise Molina

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Payne

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leixy Lauren Blue

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dawne Anderson

    Psychiatric Medical Service

    Nurse Practitioner → Psychiatric Medical Services Director, 2022

    Psychiatric Medical Services Director → Psychiatric Medical Service, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $119K (2019) → $185K (2025)

  • Berenice Lopez

    Chief Dental Officer

    Chief Dental Officer → Vice President of Dental Services, 2024

    Vice President of Dental Services → Chief Dental Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $135K (2021) → $198K (2025)

  • Lanita Higgs-Jackson

    CFO

    Senior Vice President of Finance & CFO → CFO, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $95K (2022) → $151K (2025)

  • Iffath Hussain

    Physician

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $183K (2023) → $192K (2025)

  • Jennifer Swoyer

    Chief Population Health Officer

    Chief Medical Officer → Chief Population Health Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $133K (2023) → $276K (2025)

  • Jennifer Kernes

    Physician

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $192K (2024) → $220K (2025)

  • Nina Duenas

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maya Gavrilovic

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bana Atassi

    Immediate Past Chair

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (40)
  • Former: Robert Webb (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Stephen J. Ryan Jr. (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Bhakti Patel (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Connie Snarich-Storck (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Lulia Vula (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Maria Beltran (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Bana Atassi Dds Ms Med (2019–2023) — Chair Elect
  • Former: Helen Stewart (2019–2023) — Senior Executive Vice President
  • Former: Sandra Araiza (2022–2023) — Nurse Practitioner
  • Former: Alexandra Trevino (2023) — Physician Assistant
  • Former: Dhiren Shah (2019–2022) — Senior Vice President of Finance & CFO
  • Former: Dorothy Oviedo (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kristi Catalano (2019–2022) — Chief Medical Officer
  • Former: Kathryn Stasys (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Leanna Rajk (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Diana Wells (2022) — Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Former: Mike McNeily (2020–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Peter Sobiech (2020–2021) — Physician
  • Former: Hector Trevino (2021) — Dentist
  • Former: Lynn Siegel (2021) — Senior Vice President of Domestic Violence
  • Former: Annika Pangan (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Edward Farrell (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Esther Nicosia (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Sara Mikuta (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Shelia Eswaran MD (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Zada Clarke (2019–2020) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Antonia Rodriguez (2020) — Senior Vice President of Health Center
  • Former: Susana Torres (2020) — Chief Dental Officer
  • Former: Candace Badie (2019) — Dentist
  • Former: Catherine Arhontas (2019) — Senior Vice President of Fiscal & Grant Compliance
  • Former: Cindy Summers (2019) — Director
  • Former: Dorothy Sterling (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jennifer Hogberg (2019) — Director
  • Former: Julie Porter Rn Fnp-C (2019) — Director
  • Former: Lynn Lacey (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mark Greifenkamp (2019) — Assistant Treasurer
  • Former: Mary Murphy Rn Msn (2019) — Director
  • Former: Matthew McNaughton (2019) — Director
  • Former: Nicholas Chancellor Dc (2019) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Russell W. Hartigan (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

Jennifer Swoyer — Chief Population Health Officer: $276KJennifer SwoyerChief Population Health Officer$276KAngela Curran — CEO (Term 11/21/25): $236KAngela CurranCEO (Term 11/21/25)$236KJennifer Kernes — Physician: $220KJennifer KernesPhysician$220KBerenice Lopez — Chief Dental Officer: $198KBerenice LopezChief Dental Officer$198KIffath Hussain — Physician: $192KIffath HussainPhysician$192KDawne Anderson — Psychiatric Medical Service: $185KDawne AndersonPsychiatric Medical Service$185KLanita Higgs-Jackson — CFO: $151KLanita Higgs-JacksonCFO$151K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $276K, to Jennifer Swoyer (Chief Population Health Officer). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Pillars Community Health

How much does Pillars Community Health give each year?

Pillars Community Health gave $132K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $167K across 2 grants.

How large is Pillars Community Health?

Pillars Community Health reported $23.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $25.1M.

What is Pillars Community Health?

Pillars Community Health is a public charity focused on Health, based in Countryside, IL. It holds $23.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Pillars Community Health operate?

Pillars Community Health has awarded grants in Illinois.

What is Pillars Community Health's EIN?

Pillars Community Health's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2170869. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

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