The Chicago Home for Incurables

Public charity · Grantmaker Chicago, IL EIN: 36-2169138

The primary purpose of the Chicago Home for Incurables, ("the home"), is to provide financial support to the university of chicago for the operation of patient care facilities and funding of research of incurable diseases at the university of chicago medical center.

The Chicago Home for Incurables at a glance

In short: The Chicago Home for Incurables gave $1.6M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1.6M), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,609,438
+7.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,609,438
+7.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,609,438
Total assets
$22,091,056
-3.0% 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 The Chicago Home for Incurables funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

University of Chicago: $1.6MUniversity of Chicago$1.6M

The largest 2025 recipient was University of Chicago ($1.6M).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M5$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 5 grants of 5 (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 The Chicago Home for Incurables gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+16%). 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$500K$1M$1.5M$2M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $867K (2019) to $1.7M (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1.6M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Chicago Chicago, ILSupporting Patient Care Facilities and Funding Research Efforts$1,609,438
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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$22,091,056$1,064,277$1,737,841$1,609,4381$610,459
2024$22,764,620$1,271,884$1,618,620$1,497,6941$875,067
2023$23,111,356$10,123,166$1,827,664$1,742,1931$557,940
2022$14,815,854$1,482,977$1,458,502$1,392,0141$689,351
2021$14,791,379$1,512,013$1,380,594$1,314,5101$792,262
2020$14,659,960$1,078,188$1,388,235$1,388,2351$349,963
2019$14,970,007$2,246,394$881,837$866,5971$1,519,518

About The Chicago Home for Incurables

Based on IRS filings

The Chicago Home for Incurables 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 $22.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1.6M. Net investment income was $610K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Chicago Home for Incurables is led by Thomas Jackiewicz, President on every filing since 2021; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Thomas Jackiewicz

    President

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martin Laub

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laila Rashid

    Treasurer

    Vice President → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (5)
  • Former: Conrad Gilliam (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Michael D. Schreiber (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Mumtaz Darbar (2019–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Sharon O'Keefe (2019–2021) — President
  • Former: Lalia Rashid (2019–2020) — Vice President

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.

Frequently asked questions about The Chicago Home for Incurables

How much does The Chicago Home for Incurables give each year?

The Chicago Home for Incurables gave $1.6M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.5M across 1 grant.

How large is The Chicago Home for Incurables?

The Chicago Home for Incurables reported $22.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.1M.

What is The Chicago Home for Incurables?

The Chicago Home for Incurables is a public charity focused on Health, based in Chicago, IL. It holds $22.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does The Chicago Home for Incurables operate?

The Chicago Home for Incurables has awarded grants in Illinois.

What is The Chicago Home for Incurables's EIN?

The Chicago Home for Incurables's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2169138. 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

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 12, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 21, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 12, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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