Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago is a Chicago-based private foundation that supports nonprofit organizations providing home- and community-based health services to medically underserved populations in the Chicago area. Its EIN is 36-2167943.
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago at a glance
In short: Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago gave $3.3M across 64 grants in 2025 (avg $52K), mostly in Illinois. 21% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $3,324,209
- +3.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 64
- -9.9% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $51,941
- +14.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $50,000
- Total assets
- $65,284,484
- +3.3% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 21% first-time grantees (13 of 62, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for FY 2027 while it updates its procedures; renewal requests are available to eligible prior grantees. Applications and renewal requests must be submitted online through its grants management system. Requests must have measurable goals and objectives and benefit medically underserved people, uninsured populations, and/or Medicaid recipients. Applicants must be 501(c)(3) public charities designated under section 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2); the foundation does not fund 509(a)(3) supporting organizations or large hospital and university systems. Generally, requests of $40,000 or more are considered, though smaller requests may be considered based on organization size or other factors.
- Review Cycle
- The website says it will share an update about the FY 2028 grantmaking process on or before May 1, 2027. No current submission deadline is specified here; grants are approved and disbursed four times per year.
- Deadline
- The website says it will share an update about the FY 2028 grantmaking process on or before May 1, 2027.
- Contact
Application contact: Robert N Dileonardi
Mailing address: 200 W Madison St 300, Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: (312) 214-1521
Website: https://www.vnafoundation.net
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago
Who Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Refugeeone ($139K across 2 grants). Together the top 10 received $944K.
Grant Size Distribution
340 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 176 grants of 340 (52%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation’s mission covers the Chicago metropolitan area, and most grants are made to organizations serving Cook County. Its current guidelines say it is generally unable to fund organizations serving DuPage, Lake, McHenry, Kane, and Will counties except under special circumstances. The 2025 filing’s listed grant dollars were entirely for Illinois recipients.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 64 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago open to new grantees?
21%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 13 of 62 grantees (21%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $47K; repeat grants $55K. How we count
Medians: $50K first-time, $50K repeat.
- 47% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+11%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 132% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2021–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2.7M (2021) to $3.3M (2025). In 2025 it made 64 grants totaling $3.3M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Chicago, IL | To provide education and training on healthcare access to medically underserved individuals and health providers in Cook, Will, Lake, and Dupage counties, with a focus on chicago. | $100,000 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law Chicago, IL | To support the shriver centers training, technical assistance, education, and outreach efforts to facilitate healthcare enrollment and access, improve health outcomes, and address social determinants of health. | $100,000 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation Chicago, IL | Funding for a pooled fund that provides core grants and special initiative grants to support people who are medically underserved. | $100,000 |
| The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence Chicago, IL | To improve the lives of those impacted by gender-based violence through education, advocacy, & connecting community with providers. | $100,000 |
| Refugeeone Chicago, IL | General operating support for this agency that supports some of our communitys most vulnerable residents. | $89,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois Chicago, IL | To support the salary of an advanced practice nurse who provides comprehensive, compassionate sexual and reproductive health care at ppils austin health center. | $80,000 |
| Equal Hope Chicago, IL | An education and nurse navigation program aimed at improving diagnostic follow-up and comprehensive cancer care for women undergoing screening mammograms in chicago's safety net hospitals. | $75,000 |
| Health & Medicine Policy Research Group Chicago, IL | To support the schweitzer fellows program and fellows for life initiative, which work to enhance health and well-being in underserved chicago communities through direct service projects led by emerging health professionals. | $75,000 |
| Community Health Partnership of Illinois Chicago, IL | To engage a family medicine nurse practitioner to expand primary care access to medically vulnerable adults and children in kane and Mchenry counties via a mobile unit. | $70,000 |
| Connections for the Homeless Evanston, IL | Onsite healthcare services in north suburban Cook county to improve health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. | $70,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $65,284,484 | $5,769,618 | $4,765,471 | $3,324,209 | 64 | $4,068,763 | $5,028,297 | $3,092,375 |
| 2024 | $63,208,727 | $4,462,252 | $4,737,692 | $3,226,409 | 71 | $4,103,162 | $3,858,496 | $2,978,010 |
| 2023 | $60,499,362 | $2,311,255 | $4,360,626 | $3,116,650 | 75 | $3,788,047 | $1,714,063 | $2,866,716 |
| 2022 | $58,584,600 | $5,363,416 | $4,239,186 | $3,004,320 | 68 | $3,605,819 | $4,727,355 | $3,287,075 |
| 2021 | $70,308,365 | $7,124,137 | $4,026,895 | $2,711,105 | 62 | — | $6,535,654 | $3,009,417 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago reported a distributable amount of $3.1M for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
VNA Foundation’s stated mission is “to support home- and community-based health services for the medically underserved in the Chicago metropolitan area.” Its current core funding areas are access to healthcare and preventive health; mental health and support services; maternal and reproductive health; and technical assistance and organizational resiliency.
The foundation funds nonprofit organizations offering health services to medically underserved populations. It prioritizes organizations serving uninsured people and/or Medicaid recipients, providing culturally competent services, and employing staff who reflect the populations served. It considers program, operating, and capital grants, including indirect costs and salaries supporting core staff.
Its grantees’ work illustrates the range of organizations supported. The Shriver Center on Poverty Law describes its mission as advancing laws and policies for racial and economic justice. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights works to promote immigrants’ and refugees’ full participation in society. The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence works through education, public policy, advocacy, and connections to direct-service providers. RefugeeOne supports refugees building lives of safety, dignity, and self-reliance. Other 2025 grantees included Planned Parenthood of Illinois, which provides reproductive health care and education, and Connections for the Homeless, which works to prevent and end homelessness.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 64 grants totaling $3,324,209. Grants ranged from $5,300 to $100,000, with a median of $50,000. All reported grant dollars went to recipients in Illinois.
Among the largest 2025 awards were $100,000 each to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights for healthcare-access education and training, the Shriver Center on Poverty Law for healthcare enrollment and access work, the Chicago Community Foundation for a pooled fund supporting medically underserved people, and the Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence for education, advocacy, and connections to providers. Other notable awards included $89,000 to RefugeeOne for general operating support; $80,000 to Planned Parenthood of Illinois to support an advanced practice nurse; and $75,000 to Equal Hope for education and nurse navigation supporting women receiving mammograms at Chicago safety-net hospitals.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Robert N Dileonardi as executive director. Directors listed include Brigid E Kenney, chair; Arlene Michaels Miller, vice chair; Jacqueline L Simon, treasurer; Sharmili Majmudar, secretary; Jorgia B Connor, Brian Egwele, Sandra Wilks, Nancy Scinto, and Laura N Stern.
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago is led by Robert N. Dileonardi, Executive Director on every filing since 2021; 1 of 13 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Robert N. Dileonardi
Executive Director
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$206K (2021) → $242K (2025)
Brigid E. Kenney
Chair & Director
Secretary & Director → Director, 2023
Director → Chair & Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Arlene Michaels Miller PhD RN
Vice Chair & Director
Secretary & Director → Director, 2024
Director → Vice Chair & Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David C. Rutter
Director
Vice Chair & Director → Chair & Director, 2024
Chair & Director → Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jacqueline L. Simon
Treasurer & Director
Director → Treasurer & Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura N. Stern CFA
Director
Vice Chair & Director → Chairman of the Board & Director, 2023
Chairman of the Board & Director → Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Scinto
Director
Chairman of the Board & Director → Director, 2023
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Wilks
Director
Treasurer & Director → Vice Chair & Director, 2024
Vice Chair & Director → Director, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sharmili Majmudar
Secretary & Director
Director → Secretary & Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jorgia B. Connor PhD RN
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marie C. Winters
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Egwele
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tanay Solov
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (2)
- Former: M. Catherine Ryan (2021–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Regina McClenton (2021–2022) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "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 $242K, to Robert N Dileonardi (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago
How much does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago give each year?
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago gave $3.3M across 64 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $3.2M across 71 grants.
What is Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago's typical grant size?
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago's median grant in 2025 was $50,000, and its average grant was $51,941, across 64 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago that year got $47K on average.
Where does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago give grants?
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago gives mostly in Illinois: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Chicago, IL (45 grants) and Evanston, IL (2 grants).
Does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago give general operating support?
Occasionally: 3% of Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (2 of 64) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago's largest grantees?
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago's largest 2025 grantees include Refugeeone ($139,000 across 2 grants), Alliancechicago ($105,000 across 2 grants) and Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights ($100,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 10% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago?
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago reported $65.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $4.1M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $3.1M (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago fund?
VNA Foundation’s stated mission is “to support home- and community-based health services for the medically underserved in the Chicago metropolitan area.” See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago?
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for FY 2027 while it updates its procedures; renewal requests are available to eligible prior grantees. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago's EIN?
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2167943. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.
Does Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 5, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025
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