Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation

What Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation does

Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation (ILCHF) is a private, nonprofit foundation established in 2004 and headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. It is described as the only private Illinois foundation that funds children's healthcare statewide, with grantmaking reach across all 102 Illinois counties. The foundation's stated vision is that every child in Illinois grows up healthy, regardless of where they live or what insurance they carry.

ILCHF operates three primary grant programs: a Mental Health Initiative focused on integrating mental healthcare into community-based settings, an Oral Health Initiative including the Nitrous Oxide Sedation Initiative co-funded with Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation, and an Unmet and Emerging Needs program addressing needs outside the two primary verticals. A newer Innovation vertical was also formalized. Since 2004, ILCHF has awarded $149 million across 885 grants, allocated as $76M to Mental Health (322 grants), $52M to Oral Health (331 grants), and $21M to other initiatives (232 grants). It supports grantees through open RFPs, periodic symposia (e.g., the 2019 CMHI Symposium), and large convenings such as Mapping the Future (September 2025) and Every Child, Every Voice (March 2026), which together engaged 150+ Illinois partners.

The foundation's revenue model is grantmaking funded by its endowment rather than commercial product or service sales. It operates with a small staff of 1-10 employees and is governed by a board of directors, with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external investors. Notable continuity risk includes the August 2024 passing of Robert "Bob" Egan, who led the foundation's oral health initiatives for more than 20 years.

Name

Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation

Legal name

Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation

Website

https://ilchf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation established in 2004 and the only private Illinois foundation solely focused on improving children's health statewide. It awards grants across all 102 Illinois counties via Mental Health, Oral Health, Unmet and Emerging Needs, and Innovation programs.

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Product category

Children's Healthcare Grantmaking Foundation

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Substance Use Program Funding (Public Health) (HLAJALAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Administration (BPAIAJAJ)

Keywords

• Children's healthcare grants
• Mental health funding
• Oral health programs
• Nonprofit foundation
• Community health grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Oak Brook

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Making: As a private foundation, ILCHF generates revenue through grant making to fund children's healthcare initiatives across Illinois, focusing on mental health and oral health services.

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Core offering

Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation (ILCHF) is a private nonprofit foundation that awards grants to community-based organizations across Illinois to improve children's access to mental health and oral health services. Its core work consists of three grant funding streams — a Mental Health Initiative, an Oral Health Initiative, and an Unmet and Emerging Needs program — distributed through open RFPs to eligible organizations that deliver prevention, wellness, and education services to children statewide.

Product overview

Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation (ILCHF) is a private charitable foundation that operates grant programs rather than a technology product company. The foundation's main focus areas are its Mental Health Initiative and Oral Health Initiative, along with funding for Unmet and Emerging Needs. Since 2004, ILCHF has awarded $149 million across 885 grants, with $76 million dedicated to mental health, $52 million to oral health, and $21 million to other initiatives. ILCHF is the only private Illinois foundation that funds children's healthcare statewide, touching all 102 Illinois counties.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mental Health Initiative

Quantifiable outcome

• $149 Million Awarded across 885 grants since 2004

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Delta Dental of Illinois FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 February 2022Joint partnership for the Oral Health Nitrous Oxide Sedation Initiative, a new oral health program aimed at improving the oral health of children in Illinois. Both foundations contributed $500,000 each in funding for programs designed to enable safety net dental clinics to safely administer nitrous oxide to children requiring conscious sedation for oral health services.

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Expansion highlights4 records

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Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/illinois-childrens-healthcare-foundation

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Investments1 record

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