Washington Square Health Foundation

A Chicago foundation working to keep healthcare within reach for everyone in the Chicagoland area, funding medical and nursing education, research and direct services, and acting as a catalyst that draws other philanthropy toward regional health needs

  • wshf.org
  • Movement
  • Chicago, IL
  • Foundation and grantmaker
  • Read from public sources, Aug 2026

Financial profile

Washington Square Health Foundation · EIN 36-1210140 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$454,590$1,439,869$17,219,761Sep 2023
FY2022$1,477,305$1,395,070$16,081,758Sep 2022
FY2021$944,000$1,413,731$20,894,917Sep 2021
FY2020$385,036$1,401,170$18,134,498Sep 2020
FY2019$544,683$1,537,795$18,153,241Sep 2019
FY2015$2,609,749$1,224,900$17,747,071Sep 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Washington Square Health Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs WSHF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

A Chicago foundation working to keep healthcare within reach for everyone in the Chicagoland area, funding medical and nursing education, research and direct services, and acting as a catalyst that draws other philanthropy toward regional health needs

  • Authority
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Movement

Gathered around a cause, and built to move.

The Movement is mission-led and built to mobilize, organized around changing something in the world. Its gift is passion and external impact, its challenge is turning momentum into something that lasts.

Also reads toward The Village and The League.

Strengths

→Real influence on the wider field.
→Members are motivated by a clear why.
→Quick to rally around what matters now.

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