Masonic Family Health Services focuses its giving on Chicago-area direct services tied to health, youth development, and disability support, with a clear preference for organizations connected to the Masonic network. They fund children's health care and critical-illness supports, Masonic youth organizations and local youth-serving agencies, and disability/special-education and mental health programs. Grants are typically mission- or program-support rather than capital projects and often target organizations providing hands-on services. The foundation shows both concentrated investments in a few repeat grantees and a broader portfolio of midsize awards to local nonprofits.
A defining feature of Masonic Family Health Services is its repeated support for its own affiliated health foundation: grants of $302,000 in 2023, $202,500 in 2024, and $200,000 in 2025 all went to Masonic Family Health Foundation for mission, hospital, and health care services. That pattern sits alongside a broader portfolio of Chicago-area direct-service grants tied to health care, youth development, and disability support. The foundation’s recent awards also show a steady connection to Masonic-linked organizations and local service providers, with large gifts to Shriners Hospitals for Children, Children’s Dyslexia Center, and other community nonprofits. Their giving supports children’s health care, tutoring and special education, vocational training for people on the autism spectrum, mental health services, and youth residential or family support programs. Awards are typically made to organizations delivering hands-on services rather than to capital projects. The portfolio includes both repeat support for a few core institutions and a wider set of midsize grants to local nonprofits serving children, families, and people with disabilities. Recent recipients include Giant Steps Illinois, Northwestern Settlement, Misericordia Home, and Mercy Home for Boys & Girls.
In children’s health care, Masonic Family Health Services gave $50,000 to Shriners Hospitals for Children and another $25,000 to Shriners Hospital for Children in Chicago, both for children’s health care or health care support. In education-related disability services, they awarded $50,000 to Children’s Dyslexia Center in Lexington, Massachusetts for tutoring services, a grant type that appears multiple times in the recent record. Youth development is another recurring theme. The foundation gave $50,000 to Honor Flight in Rosemont for exempt mission support, $35,000 to Glenwood Academy for residential education services for children, and $30,000 to Mercy Home for Boys & Girls for youth services. Mental health and family support also appear in the recent grants, including $40,000 to Northwestern Settlement for mental health services and $25,000 to Metropolitan Family Services for work that “empowers families to thrive.”
Typical awards cluster around a median grant size of $25,000, with the middle half of grants ranging from $15,000 to $40,000. The recent record also includes larger six-figure support for the foundation’s own affiliate, which helps lift the overall annual total. Grantmaking looks recurring rather than one-off: Masonic Family Health Foundation, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Children’s Dyslexia Center, Honor Flight, Misericordia, and Old Irving Park Community Center all appear in multiple years. The foundation is not an individual-giving funder and does not make program-related investments. The recent grants list shows operating-style support, mission support, and service-specific awards rather than a formal open-application pattern.
$670K
$29K
$561K
$638K
Most grants fall between $15K and $40K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$40K
Robert Rylowicz
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Concentrated local giving with a few large, repeat recipients (including substantial support to the foundation’s own program), supplemented by many midsize grants ($25k–$100k) to direct-service nonprofits; funding is primarily mission/program support and tends to be repeat or follow-on rather than one-off seed grants.
Notable grantees: Masonic Family Health Foundation, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Children’s Dyslexia Center, Misericordia, Union League Boys & Girls Club
Grantmaking is heavily concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 90% of recipient locations and is the top state by grant count. Chicago is the most visible city in the recent grants, with awards to Shriners Hospitals for Children, Northwestern Settlement, Misericordia Home, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and others. Other Illinois locations include Lisle, Rosemont, Hillside, Glenwood, Springfield, New Lenox, and Grayslake. Outside Illinois, the recent record includes Lexington, Massachusetts for Children’s Dyslexia Center.
Yes. The recent record shows repeat grants to several recipients across different years, including Masonic Family Health Foundation, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Children’s Dyslexia Center, Honor Flight, Misericordia, and Old Irving Park Community Center.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masonic Family Health Foundation | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 2025 | Health Care Services |
| Childrens Dyslexia Center | Lexington, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | Tutoring services |
| Giant Steps Illinois | Lisle, IL | $50,000 | 2025 | vocational training for individuals on autism spectrum |
| Northwestern Settlement | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2025 | provide mental health services |
| Lake City Regional Board of Education Fdtn | Grayslake, IL | $30,000 | 2025 | further college career of former Schuler Scholars |
| Ilinois DeMolay | New Lenox, IL | $25,000 | 2025 | Children's health care |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2025 | AIMMC Dental Center |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2025 | Children's health care |
| Union League Boys & Girls Club | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2025 | Offer trauma services for young people |
| No Shame on U | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2025 | destigmatizing mental illness |
| Metropolitan Family Svcs | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2025 | empowers families to thrive |
| Alzheimer's Association | Lisle, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | mobile care consultant for dementia patients |
| Laurence Hall | Chicago, IL | $17,500 | 2025 | empowering trauma victims |
| Misericordia Home | Chicago, IL | $17,500 | 2025 | support for mentally disabled people |
| The HAP Foundation | Oakbrook Terrace, IL | $15,000 | 2025 | increase access to hospice care for underserved communities |
| Cancer Survivorship Center | Park Ridge, IL | $15,000 | 2025 | Comprehensive support for cancer patients and families |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2025 | Food Pantry |
| Alas-Wings | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2025 | improve lives of Latina breast cancer survivors |
| Scottish Rite -Grand Almoners Fund | Bloomingdale, IL | $10,000 | 2025 | crisis needs of Masonic community |
| IL Int'l Order of Rainbow for Girls | Springfield, IL | $5,000 | 2025 | Leadership Skills for Young Women |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | Health care-Parkinson's |
| Make A Wish Illinois | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2025 | support critically ill children |
| Adler University | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2025 | train behavioral health professionals |
| Job's Daughters International | Papillion, NE | $5,000 | 2025 | Masonic youth group for young women-upgrade technology |
| Masonic Family Health Foundation | Brook, IL | $202,500 | 2024 | hospital services |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2024 | Children's health care |
| Childrens Dyslexia Center | Lexington, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | Tutoring services |
| Children's Dyslexia Center | Lexington, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | Tutoring services |
| Honor Flight | Rosemont, IL | $50,000 | 2024 | support exempt mission |
| Old Irving Park Community Cen | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2024 | community health care |
| Misericordia Home | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2024 | support for mentally disabled people |
| Glenwood Academy | Glenwood, IL | $35,000 | 2024 | residential education services for children |
| Mercy Home for Boys & Girls | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2024 | youth services |
| IL Intl' Order of Rainbow-girls | Springfield, IL | $25,000 | 2024 | youth services |
| Make A Wish Illinois | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2024 | support critically ill children |
| Metropolitan Family Svcs | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2024 | empowers families to thrive |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 2024 | health care-children |
| Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2024 | community center |
| Rett Syndrome Research Trust | Woodbridge, IL | $15,000 | 2024 | children's health |
| Lupus Society of IL | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2024 | health care |
| The 100 Club of IL | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2024 | support exempt mission |
| Ilinois DeMolay | New Lenox, IL | $14,500 | 2024 | youth services |
| The Boulevard of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $14,000 | 2024 | indigent services |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2024 | providing healthy meals |
| Scottish Rite -Grand Almoners Fund | Bloomingdale, IL | $10,000 | 2024 | crisis needs of Masonic communtiy |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $10,000 | 2024 | health care |
| Association House of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2024 | educational & job training |
| Aspire | Hillside, IL | $5,000 | 2024 | programs for disabled |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | Health care-Parkinson's |
| MASONIC FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION | OAK BROOK, IL | $302,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT EXEMPT MISSION |
Masonic Family Health Foundation
$200,000Health Care Services
Lake City Regional Board of Education Fdtn
$30,000further college career of former Schuler Scholars
Ilinois DeMolay
Children's health care
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
$25,000AIMMC Dental Center
No Shame on U
$25,000destigmatizing mental illness
increase access to hospice care for underserved communities
Comprehensive support for cancer patients and families
Alas-Wings
$15,000improve lives of Latina breast cancer survivors
Scottish Rite -Grand Almoners Fund
$10,000crisis needs of Masonic community
IL Int'l Order of Rainbow for Girls
$5,000Leadership Skills for Young Women
Job's Daughters International
$5,000Masonic youth group for young women-upgrade technology
Masonic Family Health Foundation
$202,500hospital services
Honor Flight
$50,000support exempt mission
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls
$30,000youth services
IL Intl' Order of Rainbow-girls
$25,000youth services
Rett Syndrome Research Trust
$15,000children's health
Lupus Society of IL
$15,000health care
Ilinois DeMolay
$14,500youth services
Scottish Rite -Grand Almoners Fund
$10,000crisis needs of Masonic communtiy
Mayo Clinic
$10,000health care
MASONIC FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION
$302,000SUPPORT EXEMPT MISSION