The Rockford Health Careers Foundation focuses its philanthropy on funding scholarships to support local residents pursuing health-care careers, channeling all of its giving through the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois. Its grants are explicitly targeted at building the regional health workforce in Rockford and Northern Illinois rather than funding operating programs or multiple direct-service organizations.
Highly concentrated: very few grants (two) all to a single intermediary, focused on scholarship funding rather than multiple direct grantees; relatively large, restricted gifts intended to support scholarship awards/endowments.
Rockford Health Careers Foundation C/o Heather Sliva directs its philanthropy toward scholarships for people pursuing health-care careers in Rockford and Northern Illinois. The recent record is dominated by scholarship awards, with the foundation routing most of its giving through the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois in Rockford before also making individual scholarship grants directly to students. That pattern shows a funder built around financial aid for local residents rather than broad operating support. Among the named awards, Tehut Yibeltal Zewdu received a $3,000 scholarship in 2023, while several other students received $2,000 awards the same year. The recipients include students from Rockford as well as nearby communities such as Huntley, Crystal Lake, Loves Park, Arlington Heights, Morrison, Byron, Poplar Grove, Belvidere, and Beach Park. The foundation’s giving is narrowly tied to career preparation in health care, and its grant record reflects that purpose through repeated scholarship entries rather than a wider mix of program grants.
The foundation’s core subject area is postsecondary tuition support for health-care training. In 2023, it gave $3,000 to Tehut Yibeltal Zewdu for a scholarship, and it also made scholarship awards to students such as Amanda Bargiel and Madison Hoenle. A second thread is local education access through direct financial aid. Students from Rockford, Loves Park, Byron, Poplar Grove, Belvidere, and other Illinois communities each received scholarship grants, usually at the $2,000 level. The grant record also shows an intermediary model for scholarship administration. In 2024, the foundation awarded scholarship funds to the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois in Rockford, indicating that part of its scholarship work is administered through that community foundation.
Typical awards are small and tightly clustered: p25 is $1,500, median is $2,000, and p75 is $2,000. That pattern suggests a standardized scholarship model rather than a wide range of grant sizes. The grants file shows both a 2024 commitment to the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois and 2023 individual scholarship awards, so the foundation gives in more than one year and through more than one channel. It also funds individuals directly, which aligns with its scholarship-focused structure. No application process is shown in the data.
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$425K
Most grants fall between $2K and $2K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$2K
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Notable grantees: Community Foundation of Northern IL
Giving is entirely local and entirely in the United States. Every recorded grant went to recipients in Illinois, and 100% of grants were made to recipients in the HQ state. Rockford appears repeatedly in the recipient list, including grants to the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois in Rockford and to individual recipients in Rockford. Other Illinois recipient cities include Loves Park, Huntley, Crystal Lake, Arlington Heights, Morrison, Byron, Poplar Grove, Belvidere, and Beach Park.
It focuses on scholarships for people pursuing health-care careers in Rockford and Northern Illinois. The grant record is built around scholarship awards, including direct awards to individual students and scholarship funding routed through the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.
Yes. The data shows individual scholarship grants, including awards to Tehut Yibeltal Zewdu, Amanda Bargiel, and other students in Illinois communities. The foundation also funds scholarship administration through a community foundation intermediary.
Typical awards are concentrated around $2,000. The distribution provided is p25 $1,500, median $2,000, and p75 $2,000, which indicates that most grants cluster at or near that level.
The foundation gives locally in Illinois. All recorded grants went to U.S. recipients, and 100% were made to recipients in Illinois. Recipients include organizations and students in Rockford, Loves Park, Huntley, Crystal Lake, Arlington Heights, and several other Illinois cities.
Some scholarship funding is routed through the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois in Rockford. The recent record includes 2024 scholarship grants to that intermediary, alongside direct individual scholarship awards in 2023.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN IL | ROCKFORD, IL | $305,060 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN IL | ROCKFORD, IL | $98,153 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN IL | ROCKFORD, IL | $9,084 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| TEHUT YIBELTAL ZEWDU | ROCKFORD, IL | $3,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| LUCAS ADAM JURASEK | BYRON, IL | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| MADISON HOENLE | CRYSTAL LAKE, IL | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JILIAN LOPOTKO | ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| AMANDA BARGIEL | HUNTLEY, IL | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JACOB JAMES BROWN | MORRISON, IL | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| MEGAN L PRICE | LOVES PARK, IL | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| VIRIDIANA GODINEZ | ROCKFORD, IL | $2,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| VANESSA TELLEZ | POPLAR GROVE, IL | $1,824 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| LUZ MORELL | ROCKFORD, IL | $1,500 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| PATRICIA MAGANA | BELVIDERE, IL | $1,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| RYAN JOHN SHRIVER | ROCKFORD, IL | $1,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| DESTINEE NOEL MAYNARD | LOVES PARK, IL | $500 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| MIRIAM BRISENO | BEACH PARK, IL | $500 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
TEHUT YIBELTAL ZEWDU
$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
LUCAS ADAM JURASEK
$2,000SCHOLARSHIP
MADISON HOENLE
SCHOLARSHIP
JILIAN LOPOTKO
$2,000SCHOLARSHIP
AMANDA BARGIEL
$2,000SCHOLARSHIP
JACOB JAMES BROWN
$2,000SCHOLARSHIP
MEGAN L PRICE
$2,000SCHOLARSHIP
VIRIDIANA GODINEZ
$2,000SCHOLARSHIP
VANESSA TELLEZ
$1,824SCHOLARSHIP
LUZ MORELL
$1,500SCHOLARSHIP
PATRICIA MAGANA
$1,000SCHOLARSHIP
RYAN JOHN SHRIVER
$1,000SCHOLARSHIP
DESTINEE NOEL MAYNARD
$500SCHOLARSHIP
MIRIAM BRISENO
$500SCHOLARSHIP