The Rubino Family Foundation appears to make focused, high-value charitable gifts to local health-care providers. Its sole recorded grant is a substantial unrestricted donation to a hospice provider, suggesting an interest in supporting end-of-life care and patient services in the Naperville/Chicagoland area. The foundation favors direct charitable support rather than many small or program-restricted awards.
Highly concentrated giving: very few grants (single recorded gift) but large dollar amount to a single organization; appears to prefer sizeable one-off or major gifts to operational/support needs rather than broad grantmaking.
A $200,000 charitable grant to Lightways Hospice is the clearest marker of Rubino Family Foundation’s giving: large, local, and centered on hospice care. The foundation’s recent record shows concentrated support for health and human-service organizations in the Chicago area, with awards that sit in a narrow range rather than a long tail of small gifts. In 2025, it also backed Will Grundy Medical Clinic and other community-serving nonprofits, pointing to a preference for direct support of providers that serve vulnerable residents. The pattern suggests a family foundation that favors practical, unrestricted charitable funding for organizations delivering care and basic services close to home. The grant list ties the foundation to patient-centered and community-facing work, especially around end-of-life care, medical access, and related support services. Across the available record, the foundation’s profile is defined less by breadth than by focused, high-value gifts to local nonprofits working in health and social service roles.
Hospice and end-of-life care sit at the center of the foundation’s giving. Its largest recent grant was $200,000 to Lightways Hospice in Joliet, underscoring support for organizations that serve patients and families facing terminal illness. The foundation also made a $30,000 charitable grant to Will Grundy Medical Clinic in Joliet, showing interest in local access to care beyond hospice alone. In the social-service space, it gave $30,000 to Morning Star Mission in Joliet, a sign that basic-needs support is part of the same local funding pattern. Additional 2025 gifts went to organizations such as Guardian Angel Community Services and The Night Ministry, reinforcing a mix of health, shelter, and community support in the same regional footprint.
Rubino Family Foundation’s typical grant size is tightly grouped at $20,000 to $30,000, with a median of $30,000 and a p25 of $20,000 and p75 of $30,000. The 2025 record shows a clear concentration rather than a broad spread of grant sizes, with one much larger charitable gift and several matching awards at the lower end of the range. All recorded grants are charitable and all are to U.S. recipients. The grant list available here is a single-year snapshot, so recurring recipients cannot be confirmed from the provided data. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not listed as making program-related investments.
$430K
$8.9M
$841K
$472K
Most grants fall between $20K and $30K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$30K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in IL.
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Notable grantees: Lightways Hospice
Rubino Family Foundation’s giving is entirely in Illinois in the record provided: 100% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state, and Illinois is also the top state by grant count. The recipient cities in the recent grants list cluster in Joliet, with additional grants in Crest Hill, Wheaton, New Lenox, Aurora, and Chicago. That pattern points to a local Chicagoland reach rather than a multi-state or national footprint. The grants are concentrated in nearby communities serving health and human-service needs.
The foundation backs local health and human-service nonprofits. Recent grants went to a hospice provider, a medical clinic, a child advocacy-related organization, a homeless-services mission, shelter and community service groups, and organizations serving women, unhoused people, and families in crisis.
The foundation’s typical grant size is $20,000 to $30,000, with a median of $30,000. In the recent record, most awards sit at $20,000 or $30,000, alongside one larger $200,000 charitable grant.
Its giving is entirely in Illinois in the available record. The recent grants went to organizations in Joliet, Crest Hill, Wheaton, New Lenox, Aurora, and Chicago.
Yes. Hospice and end-of-life care are central in the record, led by a $200,000 charitable grant to Lightways Hospice in Joliet. The foundation’s broader pattern also includes patient-centered support and related community services.
No. The recent grants support a mix of beneficiaries tied to community care: hospice patients, medical patients, families needing advocacy or shelter, women served by a community center, and people receiving mission-based social services.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHTWAYS HOSPICE | JOLIET, IL | $200,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| WILL GRUNDY MEDICAL CLINIC | JOLIET, IL | $30,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| FRIENDS OF WILL COUNTY CHILD ADVOCA | CREST HILL, IL | $30,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| MORNING STAR MISSION | JOLIET, IL | $30,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| MIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERA | WHEATON, IL | $30,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES | JOLIET, IL | $30,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| TRINITY SERVICES | NEW LENOX, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| WATERLEAF WOMEN'S CENTER | AURORA, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THE NIGHT MINISTRY | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| DEBORAH'S PLACE | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
LIGHTWAYS HOSPICE
$200,000CHARITABLE
WILL GRUNDY MEDICAL CLINIC
$30,000CHARITABLE
FRIENDS OF WILL COUNTY CHILD ADVOCA
$30,000CHARITABLE
MORNING STAR MISSION
$30,000CHARITABLE
MIDWEST SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERA
$30,000CHARITABLE
GUARDIAN ANGEL COMMUNITY SERVICES
$30,000CHARITABLE
TRINITY SERVICES
CHARITABLE
WATERLEAF WOMEN'S CENTER
$20,000CHARITABLE
THE NIGHT MINISTRY
$20,000CHARITABLE
DEBORAH'S PLACE
$20,000CHARITABLE