To honor the centennial of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Michael Reese establishes the Fund for Innovation in Health at the Federation. The $5 million endowment is earmarked for innovative... read more →
Recognizing that youth are more likely to access mental health services when they are provided within schools, the foundation awards its first grant for school-based behavioral health services, a commitment... read more →
The foundation conducts its first community assessment to gather information on target populations and their most critical health needs.In addition to responding to the needs of direct service providers, Michael... read more →
Michael Reese begins funding the Health & Medicine Policy Research Group’s Chicago-Area Schweitzer Fellows Program. Each graduate student contributes a minimum of 200 hours of direct service through community-based nonprofit... read more →
In November, Michael Reese completes its first grant cycle. Funding is focused on providing care for the underserved and uninsured, children and youth, people with disabilities, the elderly, and immigrants.... read more →
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center—a civic and philanthropic enterprise of Chicago’s Jewish community that had served the city for 110 years—and its Michael Reese Health Plan are sold to... read more →