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The Chest Foundation

EIN 36-3286520 Glenview, IL

Revenue 2022
$161,080
Expenses 2022
$55,494

Program services were 14.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Street
2595 Patriot Blvd

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The CHEST Foundation champions lung health by supporting clinical research, community service and patient education. On April 24, 2023, the American College of Chest Physician's Board of Regents voted to merge The Chest Foundation into the American College of Chest Physicians effective June 1, 2023.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The CHEST Foundation's mission is to champion lung health.

  • SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE CHEST FOUNDATION (THE FOUNDATION) HAS OFFERED MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS (CHEST) OPPORTUNITIES TO SECURE GRANTS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS IN DISCIPLINES OF PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE, AND SLEEP MEDICINE, AND ON TOPICS RANGING FROM ASTHMA TO LUNG CANCER. THE CHEST FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN OVER 10 DISEASE STATES AND COLLABORATIVELY OFFERS MONETARY AWARDS TO SUPPORT CLINICAL RESEARCH THAT LEADS TO IMPROVEMENT IN PATIENT CARE. AWARD APPLICATIONS ARE PEER-REVIEWED BY CHEST CLINICIAN COMMITTEES WHO THEN SELECT RECIPIENTS USING A DETAILED SCORING RUBRIC. THE FOUNDATION TRACKS PROGRESS OF ALL CLINICAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS OVER TIME. THE FOUNDATION ALSO OFFERS COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS TO SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT FROM THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE OF CHEST MEMBERS WORLDWIDE. SELECTED PROJECTS MUST SHOW A CLEAR IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITY AND HAVE POTENTIAL FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICABILITY. THE GRANTS ARE PAID TO THE NON-PROFIT OR NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION IN WHICH THE CHEST MEMBER DONATES TIME AND MEDICAL SERVICE.

    Expenses $4,384

  • THE CHEST FOUNDATION DEVELOPS, OFTEN WITH PATIENT ADVOCACY PARTNERS, HIGH QUALITY PEER-REVIEWED PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS AND TOOLS ACROSS MORE THAN 60 LUNG HEALTH TOPICS. THE FOUNDATION DISSEMINATES THOSE MATERIALS TO PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF CHEST. DISSEMINATION AND AWARENESS OF HIGH-QUALITY MATERIALS ARE DELIVERED VIA CHEST'S COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, SOCIAL AND NEW MEDIA, THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE, TOPIC-SPECIFIC MICRO-SITES, PATIENT-FACING PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER EXTERNAL CHANNELS AND PARTNERS THAT REACH CLINICIANS, PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND THE PUBLIC. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HAS DEVELOPED NATIONAL, COMPREHENSIVE, MULTI-CHANNEL DISEASE SPECIFIC CAMPAIGNS THAT FOCUS ON LUNG HEALTH BARRIERS AND AREAS OF INTEREST THAT REACH PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. INFORMATION DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED IN THE CAMPAIGN, OFTEN IN COALITION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, MAY RANGE FROM CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND TOOLS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND CLINICIANS. TYPICAL LUNG CONDITIONS COVERED ARE: ASTHMA, COPD, LUNG CANCER, PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (LIKE PULMONARY FIBROSIS). THROUGH THESE PATIENT-AND-CLINICIAN FOCUSED PROJECTS AND CAMPAIGNS, THE FOUNDATION IS PROVIDING INFORMATION AND TOOLS THAT EMPOWER A COMMUNITY OF PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH, AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN MANAGING THEIR DISEASE OR CONDITION.

    Expenses $3,364 · Revenue $960

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2022

As listed in Part VII of the 2022 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Edward J Diamond MD MBA FCCP

    Immediate Past President and Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ian T Nathanson MD FCCP

    President and Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert De Marco MD FCCP

    President -Elect and Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bravein Amalakuhan MD FCCP

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Burton L Lesnick MD FCCP

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn M D'Ambrosio MD FCCP

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David J Steiger MBChB FCCP

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jairo A Melo MD FCCP

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay I Peters MD FCCP

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim D French MHSA CAPPM FCCP

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mitchell C Feldman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patti Tuomey EdD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Salim R Surani MD FCCP

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Semra Bilaceroglu MD FCCP

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert A Musacchio PhD

    EVP/CEO

    Total calculated
    $249,447
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $234,947
    Other
    $14,500
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $189,396 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $33,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $12,551 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $249,447 related

  • Stratton Davies CPA

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $159,537
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $143,163
    Other
    $16,374
    Hours/week
    3 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $113,926 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $21,692 related
    Other
    $0 + $7,545 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,641 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,733 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $159,537 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2022
    Revenue
    $161,080
    Expenses
    $55,494
    Contributions
    $199,387
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,677,565
    Expenses
    $1,465,244
    Contributions
    $1,388,612
    Grants paid
    $800,505

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,819,051
    Expenses
    $1,686,105
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,090,830

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,329,253
    Expenses
    $1,494,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,388,261

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,323,914
    Expenses
    $2,729,174
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,966,689

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,214,882
    Expenses
    $1,334,512
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,245,695

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,786,376
    Expenses
    $1,359,596
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,352,356

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,660,513
    Expenses
    $1,575,560
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,156,283

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,762,721
    Expenses
    $1,123,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,994,218

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,896,537
    Expenses
    $1,508,091
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,613,915

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,622,533
    Expenses
    $1,422,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,152,701

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2022 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2022 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2022, the newest we have parsed for this organization.