Dekalb County Community Foundation

Analysis

Dekalb County Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sycamore, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Dekalb County Community Foundation reported income of $8.3m and spending of $4.6m, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $8.3m (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Dekalb County Community Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include In His Steps Foundation ($8.3m), Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia Inc ($8.3m) and Hana Health ($8.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $131k (2.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $646k. At year end it held assets of $62.8m against liabilities of $5.7m, net assets of $57.1m. It reported 12 employees.