Dupage Community Foundation

Analysis

Dupage Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Downers Grove, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1995, 31 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 June 2024, Dupage Community Foundation reported income of $23.3m and spending of $17.4m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $10.1m to $23.3m (+130%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Dupage Community Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include College Foundation of the University of Virginia ($23.2m), Amarillo Area Foundation Inc ($23.4m) and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey ($23.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $336k (1.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $959k. At year end it held assets of $147.7m against liabilities of $35.0m, net assets of $112.7m. It reported 17 employees.