Community Foundation of Jo Daviess County

Analysis

Community Foundation of Jo Daviess County is a registered charity in United States, based in Elizabeth, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2017, 9 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, Community Foundation of Jo Daviess County reported income of $438k and spending of $194k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $115k to $438k (+283%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 244%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Community Foundation of Jo Daviess County sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wildacres Retreat Foundation ($438k), Sus Manos Gleaners ($439k) and Texas Fallen Officer Foundation ($438k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.