Illinois · Public charity
Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc
Associated Colleges of Illinois has supported numerous independent colleges and universities with a liberal arts tradition in Illinois for more than 70 years benefitting thousands of underrepresented students through scholarships, emergency financial aid, mentoring, and other forms of college to career support.
- $512k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,762
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,762
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $512k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $540k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $508k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $519k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $581k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $594k | 4% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $566k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $600k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Central College | $246,289 | 9 | 0% |
| Knox College | $222,605 | 9 | 0% |
| University of St Francis | $221,454 | 9 | 0% |
| Lewis University | $221,355 | 9 | 0% |
| McKendree University | $221,355 | 9 | 0% |
| Elmhurst University | $221,355 | 9 | 0% |
| Trinity Christian College Association | $221,152 | 9 | 0% |
| Olivet Nazarene University | $220,104 | 9 | 0% |
| Quincy University Corporation | $218,738 | 9 | 0% |
| Illinois College | $209,957 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Central College | $246,289 | 9 | 0% |
| Knox College | $222,605 | 9 | 0% |
| University of St Francis | $221,454 | 9 | 0% |
| Lewis University | $221,355 | 9 | 0% |
| McKendree University | $221,355 | 9 | 0% |
| Elmhurst University | $221,355 | 9 | 0% |
| Trinity Christian College Association | $221,152 | 9 | 0% |
| Olivet Nazarene University | $220,104 | 9 | 0% |
| Quincy University Corporation | $218,738 | 9 | 0% |
| Illinois College | $209,957 | 9 | 0% |
| Rockford University | $209,804 | 9 | 0% |
| Millikin University | $208,439 | 9 | 0% |
| Judson University a Baptist Institution | $206,512 | 9 | 0% |
| Monmouth College | $205,312 | 9 | 0% |
| Augustana College | $204,362 | 9 | 0% |
| Dominican University | $202,820 | 8 | 0% |
| North Park University | $201,486 | 9 | 0% |
| Eureka College | $198,917 | 9 | n/a |
| The Principia Corporation | $177,412 | 9 | 0% |
| Benedictine University | $174,005 | 7 | 0% |
| Saint Xavier University | $164,762 | 7 | 0% |
| Blackburn University | $162,382 | 9 | 0% |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | $152,262 | 7 | 0% |
| Concordia University Chicago | $140,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Aurora University | $105,135 | 5 | 0% |
| Greenville College | $81,593 | 5 | 0% |
| St Augustine College | $35,500 | 3 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Council of Independent Colleges · Marquette Bank Education Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Culver's Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · R D Cundiff Scholarship Trust Dtd 10121 · Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trustee · AbbVie Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Nick Carter Scholarship Fund · Pittsfield High School Class of 1954 Scholarship Fund Inc · Lord Educational Fund
How this is measured
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About Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc
- How much does Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc give?
- Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc reported 21 grants totaling $511,502 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: North Central College ($246k), Knox College ($223k), University of St Francis ($221k).
- Does Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Council of Independent Colleges, Marquette Bank Education Foundation, Ibm International Foundation.
- Where is Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc based?
- Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc is based in IL.
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