Illinois · Public charity
Friends of McHenry County College Foundation
Together with our community we build financial support for student learning and success.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $709k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,519
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $567,141
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Friends of McHenry County College Foundation 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; $11k 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 | 15 | $709k | 53% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $6.3M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $747k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $757k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $632k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $3.8M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $3.2M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $4.2M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McC Cati & University Center Capital Campaign | $20,207,199 | 9 | n/a |
| Northern Illinois University | $74,358 | 4 | n/a |
| Board of Trustees of Illinois State University | $63,828 | 5 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $39,472 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $31,282 | 3 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois University | $26,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Roosevelt University | $23,065 | 2 | 0% |
| Aurora University | $20,434 | 3 | 0% |
| Elmhurst University | $9,562 | 1 | 0% |
| Minot State University | $9,100 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| McC Cati & University Center Capital Campaign | $20,207,199 | 9 | n/a |
| Northern Illinois University | $74,358 | 4 | n/a |
| Board of Trustees of Illinois State University | $63,828 | 5 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $39,472 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $31,282 | 3 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois University | $26,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Roosevelt University | $23,065 | 2 | 0% |
| Aurora University | $20,434 | 3 | 0% |
| Elmhurst University | $9,562 | 1 | 0% |
| Minot State University | $9,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Dominican University | $8,519 | 1 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $8,314 | 1 | 0% |
| University of South Alabama | $7,794 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Illinois University Foundation | $7,150 | 1 | 0% |
| State University of Iowa | $6,681 | 1 | n/a |
| University Of Wisconsin Madison | $6,503 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Canyon University | $6,327 | 1 | 0% |
| Evangel University | $6,117 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $5,689 | 1 | n/a |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $5,641 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Christian University | $5,599 | 1 | 0% |
| Concordia University | $5,569 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Anthony College of Nursing | $5,290 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Friends of McHenry County College Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Friends of McHenry County College Foundation
- How much does Friends of McHenry County College Foundation give?
- Friends of McHenry County College Foundation reported 15 itemized grants totaling $708,636, out of $1,562,344 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Friends of McHenry County College Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (50%), Education (49%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Friends of McHenry County College Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: McC Cati & University Center Capital Campaign ($20M), Northern Illinois University ($74k), Board of Trustees of Illinois State University ($64k).
- Does Friends of McHenry County College Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Friends of McHenry County College Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, Folds of Honor Foundation, The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges.
- Where is Friends of McHenry County College Foundation based?
- Friends of McHenry County College Foundation is based in IL.
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