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Friends of McHenry County College Foundation

Together with our community we build financial support for student learning and success.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$567k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Science & Tech$10MEducation$10MHuman Services$118k
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $708,636, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,562,344 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $853,708 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
  • $250k+1 grant · $567k
$8,519
Median grant
4
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MCC SCHOLARSHIPS$567,141
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$26,400
ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY$17,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO$14,694
ELMHURST UNIVERSITY$9,562
MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY$9,100
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$8,650
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY$8,519
LOYOLA UNIV CHICAGO$8,314
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$7,150
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY$7,150
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN-URBANA$6,626
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN- MILW$6,503
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY$6,327
AURORA UNIVERSITY$5,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $7k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $8k → 19%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $4.1M → 6%ELMHURST UNIVERSITY: $10k → 7%AURORA UNIVERSITY: $8k → 8%NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $28k → 13%ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY: $17k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $14k → 19%WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $7k → 20%MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY: $9k → 10%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $2.7M → 6%AURORA UNIVERSITY: $7k → 8%NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $26k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN-URBANA: $11k → 19%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $311k → 6%NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $24k → 13%LOYOLA UNIV CHICAGO: $8k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $7k → 19%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $199k → 6%NORTHERN ILLINOIS: $14k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO: $15k → 14%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $150k → 6%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $9k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO: $10k → 14%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $115k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO: $7k → 14%MCC CATI & UNIVERSITY CENTER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: $5.6M → 6%DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $9k → 14%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $3.3M → 6%MCC- SCHOLARSHIPS: $576k → 6%MCC- SCHOLARSHIPS: $575k → 6%MCC SCHOLARSHIPS: $567k → 6%MCC- SCHOLARSHIPS: $500k → 6%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $344k → 6%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $335k → 6%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $173k → 6%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $121k → 6%MCC- CAPITAL CAMPAIGN LIEBMAN SCIENCE CENTER CONSTRUCTION: $100k → 6%MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE: $100k → 6%MCC - PASS THROUGH GRANTS FOR THE COLLEGE: $58k → 6%MCC - STUDENT SUCCESS AWARDS: $55k → 6%MCC- PROGRAMS: $51k → 6%MCC- PROGRAMS: $49k → 6%MCC - STUDENT SUCCESS AWARDS: $26k → 6%MCC - STUDENT SUCCESS AWARDS: $24k → 6%MCC- PROGRAMS: $18k → 6%MCC - PASS THROUGH GRANTS FOR THE COLLEGE: $16k → 6%MCC - PASS THROUGH GRANTS FOR THE COLLEGE: $11k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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NE
MO
AZ
AL
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 7 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$20M
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+16%

Still filing today

43%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MC
    MCC CATI & UNIVERSITY CENTER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $20M
  • NI
    NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2025 · $74k
  • BO
    BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $64k

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • SU
    State University of Iowa
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • EU
    Evangel University
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +16%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
4
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
5
Excelsior University

Excelsior University provides educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are - academically and geographically, offering…

Education
6
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
7
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
8
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
9
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
10
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
11
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
12
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Loyola University of Chicago; the most unlike its peers is Texas Christian University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MCC CATI & UNIVERSITY CENTER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: $20,207,199 · OtherMCC CATI & UNIVERSITY CENTER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN+14 more: $289,383 · OtherUniversity of Chicago: $31,282 · EducationAURORA UNIVERSITY: $20,434 · EducationDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $8,519 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $8,314 · EducationWestern Illinois University Foundation: $7,150 · EducationGrand Canyon University: $6,327 · EducationEvangel University: $6,117 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $5,599 · EducationCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $5,569 · Education
Other$20,496,582Education$99,311

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Chicago: $31,282 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRoosevelt University: $23,065 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA UNIVERSITY: $20,434 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetELMHURST UNIVERSITY: $9,562 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $8,519 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $8,314 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Illinois University Foundation: $7,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrand Canyon University: $6,327 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvangel University: $6,117 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRose-Hulman Institute of Technology: $5,641 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $5,599 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $5,569 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds Roosevelt University ↗
  • Who funds AURORA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ELMHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds Western Illinois University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
  • Who funds Evangel University ↗
  • Who funds Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Tulsa Community Found…Folds of Honor Founda…The Ohio Foundation o…National Collegiate A…The Chicago Community…The Ayco Charitable F…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Tulsa Community FoundationOK18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tulsa Community Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Chicago Community Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Friends of McHenry County College Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Friends of McHenry County College Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Friends of McHenry County College Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Friends of McHenry County College Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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