Illinois · Community foundation
Rochelle Area Community Foundation
To provide grants to various organizations supporting the arts, education, health and community
- $179k
- Granted FY2020
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
60% of Rochelle Area Community Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Rochelle Area Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Rochelle Area Community Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $163k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2020
- $163k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $27,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $5.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 92% of the organizations Rochelle Area Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 13 | $163k | 92% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $75k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochelle Christian Food Pantry | $57,650 | 3 | 13% |
| Rochelle Rescue Mission | $46,600 | 5 | 23% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $43,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Kitchen Table Inc | $25,400 | 2 | 12% |
| Hub City Senior Citizens Inc | $19,352 | 2 | 4% |
| Sinnissippi Centers Inc | $18,028 | 2 | 0% |
| Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Coordinated Child Care Inc | $13,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope of Ogle County | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochelle Christian Food Pantry | $57,650 | 3 | 13% |
| Rochelle Rescue Mission | $46,600 | 5 | 23% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $43,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Kitchen Table Inc | $25,400 | 2 | 12% |
| Hub City Senior Citizens Inc | $19,352 | 2 | 4% |
| Sinnissippi Centers Inc | $18,028 | 2 | 0% |
| Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Coordinated Child Care Inc | $13,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope of Ogle County | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lifescape Community Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pegasus Special Riders Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Progress Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rochelle Can | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of Ogle County | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Believe in the Children Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Rochelle Basketball Club | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($409k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rochelle Area Community 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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Rock River Valley · United Way of Lee County Inc · The Etnyre Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern IL · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Rochelle Area Community Foundation with peer funders
About Rochelle Area Community Foundation
- How much does Rochelle Area Community Foundation give?
- Rochelle Area Community Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $163,300, out of $179,183 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Rochelle Area Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (20%), Arts & Culture (10%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Rochelle Area Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rochelle Christian Food Pantry ($58k), Rochelle Rescue Mission ($47k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($43k).
- Does Rochelle Area Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rochelle Area Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Rock River Valley, United Way of Lee County Inc, The Etnyre Foundation.
- Where is Rochelle Area Community Foundation based?
- Rochelle Area Community Foundation is based in IL.
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