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The Community Foundation of Will County
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WILL COUNTY connects people who care, to causes that matter to improve the lives of will county residents. The foundation seeks to build partnerships to strengthen relationships and identify needs among non-profit organizations, professional advisors, donors, and community stakeholders.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $540k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $131,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Community Foundation of Will County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k 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 | 28 | $540k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $349k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $396k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $794k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $195k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $220k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $190k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $151k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club | $192,250 | 4 | 7% |
| Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry | $179,511 | 7 | 4% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $176,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Lewis University | $157,254 | 3 | 0% |
| Governors State University Foundation | $129,800 | 1 | 7% |
| Morning Star Mission Ministries Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Heart Haven Outreach | $72,759 | 6 | 6% |
| Will County Clerk | $63,308 | 1 | n/a |
| The Plainfield School District Foundation for Excellence | $60,000 | 4 | 30% |
Show all 81 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($67k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Community Foundation of Will County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Will County · United Way of Grundy County · The Dupage Community Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging · Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Crane Fund for Widows and Children · The Covia Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Community Foundation of Will County with peer funders
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About The Community Foundation of Will County
- How much does The Community Foundation of Will County give?
- The Community Foundation of Will County reported 28 itemized grants totaling $539,907, out of $1,025,186 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Community Foundation of Will County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The Community Foundation of Will County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club ($192k), Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry ($180k), Northern Illinois Food Bank ($177k).
- Does The Community Foundation of Will County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Community Foundation of Will County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Will County, United Way of Grundy County, The Dupage Community Foundation.
- Where is The Community Foundation of Will County based?
- The Community Foundation of Will County is based in IL.
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