Illinois · Nonprofit
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,690,777 to it, the largest being THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($672,544). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $26M
What College of Dupage Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the College of Dupage Foundation is to obtain and steward contributions to expand educational and cultural opportunities for the college of dupage community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation makes donations to support the college of dupage mcaninch arts center, and wdcb radio station. Also, the foundation donates instructional equipment, supplies and cash to designated college of dupage departments for support of their educational programs.
$2,554,321 spentof which $2,277,705 as grants81% of program spendingThe foundation has a scholarship program which provides educational support to students at the college of dupage. Scholarships are granted to students in accordance with established criteria and may be awarded on need, on merit, or on a combination. Scholarship monies may be used for tuition, books, and supplies for college of dupage classes. Approximately 500 students received foundation scholarships during the year. Also, the foundation has an award program for full-time, adjunct faculty members, and other merit based awards are given to recognize and support academic excellence; outstanding faculty and other members received awards and recognition during the year.
$586,730 spentof which $586,730 as grants19% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,141,051.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $17M to $22M (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Karen M Kuhn
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $134k → $415k.
11 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 54% · 2019 48% · 2020 31% · 2021 25% · 2022 32% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
41% of COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.1M that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $48k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$48k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Cod Foundation Charitable Annuity Trust · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION?
- COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,690,777 to it, the largest being THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($672,544). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $2,690,777 in grants to COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION?
- THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $672,544 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 54 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing