Illinois · Nonprofit
Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty
Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,000 to it, the largest being THE LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $287k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $6k
What Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty does
Mission
Organized?to?help?ensure?that?all?residents?businesses?and?institutions?in?the?community?have?access?to?robust?stable?internet?in?an equitable?reliable?and?sustainable?manner.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Digital Literacy and Device Distribution - Dedicated to equipping residents with the knowledge and tools necessary to thrive in a digital world. This includes purchasing and distributing laptops, tablets, and Chromebooks, as well as delivering structured digital skills training workshops. The program ensures residents not only gain access to devices but also learn how to use them effectively for education, employment, healthcare, and communication.
$114,398 spent55% of program spendingOutreach and Access - Supports community engagement efforts to raise awareness about digital inclusion resources. Funds are used for organizing and attending outreach events, distributing informational materials, coordinating with local partners, and providing direct assistance to residents seeking support with digital connectivity. These activities help ensure that underserved communities are informed and connected to the digital tools and services available to them.
$76,958 spent37% of program spendingAdvocacy and Solution Exploration - Focuses on identifying and promoting long-term strategies to close the digital divide. Funds support policy research, participation in coalitions, and outreach to stakeholders at the local, state, and federal levels. The aim is to influence systemic changes that lead to sustainable digital equity, including funding access, infrastructure development, and inclusive digital policies.
$16,640 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $207,996.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $165k to $77k (−53%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 0% · 2023 63% · 2024 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty.
“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.
Where its funders are
63% of Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty has grown faster than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $123k on record.
- Federal Communications Commission$123k
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 Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty
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
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty: 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 Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty?
- Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,000 to it, the largest being THE LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $52,000 in grants to Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty?
- THE LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Connect Waukegan NFP ConnectLC ConnectLakeCounty 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 3 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing