Illinois · Nonprofit
Epstein Community Foundation
Epstein Community Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,714 to it, the largest being MILLER COOPER & CO LTD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O TAD RENDER ($9,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $46k
What Epstein Community Foundation does
Mission
Supporting community programs
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
ACE Mentor Scholarships - 5 students
$20,000 spentof which $20,000 as grants41% of program spendingRebuilding Together Metro Chicago - renovated a home for a family in need
$7,071 spentof which $7,071 as grants14% of program spendingChicago State Foundation - giving freshman mentoring and support in fields of engineering and science
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants10% of program spendingChicago Engineers Foundation - mentoring, networking and professional development to help students persist in engineering programs and successfully transition into the workforce
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants10% of program spendingProject Syncere - sponsor the ENpowered Games, a citywide middle school engineering competition that builds confidence, teamwork, and real-world problem-solving skills.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants10% of program spendingScience & Entrepreneurship Exchange - deliver Civil and Industrial Engineering curriculum kits to hundreds of students, helping students see themselves as future engineers, designers, and problem-solvers
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants10% of program spendingpurchased 70 backpacks filled with school supplies for children in foster care
$2,040 spentof which $2,040 as grants4% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $49,111.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $34k to $46k (+34%).
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.
100% of Epstein Community Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $4k → $1k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 Epstein Community Foundation’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
Epstein Community Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 93% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“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
84% of Epstein Community Foundation's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $334 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
Epstein Community Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Epstein Community 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.
Public support
100%
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 Epstein Community 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 Epstein Community Foundation?
- Epstein Community Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,714 to it, the largest being MILLER COOPER & CO LTD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O TAD RENDER ($9,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Epstein Community Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $12,714 in grants to Epstein Community Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Epstein Community Foundation?
- MILLER COOPER & CO LTD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O TAD RENDER is the largest funder on record, with $9,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Epstein Community 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 4 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