Illinois · Nonprofit
FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,562,420 to it, the largest being TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($250,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Ferguson Charitable Foundation does
Mission
Ferguson Charitable Foundation (the "foundation") is organized and shall be operated for exclusively charitable, educational, scientific, and literary purposes, each within the meaning of code section 501(c)(3). The foundation's initial activities shall include, but shall not be limited to, (a) supporting the creation and operation of an educational program and curriculum in certain colleges and university ("participating colleges") to encourage diverse students to pursue meaningful careers in the real estate industry; (b) providing scholarships to diverse students at participating colleges enrolled in a real estate center for leadership excellence to support the retention of students participating in the program; and equipping diverse students to enter the real estate industry through instruction, mentorship, and on-the-job training.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Supports the creation and operation of higher level institutions to encourage those purusing careers in the real estate industry as well as providing scholarships to students.
$1,252,121 spentof which $770,413 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,252,121.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $918k to $3.0M (+232%).
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.
97% of FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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.
13 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 FERGUSON CHARITABLE 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
FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
65% 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 FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
“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
65% of FERGUSON CHARITABLE 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 $540k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 10 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FERGUSON CHARITABLE 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FERGUSON CHARITABLE 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 FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?
- FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,562,420 to it, the largest being TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($250,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,562,420 in grants to FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FERGUSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?
- TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FERGUSON CHARITABLE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 27 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