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MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC

MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,500 to it, the largest being A D JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($40,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$5k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$41k
Net assets
$37k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What McHenry Riverwalk Foundation Inc does

Mission

Assist the city of mchenry in the creation and management of a river walk along the fox river

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Enhance the riverwalk along the fox river in mchenry, il

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($202k) Expenses 100 ($519k) Net assets 100 ($436k)2018 Revenue 1 ($1k) Expenses 8 ($39k) Net assets 91 ($398k)2019 Revenue 186 ($376k) Expenses 8 ($42k) Net assets 168 ($732k)2021 Revenue 3 ($5k) Expenses 3 ($17k) Net assets 8 ($37k)
2017201820192021
Revenue (3)Expenses (3)Net assets (8)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $398k to $732k (+84%).

$436k
$398k
$732k
$37k
2017201820192021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,230 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$317k
’17
−$38k
’18
$334k
’19
−$11k
’21
210
months of
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.

20172019
Listed1212
Joined··
No longer listed··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $13k → $10k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 97% between 2017 and 2021.

Operating margin−209% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−60% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,113 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

19%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC?
MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,500 to it, the largest being A D JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($40,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,500 in grants to MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC?
A D JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MCHENRY RIVERWALK FOUNDATION INC 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 1 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