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Naperville Education Foundation

Naperville Education Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $947,750 to it, the largest being Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare ($550,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$893k
Funders on record
31
Grants received
$948k
Net assets
$3.1M
17/31 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What Naperville Education Foundation does

Mission

The Naperville Education Foundation seeks financial and other resources through fund raising and community partnerships to support program goals. It serves as a vehicle through which donors can fund projects, grants and scholarships in Naperville 203.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Each year through various grant awards programs, NEF gives competitive grants to Naperville School District 203 schools that develop innovative projects which stimulate students' engagement and learning experience. Each of the Naperville 203 schools receives a School Appreciation grant to be used at the principal's discretion to positively impact students. Scholarships are awarded to qualified students in the Naperville School 203. Additionally, NEF serves as a vehicle through which donors can fund projects and grants for Naperville 203 Schools. Funds are also granted to remove barriers to learning for economically disadvantaged students'. These grants meet the unique needs of students.

    $491,957 spentof which $362,850 as grants
    63% of program spending
  2. Scholarships awarded to qualified students in the Naperville School District 203 for educational related expenses associated with a college degree granting program.

    $135,977 spentof which $135,977 as grants
    18% of program spending
  3. NEF provides funding to 21 schools for their Before and After school programs. These programs extend learning beyond the school bell while giving each school the flexibility to tailor a program to a school community's specific needs. Homework or math clubs, supervised study time, or FIRST LEGO League team experiences are just a few examples of Before and After School Programs that enrich student learning. Additionally, NEF provides financial support for educational entrepreneurship at both high schools through Business Incubator.

    $147,628 spentof which $147,628 as grants
    19% of program spending
  4. Our Kid Booster Anonymous Fund is a lifesaver for a growing number of District 203 children and families. Kid Booster matches a student's specific and unique needs to particular opportunities and supports that enhance their educational, physical or socio-emotional growth. In all cases, we call on community agencies to partner with us so our support can go even further. Each case and student is unique, but in all instances, we help students with the basics they need to learn, or the boost they need to enrich their school experience.

  5. Other programs include Incubator and Emerging Needs.

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $775,562.

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 ($499k) Expenses 100 ($543k) Net assets 100 ($2.3M)2018 Revenue 129 ($645k) Expenses 83 ($453k) Net assets 106 ($2.4M)2019 Revenue 115 ($576k) Expenses 102 ($553k) Net assets 108 ($2.4M)2020 Revenue 167 ($833k) Expenses 139 ($754k) Net assets 113 ($2.5M)2021 Revenue 110 ($548k) Expenses 110 ($597k) Net assets 128 ($2.9M)2022 Revenue 152 ($760k) Expenses 143 ($774k) Net assets 111 ($2.5M)2023 Revenue 190 ($948k) Expenses 187 ($1.0M) Net assets 118 ($2.7M)2024 Revenue 182 ($911k) Expenses 168 ($911k) Net assets 130 ($2.9M)2025 Revenue 179 ($893k) Expenses 166 ($899k) Net assets 139 ($3.1M)
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Revenue (179)Expenses (166)Net assets (139)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 2021 to 2022, from $2.9M to $2.6M (−13%).

$2.3M
$2.5M
$2.5M
$2.6M
$2.9M
$2.6M
$2.8M
$3.1M
$3.3M
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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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

93% of Naperville Education Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$43k
’17
$192k
’18
$23k
’19
$79k
’20
−$49k
’21
−$13k
’22
−$69k
’23
$43
’24
−$5k
’25
7.6
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.

Chief executive

Wendy Goettsch

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.

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Joined·+7+3+5+4+6+5+7+7
No longer listed·83453576
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $16k → $261k.

6 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 Naperville Education Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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

Naperville Education Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

85% 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 Naperville Education Foundation.

58%
largest funder
77%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 67% · 2019 72% · 2020 27% · 2021 20% · 2022 72% · 2023 77% — 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.

How long its funders stay

35% of Naperville Education Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

87% of Naperville Education Foundation's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

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

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Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $183k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Naperville Education Foundation is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve7.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 8%Fundraising 6%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

90%

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 Naperville Education Foundation?
Naperville Education Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $947,750 to it, the largest being Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare ($550,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Naperville Education Foundation have?
IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $947,750 in grants to Naperville Education Foundation, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Naperville Education Foundation?
Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare is the largest funder on record, with $550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Naperville Education 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 31 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