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NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA
NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,244,456 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,695,590). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $890k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $685k
What National Office the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award USA does
Mission
The duke of edinburgh's international award use transforms individuals, communities,and societies around the world, helping young people exceed expectations. It allows their achievements to be recognized consistently worldwide through a unique international accreditation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The duke of edinburgh's international award usa (the organization) offices were established in may of 2016. As a licensed national award operator by the duke of edinburgh's international award foundation (iaf), award usa operates with over 37 program partners (award centers): schools, after school programs, corporations and colleges to deliver the award nationally in 28 states & dc. Award usa also offers an innovative virtual award program connecting young people in the usa with mentors through electronic means to participate in the award where no award centers have yet been established. Award usa's ambition is that every young person in the usa should have the opportunity to pursue the award. Continued funding for award usa comes from primarily private donors, as well as grant support, award participant fees,and award center licensing fees. Scholarship funds are raised to support marginalized and low income young people in their award activities including their adventurous journeys. The award equips young people for life. The award is: - open to all young people aged 14-24, regardless of their background and circumstances. - about personal development and individual challenge: it…
$492,557 spent$122,411 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $492,557.
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.
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 $244k to $952k (+290%).
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 25% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
John Danielson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $101k → $1.0M.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA’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
NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 90% · 2020 64% · 2021 99% · 2022 86% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“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
91% of NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA'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 $393k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 18 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA: 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 NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA?
- NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,244,456 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,695,590). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $4,244,456 in grants to NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,695,590 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL OFFICE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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