Illinois · Nonprofit
North Central College
North Central College (Illinois) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,205,886 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,137,442). 64 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $160M
- Funders on record
- 115
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $293M
What North Central College does
Mission
North Central College prepares students to become curious, engaged, ethical, and purposeful citizens and leaders in local, national and global contexts. The college serves approximately 3,000 fulltime and part-time students. About 1,250 students reside on the college campus each semester.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction, academic support, academic advising & financial aid, faculty instruction for degree candidates, and master's degree programs are provided. 87% of the full-time teaching faculty members have a doctorate or terminal degree. Provost, library services, disabilities support services, tutoring assistance, and academic computing are included in academic support.
$115,080,554 spentof which $68,208,109 as grants$125,093,585 earned by the program78% of program spendingStudent services and athletics include admissions, international recruiting, financial aid administration expenses, registrar, dean of students, ministry and service, career development, the wellness center, student involvement, orientation, and athletic activities. Ncc maintains 24 ncaa division iii programs (12 male and 12 female varsity sports).
$17,400,367 spent$662,719 earned by the program12% of program spendingAuxiliary services include residence life, student housing, and food services. Facilities include a full-service dining hall and retail food options. The college store and student gathering spaces. Approximately 1,250 of the full-time students reside in college-owned properties. 100% of resident students are required to purchase a meal plan.
$15,782,010 spent$17,304,781 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $148,262,931.
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 $398M to $361M (−9%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 6% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of North Central College’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $549k → $1.4M.
17 of 115 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 North Central College’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 115 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
North Central College has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
42% 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 North Central College.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 15% · 2019 28% · 2020 34% · 2021 50% · 2022 45% · 2023 44% — 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
48% of North Central College's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
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
60% of North Central College's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
North Central College's funding base is broadening — from 24 funders to 37 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding North Central College receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.6M on record.
- Department of Education$12.6M
- National Science Foundation$2.5M
- Department of Health and Human Services$478k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$35k
- Department of Justice$17k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like North Central College
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (7) Co · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for North Central College: 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 North Central College?
- North Central College (Illinois) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,205,886 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,137,442). 64 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does North Central College have?
- IRS filings report 115 organizations giving $13,205,886 in grants to North Central College, 64 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of North Central College?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,137,442 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like North Central College 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 115 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing