Illinois · Nonprofit
Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation
Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $127,176 to it, the largest being Fulk Family Foundation Inc ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $132k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $127k
- Net assets
- $157k
What Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation does
Mission
Support School Children in CUSD 116
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Santas workshop. Provided needed food, clothing, school supplies, toiletries and toys to approximately 250 underprivilegedstudents age Kindergarten through 5th grade.
$40,906 spentof which $69,215 as grants43% of program spendingClassroom grants- provided to CUSD116 teachers for purchasingsupplies and equipment for classroom learning that was otherwisenot able to be funded by the school district.
$25,975 spentof which $24,824 as grants27% of program spendingEquipment for classroom learning that was otherwise not able tobe funded by the school district
$15,844 spent17% of program spendingn/a
$13,025 spentof which $16,513 as grants14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $95,750.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $57k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education 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
Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 93% · 2021 81% · 2022 81% · 2023 99% — 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.
Where its funders are
Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education 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 Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation?
- Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $127,176 to it, the largest being Fulk Family Foundation Inc ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $127,176 in grants to Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 Education Foundation?
- Fulk Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Round Lake Area Schools CUSD 116 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.
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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 2025–2025), and the filings of 5 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