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San Damiano College for the Trades

San Damiano College for the Trades (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being Declaration of Tr Establishing St Rita Mercy Foundation ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$659k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$26k
Net assets
$270k
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What San Damiano College for the Trades does

Mission

Post-secondary religious formation. San Damiano College for the Trades operates one program the House of Formation Program, which focuses on theology and spiritual formation for students working in the trades.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. San Damiano College for the Trades operates one program the House of Formation Program, which focuses on theology and spiritual formation for students working in the trades.

    $380,512 spent$659,001 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $380,512.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($50) Expenses 100 ($8k) Net assets -3 ($-8379)2025 Revenue 1318002 ($659k) Expenses 4514 ($381k) Net assets 100 ($270k)
20242025
Revenue (1318002)Expenses (4514)Net assets (100)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $50 to $295k (+590210%).

$50
$295k
20242025
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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’24
$278k
’25
9.1
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.

Board chair

Monsignor David Hoefler

Chairman of the Board of Directors

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of San Damiano College for the Trades’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

San Damiano College for the Trades leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

100% of San Damiano College for the Trades's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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

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In Illinois

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for San Damiano College for the Trades: 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 San Damiano College for the Trades?
San Damiano College for the Trades (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being Declaration of Tr Establishing St Rita Mercy Foundation ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does San Damiano College for the Trades have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $26,000 in grants to San Damiano College for the Trades.
Who is the largest funder of San Damiano College for the Trades?
Declaration of Tr Establishing St Rita Mercy Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like San Damiano College for the Trades 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 2 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