Funding search · EIN 363788167 · Sycamore, IL

Dekalb County Community Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

326
grants reported
$8.6M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$15,600
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

communityeconomicdevelopmentcareercribgranissuesopportunities

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Kishwaukee United Way3 grants · $350,028
  • Oak Crest Dekalb Area Retirement Center2 grants · $277,983
  • Hope Haven2 grants · $272,082
  • Kishwaukee College - Foundation3 grants · $244,257
  • Safe Passages3 grants · $209,765
  • Salem Lutheran Church3 grants · $208,525
  • Kishwaukee Family Ymca2 grants · $198,276
  • Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $183,967
  • Dekalb County Community Gardens2 grants · $174,004
  • Voluntary Action Center of Dekalb County2 grants · $172,722

Giving over time

$3.0M
2022
$3.1M
2023
$2.5M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 326 grants.

  • $152,103

    Hope Haven · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $148,228

    Oak Crest Dekalb Area Retirement Center · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $138,500

    Salem Lutheran Church · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $136,559

    Hope Haven of Dekalbe County · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $132,250

    Oak Crest Dekalb Area Retirement Ce · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $129,755

    Oak Crest Dekalb Area Retirement Center · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $125,794

    Kishwaukee United Way · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $119,979

    Hope Haven · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $112,594

    Kishwaukee United Way · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $111,640

    Kishwaukee United Way · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $101,079

    Kishwaukee Family Ymca · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Dekalb First United Methodist Foundation · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $97,304

    Safe Passages · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $97,197

    Kishwaukee Family Ymca · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $93,751

    Safe Passages · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $92,672

    Dekalb County Community Gardens · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $89,527

    Kishwaukee College - Foundation · Malta, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $87,708

    Voluntary Action Center of Dekalb County · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $85,014

    Voluntary Action Center of Dekalb County · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $81,332

    Dekalb County Community Gardens · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $80,691

    Preservation of Egyptian Theatre · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $80,541

    Family Service Agency of Dekalb County · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $80,439

    Oaken Acres Wildlife Center · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $80,000

    Midwest Wrought Ironmwi · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    General support

  • $78,219

    Kishwaukee College - Foundation · Malta, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $76,840

    Family Service Agency of Dekalb County · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $76,511

    Kishwaukee College - Foundation · Malta, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $75,158

    Habitat for Humanity of Dekalb County · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $72,595

    Opportunity House · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $70,239

    Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $68,632

    Oaken Acres Wildlife Center · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $66,063

    Opportunity House · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $65,872

    We Care Pregnancy Clinic · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $65,413

    Dekalb County History Center · Sycamore, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $61,951

    Dekalb County Nursing Home Found · Sycamore, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $58,112

    St Mary Catholic School - Dekalb · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $57,349

    Tails Humane Society · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $57,046

    Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $56,682

    Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $54,556

    Dekalb County Soilwater Conservation · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $54,521

    Casa-Court Appointed Special Advoca · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $52,978

    Tails Humane Society · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $51,317

    Casa-Court Appointed Special Advocate · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $50,990

    Dekalb County Soilwater Conservati · Sycamore, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,973

    Tails Humane Society · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Hinckley Public Library District · Hinckley, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $49,048

    Preservation of Egyptian Theatre · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $48,265

    Tanzania Development Support · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $48,186

    Casa-Court Appointed Special Advocate · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $47,389

    Barb Food Mart · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $44,704

    We Care Pregnancy Clinic · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $44,563

    Tanzania Development Support · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $44,244

    Friends of Jane Adeny Memorial · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $43,917

    Tanzania Development Support · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $43,565

    Barb Food Mart · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $41,058

    Elder Care Services · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $40,430

    Friends of Jane Adeny Memorial · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Midwest Wrought Ironmwi · Burnsville, MN · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Village of Maple Park · Maple Park, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $39,826

    Barb Food Mart · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $39,458

    Barb City Manor Retirement Home · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $38,683

    Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $38,418

    Dekalb County Regional Office of Education · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $38,200

    Salem Lutheran Church · Sycamore, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $38,099

    Dekalb County History Center · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $37,617

    We Care Pregnancy Clinic · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $37,000

    Lee Community Fire Protection District · Lee, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $36,426

    Society of St Vincent De Paul St · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $36,270

    Barb City Manor Retirement Home · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $35,707

    Dekalb Area Women'S Center · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $35,211

    Sycamore Education Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $34,353

    Dekalb County Farm Bureau Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $33,484

    Dekalb County Regional Office of · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $33,200

    Christ Community Church · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $32,664

    Open Door Rehabilitation Center · Sandwich, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $32,500

    Mary Louise Olmstead Memorial · Somonauk, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $31,825

    Salem Lutheran Church · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $31,421

    Preservation of Egyptian Theatre · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $31,000

    Village of Kingston · Kingston, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $30,673

    Network of Nations · Sycamore, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $30,622

    Dekalb County History Center · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $30,389

    Society of St Vincent De Paul - St Marychrist the Teacher Conference · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $30,248

    Proejct Hope · Dekalb, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $30,197

    Sycamore Education Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $29,824

    Society of St Vincent De Paul - St Marychrist the Teacher Conference · Dekalb, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $29,405

    Habitat for Humanity of Dekalb Coun · Sycamore, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $29,245

    City of Sandwich · Sandwich, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $29,200

    Village of Kirkland · Kirkland, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $28,901

    Sycamore Education Foundation · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $28,319

    Open Door Rehabilitation Center · Sandwich, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $27,732

    St Mary Catholic School - Dekalb · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $27,650

    Flewellin Memorial Library · Shabbona, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $27,000

    Dekalb County Sheriff'S Office · Sycamore, IL · 2022

    Community needs grant

  • $26,910

    Walcamp Outdoor Ministries · Kingston, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $26,736

    St Mary'S School-Sycamore · Sycamore, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $26,500

    Locus Impact Investing · Christiansburg, VA · 2022

    Issues and opportunities

  • $26,457

    Dekalb County Animal Welfare League · Genoa, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $26,310

    Kval Nfp · Sycamore, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $26,175

    Kec-Kishwaukee Education Consortium · Malta, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $26,080

    Adventure Works of Dekalb County · Dekalb, IL · 2022

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.