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Community Foundation for Mchenry County

The community foundation for mchenry county partners with donors to establish, steward, and grow charitable funds, with an emphasis on permanent endowment funds. Through informed and strategic grantmaking, …

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Advocacy & Civil Rights Crystal Lake, IL EIN: 364465219 (IRS) Sign up to see website
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Integrity Assessment
Strong transparency
90/100 · methodology

About

The Community Foundation for McHenry County connects the generosity of donors with community needs by making grants to organizations working to create a better quality of life throughout the region.

Mission

The community foundation for mchenry county partners with donors to establish, steward, and grow charitable funds, with an emphasis on permanent endowment funds. Through informed and strategic grantmaking, the community foundation directs resources to support local nonprofit organizations and improve quality of life for mchenry county residents.

Founder story
Not yet on file. The organization can add how and why it was founded by claiming this profile. Registered with the IRS since December 2001.

Focus & reach

Causes
Human Rights
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Verification & registration

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IRS
Exempt Organizations · EIN 364465219
Tax-deductible (Pub 78)
501(c)(03)
Federal tax-exempt subsection
Since 2001

Verified certifications

Confirmed against the issuing authority - not self-reported.

IRS Tax-Deductible since 2001

Integrity assessment

A 0-100 measure of public-data transparency - registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and recency. It does not measure programme impact.

Registration 16/20
('Government registration ID on record', 8)
('Sourced from official registry', 4)
('Cross-referenced (2+ sources)', 4)
('Profile not yet claimed by organization', 0)
Financial Transparency 24/30
('No financial documents found on website', 0)
('Financial filing on record', 8)
('Revenue figure disclosed', 6)
('Spending figure disclosed', 6)
('Detailed financial breakdown disclosed', 4)
Governance 20/20
('At least 1 officer disclosed', 5)
('3+ officers disclosed', 3)
('Officer titles disclosed', 2)
('Executive compensation disclosed', 4)
('Mission / description on file', 3)
('Founding date on file', 3)
Contact Availability 10/10
('Website', 3)
('Email', 3)
('Phone', 2)
('Physical address', 2)
Data Recency 15/20
('Updated within 1 year', 15)
('Newer data needed for full score', 0)
Red flags 0
Transparency checklist
Official registration on file
Financial disclosure published
Website on record
Contact details available
Leadership disclosed
Mission or description published

GiveRadar Analysis

Original analysis from GiveRadar's dataset of comparable organizations

From what GiveRadar has verified so far, Community Foundation for Mchenry County has a complete profile, cross-referenced across 4 independent sources including the IRS.

  • GiveRadar has cross-referenced this organization across 4 independent sources, led by the IRS - among the most thoroughly sourced profiles in its cohort. See the sources
  • GiveRadar holds 6 years of financial filings for this organization, the most recent for fiscal year 2025 - a deeper filing history than 90% of the 86,572 advocacy & civil rights charities in the United States with filings on record. See the filings
  • Its integrity score of 90 places it in the top 1% of the 128,026 advocacy & civil rights charities in the United States GiveRadar tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its financial disclosures and its governance. View this cohort
GiveRadar has verified
  • government registration
  • financial records (6 filed years)
  • disclosed leadership
  • a website
  • a contact email
  • a donation page
Not yet verified by GiveRadar
  • an owner-submitted profile claim

Analysis based on GiveRadar's benchmark dataset of 2026-07-03. It describes what GiveRadar has verified, not a judgment of the organization itself.

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Financials

From irs 990 (fy2025) · FY2025
Annual revenue
$1M-$10M
Reporting year
2025
To programmes
78%
Revenue, FY2020-FY2025
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Where money goes
Program78%

Leadership & board

Disclosed in official filings
CH
Charles Y••••
Chair
CH
Chip Y••••
VICE CHAIR
DE
Deborah T••••••
EXECUTIVE DI
DR
Dr R•••• D•• C•••••••
BOARD CHAIR

How it stacks up against peers

· vs. 8 similar advocacy & civil rights in United States
Program spending This charity: 78%
Peer average: 80%
CEO comp as % of revenue This charity: 3.62%
Peer average: 0.48%
Integrity Assessment This charity: 90
Peer average: 90

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Annual revenue
$1M-$10M
78% to programs
Source: IRS 990 (FY2025) why this matters
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Filing history

6 years on file from IRS 990 (FY2025): revenue, expenses, program spending, assets, and liabilities by fiscal year.

Years on record: FY2025, FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020.
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Taxes

Tax-deductibility for donors

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Staff & volunteers

From filings and published profiles

Employees
10

Leadership

From FY2025 filing

JE
Jeffrey D•••••
Chair

Officers & trustees (14)

Source: Public filings

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Latest news

From global news sources

4 articles found

From news sources and the organization. Shown for transparency; news never affects the integrity score.

Marengo historian, presenter, pleads guilty to possession of child sex abuse material - Lake and McHenry County Scanner

www.lakemchenryscanner.com ·

Marengo man, historian who presents across Chicago area arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material - Lake and McHenry County Scanner

www.lakemchenryscanner.com ·

Suspect arrested after road rage incident, shooting that led to intense police search in Cary - Lake and McHenry County Scanner

www.lakemchenryscanner.com ·

McHenry County Courthouse receives $1.3 million grant to expand specialty court programs - Lake and McHenry County Scanner

www.lakemchenryscanner.com ·

Activity timeline

Filings and press mentions, merged

Marengo historian, presenter, pleads guilty to possession of child sex abuse material - Lake and McHenry County Scanner
May 2026
www.lakemchenryscanner.com
Form filed
$3.2M revenue
FY2025
IRS 990
Marengo man, historian who presents across Chicago area arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material - Lake and M
Dec 2025
www.lakemchenryscanner.com
Suspect arrested after road rage incident, shooting that led to intense police search in Cary - Lake and McHenry County
Nov 2025
www.lakemchenryscanner.com
Form filed
$3.7M revenue
FY2024
IRS 990
McHenry County Courthouse receives $1.3 million grant to expand specialty court programs - Lake and McHenry County Scann
Sep 2024
www.lakemchenryscanner.com
Form filed
$2.0M revenue
FY2023
IRS 990
Form filed
$4.5M revenue
FY2022
IRS 990
Form filed
$8.5M revenue
FY2021
IRS 990
Form filed
$6.3M revenue
FY2020
IRS 990

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Cause areas in United States

How many charities work in each area, with this charity's area highlighted.

Human Services 322,683
Education 195,586
Arts & Culture 133,130
Advocacy & Civil Rights this charity 128,026
Religion 114,636
Health 98,863
Community Development 56,086
Youth Development 53,450
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Most common causes in United States

Causes charities work on most, with this charity's causes ticked.

Community Development 235,146
Education 159,016
Religion 103,741
Arts & Culture 101,203
Human Rights 76,926
Health 65,250
Youth Development 47,775
Animal Welfare 32,425
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Sources and verification

Registration and legal identity
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search
Financial filings
IRS Form 990 filings - Fiscal year 2025 most recent on file.
Officers and trustees
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search - 34 disclosed in the public registry.
News and media coverage
GDELT Project + Google News
Supplementary verification
Charity Navigator

Data freshness

Last updated
Aug 3, 2026
Registry checked
Aug 3, 2026
Profile completeness
100%

What we know and don't know

Exactly which public data we hold on this charity. Our score reflects transparency, not impact.

On record · 10
  • Financial data · FY2025 on record
  • Named leadership · 34 officers on file
  • Executive pay · Disclosed
  • Government registration · Registered with an official registry
  • Mission statement · Published
  • Official website · On record
  • Headquarters address · On file
  • Direct contact · Email or phone published
  • Tax-deductibility · Verified
  • Founding date · 2001
Not available · 1
  • Programs & activities
    No named programs listed by the charity

Methodology

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Quick facts about Community Foundation for Mchenry County

What is Community Foundation for Mchenry County?
Community Foundation for Mchenry County is a advocacy & civil rights publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)) based in Crystal Lake, United States. The Community Foundation for McHenry County connects the generosity of donors with community needs by making grants to organizations working to create a better quality of life throughout the region.
When was Community Foundation for Mchenry County founded?
Community Foundation for Mchenry County was founded in 2001.
Who leads Community Foundation for Mchenry County?
Jeffrey Dehaan serves as Chair.
Where is Community Foundation for Mchenry County located?
Headquartered in Crystal Lake, IL, United States.
What is Community Foundation for Mchenry County's annual budget?
Annual revenue for fiscal year 2025 is approximately $1M-$10M. 78% of expenses go to program services.
Is Community Foundation for Mchenry County trustworthy?
Community Foundation for Mchenry County has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 90 out of 100 (Strong transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
What is Community Foundation for Mchenry County's registration number?
IRS EIN: 364465219.
What is Community Foundation for Mchenry County's website?
http://www.thecfmc.org