About Dupage Community Foundation
DuPage Foundation is DuPage County's champion for philanthropy. We bring together people, knowledge, and resources to address the community's greatest challenges and opportunities through collective impact, fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs, and building community partnerships to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County and beyond.
Focus Areas
health and human servicesyouth educationworkforce developmentenvironment/conservationanimal welfarearts and cultureearly childhood educationnonprofit capacity building
Who They Fund
youth and children (including early childhood)people with fragile or chronic health conditionspeople experiencing homelessness or housing instability
About Dupage Community Foundation
The Dupage Community Foundation’s recent giving shows a community foundation acting as a local grantmaker across health, housing, education, and arts, with several large awards in DuPage County and beyond. In 2024, its largest grant in the list went to People’s Resource Center in Wheaton for food, nutrition, and clothing, signaling a strong emphasis on basic needs alongside broader community support. Other major awards included repeated support for DuPage-area mental health services, housing and shelter, and refugee and immigrant services. The foundation also made substantial grants to arts institutions and youth-serving organizations, reflecting a multi-issue portfolio rather than a single-program focus. Its grant list includes both county-based nonprofits and a few organizations outside the county, including Chicago-based grantees and Donorstrust in Alexandria, Virginia. Within DuPage County, recipients such as Northeast DuPage Family and Youth Services, Teen Parent Connection, and Bridge Communities appear in the recent-gifts record, showing investment in organizations that serve residents across different stages of life. The foundation’s portfolio also includes named grant programs for scholarships, early childhood education, capacity building, community transformation, arts, and unity.
What Dupage Community Foundation Funds
Health and human services make up a clear part of the foundation’s recent work. It awarded $700,000 to Chicago Abortion Fund for health services and $403,600 to Midwest Access Project for health services, alongside additional grants to Healthcare Alternative Systems Inc for mental health. Housing and shelter is another recurring area: Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet received $260,200 for housing and shelter, and Dupagepads received $202,487 for the same purpose. The foundation also supports refugee and immigrant services. World Relief Chicagoland in Carol Stream received $271,883 for refugee and immigrant services. In youth development, Gyrls in the Hood Foundation in Chicago received $308,400. Arts and culture appear through grants to Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which received two 2024 awards of $256,000 and $252,000.
How Dupage Community Foundation Gives
Typical awards cluster in the middle five figures: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $21,150, and the p75 is $60,000. That spread points to a structure that mixes many smaller awards with a smaller number of large grants. Recent grants also show recurring support to some recipients across the year, including multiple awards to the same organizations. The foundation is a mixed community foundation and does not fund individuals. It also makes no program-related investments. Several of its active grant programs accept unsolicited applications, while scholarship funds are routed through school guidance offices rather than open applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$16.9M
Total Assets
$161.8M
Total Revenue
$32.3M
Total Expenses
$20.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $60K, with a median of $21K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$21K
75th Percentile
$60K
Geographic Reach
Local27 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MICHAEL SITRICK
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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