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The DuPage Community Foundation is a grantmaking foundation created in 1986 to benefit the people of DuPage County, Illinois. It receives contributions and bequests into a permanent endowment. The earnings from the endowment are used to address community needs. Because the Foundation is a public charity, donors enjoy maximum tax advantages.
The Foundation's strength and character come from its distinctive qualities: - A flexible, yet permanent, collection of funds supported by a wide range of donors.
- Field of Interest Funds
- Operating Funds
- Unrestricted Funds
- The expertise to determine the best use of those funds to meet community needs in the areas of arts and culture, education, environmental affairs, health, and human services. The Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $6.5 million to agencies servicing DuPage County residents.
- A Board of Trustees representing the community and serving the public interest.
- An organizational commitment to provide leadership on current and emerging community problems such as basic human needs, the environment, children and youth.
- A commitment to create funds and distribute proceeds in accordance with donors' intentions.
- Agency Endowment Funds
- Donor-Advised Funds
- Scholarship Funds
- The adherence to a sense of "community" that cooperates with individual interests and objectives.
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