LAKE COUNTY REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $2.1M · expenses $1.1M · assets $1.1M

EIN
47-3081541
Address
300 CENTER DR STE 100, VERNON HILLS, IL 60061-1525
NTEE code
B11 Single Organization Support (Education) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
February 2015 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

Financially support the programs, not paid for by tax dollars, that enhance and enrich the educational opportunities of the students in Lake County Illinois.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 20 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

20 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Amy Neault President2024 1 $0 reported 1
Michael Francisco Vice President2024 1 $0 reported 1
Brittany Tjardes Treasurer2024 1 $0 reported 1
Sol Cabachuela Secretary2024 1 $0 reported 1
Donald Carmichael Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Daniel Didech Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Dr Michael Karner Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Holly Kim Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Pia Pinello Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Kimberly Wimer Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Joel Finfer Executive Director2024 40 $0 reported 1
Candy Reimholz Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Mary Charuhas (former) PRESIDENT/SE2015-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Donald J Fontana (former) TREASURER2022-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Christine Lopez (former) DIRECTOR2016-2023 0 $0 reported 1
Carol Du Clos (former) DIRECTOR2016-2023 0 $0 reported 1
Don Fontana (former) TREASURER2016-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Charmaine Harris (former) DIRECTOR2016-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Roycealee J Wood (former) PRESIDENT2015-2018 0 $0 reported 1
James Strang (former) TREASURER2015-2018 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 12 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Amy Neault President1 $0$0$0 $01
Michael Francisco Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Brittany Tjardes Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Sol Cabachuela Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Donald Carmichael Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Daniel Didech Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Dr Michael Karner Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Holly Kim Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Pia Pinello Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Kimberly Wimer Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Joel Finfer Executive Director40 $0$0$0 $01
Candy Reimholz Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MARY CHARUHAS PRESIDENT/SE1 $0-- $01
DONALD J FONTANA TREASURER1 $0-- $01
CHRISTINE LOPEZ DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CAROL DU CLOS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MARY CHARUHAS PRESIDENT/SE1 $0-- $01
DONALD J FONTANA TREASURER1 $0-- $01
CHRISTINE LOPEZ DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
CAROL DU CLOS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHRISTINE LOPEZ PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
MARY CHARUHAS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
DON FONTANA TREASURER0 $0-- $01
CHARMAINE HARRIS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CAROL DU CLOS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHRISTINE LOPEZ PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
MARY CHARUHAS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
DON FONTANA TREASURER0 $0-- $01
CHARMAINE HARRIS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CAROL DU CLOS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2018 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROYCEALEE J WOOD PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
MARY CHARUHAS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
JAMES STRANG TREASURER0 $0-- $01
CHRISTINE LOPEZ DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
DON FONTANA DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CHARMAINE HARRIS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CAROL DU CLOS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2016 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROYCEALEE J WOOD PRESIDENT3 $0-- $01
MARY CHARUHAS SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
JAMES STRANG TREASURER0 $0-- $01
CHRISTINE LOPEZ DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
DON FONTANA DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CHARMAINE HARRIS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CAROL DU CLOS DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2015 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROYCEALEE J WOOD PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
MARY CHARUHAS SECRETARY0 $0-- $01
JAMES STRANG TREASURER0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,139,278$1,147,249 $1,063,179$1,062,804 $2,122,599$0 $0012
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$26,954$26,928 $70,775$70,775 $26,954- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$36,428$15,270 $70,748$70,748 $5,428$31,000 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$53,285$17,030 $49,590$49,590 $53,285- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$10,067$5,000 $13,335$13,335 $10,067- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$15,030$2,500 $14,908$14,908 $15,030- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$22,485$22,681 $15,232$15,232 $22,485- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$16,530$609 $15,921$15,428 $16,530- ---

Funders of this organization

10 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,536,924 in all, tax years 2016 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR $910,0002 $885,0002024 2023-2024 DAF sponsor Exact
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CIRCLE OF SERVICE FOUNDATION $250,0001 $250,0002024 2024 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LAKE COUNTY REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC”
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ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC $165,4322 $64,9322020 2019-2020 Public charity Exact
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND $130,0001 $130,0002024 2024 DAF sponsor Exact
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W CLEMENT & JESSIE V STONE FOUNDATION $30,0001 $30,0002024 2024 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Lake County Regional Office of Education Foundation Inc”
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MASONIC FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES INC $30,0001 $30,0002024 2024 Public charity Exact
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THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST $10,0001 $10,0002021 2021 DAF sponsor Exact
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CALIFORNIA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION $8,0001 $8,0002024 2024 Public charity Exact
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DOLLAR GENERAL LITERACY FOUNDATION $2,7001 $2,7002016 2016 Public charity Fuzzy filed as “LAKE COUNTY REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC”
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ABBVIE FOUNDATION $7922 $4022019 2018-2019 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LAKE COUNTY REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC”
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CHIARTS FOUNDATIONILB11 $3,388,423$3,390,453 Executive Dir.$181,425 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA FOUNDATION USA INCILB11 $1,188,890$10,680,589 Director$0 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCILB11 $2,290,083$1,586,801 EXECUTIVE DI$147,768 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
YP MATH FOUNDATIONILB11 $1,983,128$671,260 PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
ILLINOIS BAR FOUNDATIONILB11 $3,414,826$2,390,601 Asst Treasurer$221,565 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
DUDLEY E CHAMBERS FOUNDATIONILB11 $2,674,161$3,126,106 Trustee$248,379 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
HILLELS OF ILLINOIS ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONILB11 $2,582,552$350,696 ASSISTANT SECRETARY$558,732 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS FOUNDATIONILB11 $1,138,242$1,064,468 DIRECTOR (THRU 03/2024)$611,195 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONILB11 $2,101,015$2,134,109 Former Board M$244,221 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOLS ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONILB11 $2,205,446$2,198,060 Secretary/Director$0 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TOMER DEVORAH INCILB11 $2,665,917$2,224,081 SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR$132,756 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL UNION LOCATED AT CHICAGOILB11 $3,623,165$4,428,046 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
MARIST H S CHICAGO FOUNDATIONILB11 $2,721,091$816,470 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code B11, revenue within 2x, same state
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THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST funds this one $31,608,25034 10DAF sponsor2016–2024 WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION; BROOKE SCHOOL FOUNDATION; AMBER EDUCATION FUND INC; FRIENDS OF MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE FOUNDATION and 6 more
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PATRICK G AND SHIRLEY W RYAN FOUNDATION $3,825,0009 1Private foundation2016–2024 ACCELERATE INSTITUTE
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JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO $3,028,40314 3DAF sponsor2012–2024 SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOLS ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION; HILLELS OF ILLINOIS ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION; ACCELERATE INSTITUTE
CHARTER FUND INC $2,918,50014 2DAF sponsor2016–2024 BROOKE SCHOOL FOUNDATION; ALMA DEL MAR FOUNDATION INC
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA $2,802,97017 13DAF sponsor2015–2024 ERIK KARISHOEJ EDUCATION FOUNDATION; JOHN C CALHOUN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC; CHIARTS FOUNDATION; PLATTSBURGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC and 9 more
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $1,147,249 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,099,692 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $1,099,692$1,099,692-- 95.9%
Fees: other services $23,300-$23,300- 2.0%
Other (as described)Misc Expenditures $6,789-$6,789- 0.6%
Information technology $6,657-$6,657- 0.6%
Other (as described)Books $5,007$5,007-- 0.4%
Office expenses $3,015-$3,015- 0.3%
Fees: legal $1,312$937$375- 0.1%
Insurance $708-$708- 0.1%
Advertising and promotion $569$569-- 0.0%
Fees: accounting $200-$200- 0.0%
Total$1,147,249100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $26,928 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $26,928 100.0%
Total$26,928100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $15,270 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,270 100.0%
Total$15,270100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $17,030 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,030 100.0%
Total$17,030100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $5,000 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $5,000 100.0%
Total$5,000100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $2,500 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,500 100.0%
Total$2,500100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $22,681 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $22,681 100.0%
Total$22,681100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $609 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $609 100.0%
Total$609100%

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