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Highland Community College Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Freeport, IL EIN: 36-2592395 Website

The mission of highland community foundation is to provide support that helps advance the mission of highland community college.

Highland Community College Foundation at a glance

In short: Highland Community College Foundation gave $459K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $459K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$459,253
-66.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$459,253
-66.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$459,253
Total assets
$38,000,789
+11.3% vs 2024
Primary geography
Illinois (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Highland Community College Foundation

Next open deadline
April 1, 2027 (Highland Community College Foundation Scholarships)

Who Highland Community College Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Highland Community College: $459KHighland Community College$459K

The largest 2025 recipient was Highland Community College ($459K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K1$250–500K2$500K–1M2$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 2 grants of 5 (40%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Freeport

How Highland Community College Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 72% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $459K (2025) to $1.6M (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $459K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Highland Community College Freeport, ILSupport for Programs & Capital Expenses of College$459,253
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$38,000,789$3,808,026$1,608,232$459,2531$1,472,752
2024$34,136,827$3,356,633$2,258,305$1,350,4961$1,268,227
2023$30,132,448$4,333,251$1,732,068$811,6651$2,682,042
2022$27,089,873$3,825,729$2,515,892$1,619,2721$947,684
2021$30,162,024$3,605,441$1,667,977$853,5891$1,154,818
2020$23,652,874$721,973$1,468,964$705,3441$80,956
2019$24,381,986$1,878,871$2,178,795$1,242,6751$383,382

About Highland Community College Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Highland Community College Foundation is a public charity, based in Freeport, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $38.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $459K. Net investment income was $1.5M.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Highland Community College Foundation is led by Dan Dick, Executive Director since 2022 (on filings since 2021); 1 of 31 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Dan Dick

    Executive Director

    Major Gift Officer → Executive Director, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $78K (2022) → $111K (2025)

  • Jr Schaffner

    President

    Director → President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Kuberski

    Director & Hcc President

    Hcc President → Director, 2022

    Director → Director & Hcc President, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Endress

    Director & Hcc Trustee Chair

    Director → Director & Hcc Trustee Chairman, 2024

    Director & Hcc Trustee Chairman → Director & Hcc Trustee Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ardath Dewall

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bill Green

    Director

    Director → Director at Large, 2022

    Director at Large → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Block

    Director

    Director → Hcc President, 2022

    Hcc President → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marjorie Phillips

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Winter

    Director At-Large

    Director → Director-At-Large, 2024

    Director-At-Large → Director At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Roger Hulsebus

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Kneubuehl

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Cox

    Director At-Large

    Member at Large → Director, 2022

    Director → Director At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leonard Carter

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Virginia Ames

    Director

    Emeritus → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bobby Yount

    Director

    Hcc Trustee → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brad Stewart

    Director At-Large

    Director → Director At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Evan Talbert

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Gassman

    Director

    Director → Director & Executive Develpoment, 2024

    Director & Executive Develpoment → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Marten

    Director & Nom Development

    Director → Director & Nom Development, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Baker

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Clark

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Peska

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric M. Borneman

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin J. Heimerdinger

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kimberly A. Taylor

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Sproule-Vakharia

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christeen Urish

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Barton

    Past President

    Vice President → President, 2020

    President → Past President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jolene Bohnsack

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kerry Hoops

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lucas Beggin

    Treasurer

    Director at Large → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (16)
  • Former: Patricia Dunn (2019–2024) — Director of Operations
  • Former: Brittani Stephenson (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Matt Mullen (2024) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Reinke (2019–2023) — Executive Director
  • Former: Rob Urish (2019–2023) — Past-President
  • Former: George Gaulrapp (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Steve Brewer (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Todd Weegens (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Bobbie Yount (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Dan Johnson (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Delbert Scheider (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jeremy Monigold (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Lucinda Werkheiser (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Mary Hartman (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Timothy Hood (2019–2020) — Hcc President
  • Former: Lowell Crow (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Dan Dick — Executive Director: $111KDan DickExecutive Director$111K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $111K, to Dan Dick (Executive Director).

Frequently asked questions about Highland Community College Foundation

How much does Highland Community College Foundation give each year?

Highland Community College Foundation gave $459K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.4M across 1 grant.

How large is Highland Community College Foundation?

Highland Community College Foundation reported $38.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.8M.

Where does Highland Community College Foundation operate?

Highland Community College Foundation has awarded grants in Illinois.

What is Highland Community College Foundation's EIN?

Highland Community College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2592395. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 10, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 19, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 13, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS December 14, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS December 23, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 9, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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