The Negaunee Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363555046
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Northbrook, IL, USA
Phone
8474804690
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,286,969
Expenses
$37,509,871

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

The Negaunee Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Northbrook, IL. EIN 363555046. Tax year 2024 Form 990-PF reports $65.3M revenue and $37.5M expenses.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 114 grants totaling $33,751,490. The stated grant purposes included restricted use, unrestricted use, and unrestricted ues, plus 4 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 91% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 41

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 18.24; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
  • Investments: 41th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 114 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 41/100.