Kaskaskia College, a tax-exempt nonprofit that receives significant public funding to perform services also offered by the state, was approved to receive three grants totaling $7,275,000 in FY2024, according to passed legislation data extracted from the Illinois General Assembly’s FY2024 budget (Public Act 102-6 0698, Public Act 103-0006).
The listed appropriations included two grants of $6,200,000 and $1,000,000, plus an additional grant of $75,000, all designated for programs or services funded by the State of Illinois.
These appropriations represent state-level funding authorized by lawmakers, reflecting what was approved in the budget, not necessarily disbursed. The funds cover only State of Illinois support and exclude federal, local, or other public sources.
Founded in 1965, Kaskaskia College states that its mission is: “To support, sustain, and elevate the success of Kaskaskia College students.”
You can learn more about the organization at its website.
In its most recent IRS Form 990 filing filing for tax year 2024, the organization reported $2,369,970 in total revenue.
The nonprofit listed $2,118,880 in contributions overall. It also reported $69,516 in non-cash contributions, such as donated goods or services, and $1,996,750 categorized under other contributions, which may include restricted donations, pledges, or bequests.
At the beginning of 2024, Kaskaskia College had $9,707,440 in assets. By the end of 2024, that figure had changed to $11,909,400, indicating a 22.7% growth in overall holdings.
However, a Chicago City Wire analysis found that IRS filings frequently contain discrepancies when compared with publicly disclosed government grant reports and budgets.
Kaskaskia College is one of hundreds of nonprofits across Illinois that receive substantial support from state taxpayers while also fundraising privately.
In 2025, Illinois lawmakers introduced House Bill 1266, also known as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Act. The proposal would create a new oversight body within the Office of the Auditor General tasked with identifying cost-saving measures, reviewing agency performance, and advising on audit priorities. If passed, DOGE could bring additional scrutiny and performance evaluation to taxpayer-funded organizations.
According to ProPublica, Illinois has more than 78,000 active tax-exempt organizations, including nearly 60,000 classified as charitable nonprofits. In their most recent IRS filings, these groups reported a combined revenue exceeding $156 billion.
| Fiscal Year | Total Grants/Contracts | Total Taxpayer $$ |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | $7,275,000 |
| Term | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2024 | Bill Hawley | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Brad Barkau | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Bruce Barkau | 2nd Vice President |
| 2024-2024 | Bryan Holthaus | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Craig Finke | President |
| 2024-2024 | Dennis Hesker | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Jack Johnston | Director |
| 2024-2024 | James Lampe | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Jay Jolliff | Treasurer |
| 2024-2024 | Jerry Moyer | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Judy M Hemker | Assistant Treasurer |
| 2024-2024 | Judy Hemker | Assistant Treasurer |
| 2024-2024 | Karen Droste | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Leonard Rose | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Lualice Kampwerth | Secretary |
| 2024-2024 | Marvin Weigman | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Maryann Elizabeth Langenfeld | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Michelle Guymon | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Nathan Deien | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Ted Macon | Director |
| 2024-2024 | TYLER P BATES | Director |
| 2024-2024 | Wesley Gozia | 1st Vice President |
| 2024-2024 | Whitney Luebbers | Director |
| Year | Name | Title | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Amparo C Wolden | English Second Language Tutor | – |
| 2024 | Angela Meyers | Buildings And Grounds Technician | – |
| 2024 | Anthony M Davis | Adjunct Clinical Faculty | – |
| 2024 | Ashley R Finley | Student | – |
| 2024 | Betty Jett | – | |
| 2024 | Betty R Jones | Human Resources Director | – |
| 2024 | Brian E Mosby | Student | – |
| 2024 | Brian K Weems | Media Technician | – |
| 2024 | Bruce A Fischer | Porgarmmer And Analyst | – |
| 2024 | Clifford Mason Jourdan | Associate Professor Of Music And Department Chair Of Fine And Performing Arts | – |
| 2024 | Cristina D Myers | Assistant Professor Of Nursing | – |
| 2024 | Darius Eu-Boom Tan | Grounds Worker | – |
| 2024 | Dennis W Roberts | History Professor | – |
| 2024 | Donna M Schofield | Student | – |
| 2024 | Donna Jean Ruble | Adjunct English Instructor | – |
| 2024 | Dylan C Sanders | Owner Of Fragmented Soles, Student | – |
| 2024 | Frances J. Smith Smith | Administrative Assistant | – |
| 2024 | Franceska J Windler | Coordinator | – |
| 2024 | George M Evans | President | – |
| 2024 | Irene May Young | Administrative Assistant | – |
| 2024 | Jacob L Schnur | Dsp And Cpi Training Coordinator | – |
| 2024 | Jane M Herrmann | Director Of Pta And Massage Therapy Programs | – |
| 2024 | Jean G Meyers | Instructor | – |
| 2024 | Kathleen M Crain | Technology Assistant | – |
| 2024 | Kent A Sickmeyer | Assistant Professor | – |
| 2024 | Kimberly J Storm | Professor | – |
| 2024 | Lana Sue Peters | Adjunct Faculty | – |
| 2024 | Laura B Sheathelm | Institutional Research Coordinator | – |
| 2024 | Laura L Mondy | Assistant Professor Of Computer Information Technology | – |
| 2024 | Leanna R Bundy | Student Worker | – |
| 2024 | Lisa G Ring | Nursing Professor | – |
| 2024 | Lois J Kellermann | Programmer Analyst | – |
| 2024 | Lyle E Gross | Program Coordinator – Assistant Professor Industrial Technology | – |
| 2024 | Malia R Boozer | Print Shop Manager | – |
| 2024 | Mary Jones | Administrative Assistant To Vice President Administrative Services | – |
| 2024 | Michele Hill | Laboratory Assistant, Adjunct Faculty | – |
| 2024 | Misty Ann Ulmer | Nursing Instructor | – |
| 2024 | Nancy C Cripe | Student | – |
| 2024 | Nancy L Kinsey | Vice President Of Administrative Services At Kaskaskia College | – |
| 2024 | Nancy A Mattson | Director Of Student Accounts | – |
| 2024 | Nicolas A Farley | Dean Of Career And Technical Education | – |
| 2024 | Peter T Donnelly | Professor At Kaskaskia College | – |
| 2024 | Richard S Isenberg | Adjunct Faculty | – |
| 2024 | Steven Julian | Student | – |
| 2024 | Susan June Rutledge-Jukes | Cna Instructor | – |
| 2024 | Terry M Sanders | Administrative Assistant | – |
| 2024 | Timothy W March | Business Technology Department Chair | – |
| 2024 | Tina M Horton | Grant Accountant | – |
| 2024 | Travis L Vail | A.A.S Hvac Kaskaskia College | – |
| 2024 | Yvonne Kay Hallam | Career And Academic Advisor, Trio And Sss | – |
| 2018 | Andrew William Daley | It Technician | – |
| 2018 | James K Tenpenny | Former College Professor | – |
| 2017 | April A Klamm | Student | – |
| 2016 | Adam Carothers Esses | Head Women’s Basketball Coach And Athletic Director At Kaskaskia College | – |
| 2016 | Damik Mikjeal Sabatos | Student Worker It Service Technician | – |
| 2016 | David E Hall | Adjunct Instructor | – |
| 2015 | Cade Scott Miller | Student Worker | – |
| 2015 | Gregory Linzer Turner | Adjunct Instructor | – |
| 2015 | James Patrick Reincke | Adjunct Business Instructor | – |
| 2015 | Madeline Hunter Wernsman | Student Nurse | – |
| 2015 | Matthew Gross | Student Webmaster | – |
| 2015 | Regina Joy Robart | Adjunct Reading Instructor | – |
| 2014 | Constance A Wagner | Adjunct Instructor Phelbotomy Program And School Of Nursing | – |
| 2014 | Gary Schultz | Graphic Designer | – |
| 2014 | James Kellermann | Ged Instructor | – |
| 2014 | Kara Renee Metzger | Support Specialist | – |
| 2014 | Ronald G Casseday | – | |
| 2014 | Timothy T Raw | Adjunct Professor Of Chemistry | – |
| 2013 | Brigitte N Kollman | Financial Aid Student Worker | – |
| 2013 | Debbie Bryant | Administrative Assistant To Vice President Of Instructional Services | – |
| 2013 | Michele Anette Teel | Student Tutor | – |
| 2013 | Mike A Rudibaugh | Adjunct Faculty And Pi Director Of National Science Foundation Grant | – |
| 2013 | Pamela A Debernardi | – | |
| 2012 | Courtney Johnson | Dance Coach | – |
| 2012 | Emily A Becker | Art Gallery Assistant | – |
| 2012 | Sharon Fey | Outreach Specialist Coordinator | – |
| 2012 | Steven D Christ | Bookstore Assistant | – |
| 2012 | Susan B. Wurth | Retired Associate Professor | – |
| 2011 | Christina Annette Turpen | Tutor | – |
| 2011 | Robert Hawkins | – | |
| 2010 | Addae Mensa Brown Houston | Head Women’s Assistant Basketball Coach | – |
| 2010 | Charles B Rusiewski | Learning Resource Center And Computer Lab Assistant | – |
| 2010 | James D Walter | – | |
| 2010 | Marci Rae Blumhorst | Student Employee – Welcome Desk | – |
| 2010 | Margaret J Winter | Job Preparedness Coordinator | – |
| 2010 | Sara E Mcconnell | Secretary And Student Worker | – |
| 2010 | Steven K Pieszchalski | Tutor And Receptionist | – |
| 2010 | Thomas C Blair | Student | – |
| 2009 | Bob Gene Bowen | Director Of Facilities | – |
| 2009 | Patresa M Stockton | – | |
| 2009 | Richard P Pawlisa | – | |
| 2009 | William Samuel Summers Ii | Adjunct Faculty, Biology Instructor | – |
| 2008 | Gonzalo Gonzalez | Autocad Drafting Teachers Aide | – |
| 2008 | Jack C Cooksey | Cooperative Education Coordinator | – |
| 2008 | James Kellerman | – | |
| 2008 | Lawrence O Thorpes | Culinary Arts Instructor | – |
| 2008 | Matt A Gonzalez | Volunteer Athletic Office Intern | – |
| 2006 | Deb Massena | – | |
| 2006 | Vicki Nibling Cook | Dean Of Continuing Education And University Alliance | – |
| 2005 | Dustin Soper | Adjunct Community Education Instructor | – |
| 2004 | Shirley J Koelling | Adjunct Faculty – English, Writing | – |
| 2004 | Timothy Thomas Wight | Adjunct Art Faculty | – |
| 2003 | Andrea E Boester | Instrutor – Math For Elementary Teachers | – |
| 2003 | Gary Hopper | – | |
| 2002 | Jason C Starr | Computer Lab Assistant | – |
| 2001 | Justin T Moll | Office Of Public Relations Assistant | – |
| 2001 | Tanja Michaela Dorr | – | |
| 1998 | Christopher Thomas | – | |
| 1998 | Franklin L Fair | – | |
| 1998 | Randy Cole | – | |
| 1997 | Deloris T Hardy | – | |
| 1996 | Ward Virgil Sussenbach | Adjunct Professor Of Communication And Ethics | – |
| 1995 | John J Warnecke | – | |
| 1995 | Phyllis A Harmening | – | |
| 1993 | Donna G Powless | – | |
| 1993 | Doug Wall | – | |
| 1993 | Vickie Cobble | – | |
| 1991 | Lori Ann Trumbo | – | |
| 1991 | Warren E Black | – | |
| 1989 | Charles J Koehler | – | |
| 1989 | Joseph C Mashburn | – | |
| 1987 | Linda S Dunker | Student Recruiter | – |
| 1985 | Doris A Adams | – | |
| 1985 | Douglas Wall | – | |
| 1985 | Drennie Minton | – | |
| 1985 | Samuel L Powe | – | |
| 1985 | Vivian E Vaughn | – | |
| – | Bruce Fischer | – | |
| – | Craig D Roper | Accountant | – |
| – | Daniel R Ising | – | |
| – | Deborah Combs | – | |
| – | Dennis E Middendorff | – | |
| – | Gayle Harris | – | |
| – | Harold Cohen | – | |
| – | Jarod Perry | – | |
| – | Jason Wimbury | – | |
| – | Joan L Meredith | – | |
| – | John K Ashdown | – | |
| – | Jose Sola | – | |
| – | Joy C Kingman | – | |
| – | Judy M Hemker | Comptroller | – |
| – | Kristine L Schulz | – | |
| – | Kyle Floyd | – | |
| – | Matt Diekemper | – | |
| – | Penny Sue Quinn | President | – |
| – | Rhonda J Boehne | Attorney | – |
| – | Roger Neil Grate | – | |
| – | Scott W Forys | – | |
| – | Susan K Villa-Arce | – | |
| – | Toni R Moleski | – | |
| – | Vickie Cook | – | |
| – | William Holdridge | – | |
| – | Zach Thompson | – |
