· Private foundation
Amended and Restated Brubaker Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $203k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $52,800 |
| SEVERSON DELLS NATURE CENTER | $50,000 |
| DISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC | $50,000 |
| ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| BURPEE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $45,000 |
| WISDOM SPORTS & SCHOLARS | $40,000 |
| KLEHM ARBORETUM & BOTANIC GARDENS | $15,000 |
| SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH | $10,000 |
| TURNING POINT USA | $10,000 |
| EQUINE VOICES RESCUE & SANCTUARY | $10,000 |
| TUBAC PICKLEBALL CLUB | $10,000 |
| ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION | $5,000 |
| BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING | $5,000 |
| MUSIC ACADEMY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SANTA CRUZ HUMANE SOCIETY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RPROCKFORD PROMISE6× · 2017–2023 · $1.1M · revenue ×14 · 57% of their budget
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD4× · 2019–2022 · $424k · revenue +91%
University of Illinois Foundation2× · 2019–2020 · $300k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- RCROCKFORD CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2017 · $404k · revenue +24%
- LHLAURENT HOUSE FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue -6% · 34% of their budget
- GPGIGIS PLAYHOUSE INCone grant, 2020 · $25k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the racine zoological society is to foster an enlightening and affordable wildlife experience that improves the bond between people and nature. the society will provide for the recreation and education of the people, the…
Preservation of swedish historical structure, culture and artifacts through the operations of a museum and cultural center.
It is the mission of this corporation to provide quality care for children between the ages of six weeks and twelve years whose parents are employed or in training.
To promote the affiliation of the university and college men and women in the city of rockford and vicinity to encourage and cultivate a social and friendly spirit among it's members.
To provide analysis and commentary on cultural, economic, political, and educational issues through a published monthly opinion magazine and to operate continuing adult educational conferences in american and european literature and…
Our purpose is to provide financial services to our members with competitive rates while maintaining our financial stability.
Organization to build a permanent endowment for the benefit of the rockford symphony orchestra and its programs.
The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University ("The Auditorium"), an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, is committed to presenting the finest in international, cultural, community and educational programming to Chicago and to the…
The primary role of the rockford area strategic initiative is to enhance education, commerce, trade and economic development in the rockford region
To promote commercial, industrial, and recreational development through ownership or management of businesses and properties, or by providing businesses assistance to enhance the tax base and quality of life in rock island, illinois.
To provide effective and rewarding ways for donors to fulfill their philanthropic objectives by administering charitable funds that distribute grants and scholarships to benefit the citizens of kane and kendall counties of illinois…
How this is measured
36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 59 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds ROCKFORD PROMISE ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CORONADO ↗
- Who funds HARRY AND DELLA BURPEE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds DISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC ↗
- Who funds LAURENT HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD DANCE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KLEHM ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds Community Foundation of Northern IL ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD CORONADO CONCERT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CARPENTER'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary ↗
- Who funds THE MUSIC ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
- Who funds CRUSADERS HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PEGASUS SPECIAL RIDERS INC ↗
- Who funds WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASA ↗
- Who funds MIDWAY VILLAGE & MUSEUM CENTER ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern IL · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · The Ben Harding Family Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Blazer Foundation · Smith Charitable Foundation Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · Guy Reno Family Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Amended and Restated Brubaker Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Amended and Restated Brubaker Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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