Illinois · Private foundation
Bear Manor Foundation
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.
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 81%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,645
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $991k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 81% of the organizations Bear Manor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $47k | 55% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $37k | 81% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $150 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ the King Parish | $16,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Holy Name Cathedral | $12,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $4,900 | 2 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,800 | 2 | 0% |
| International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc | $2,950 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| The Toy Foundation Inc | $320 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ the King Parish | $16,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Holy Name Cathedral | $12,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $4,900 | 2 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,800 | 2 | 0% |
| International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc | $2,950 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| The Toy Foundation Inc | $320 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $230 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Aloysius College | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association for Down Syndrome | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Heartbeat International Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bear Manor Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Bear Manor Foundation
- How much does Bear Manor Foundation give?
- Bear Manor Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $46,520 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Bear Manor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (81%), Human Services (8%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%).
- Who are Bear Manor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Christ the King Parish ($17k), Holy Name Cathedral ($13k), Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc ($5k).
- Does Bear Manor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 81% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bear Manor Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bear Manor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Bear Manor Foundation based?
- Bear Manor Foundation is based in IL.
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