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Bergmann Benjamin Moore Perpetual Trust Elaine Hutchcroft TTEE

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.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$62kEducation$17kEnvironment$15kFood & Nutrition$14kHuman Services$14kArts & Culture$9kHousing & Shelter$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$289k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Westminster Presbyterian Church$10,000
Ottawa First United Methodist Church$5,050
Elkhart Christian Academy$5,000
Friends of Fine Arts$3,000
Environmental Defense Fund$2,100
Central Illinois Girls Softball$500
The Navigators$250
Heifer International$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Rock River Valley Pantry: $2k → 15%Rock River Valley Pantry: $2k → 15%Rock River Valley Pantry: $2k → 15%Rock River Valley Pantry: $1k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
IA
IN
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$117k · 20 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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23

Total granted

$117k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+29%

Still filing today

50%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RR
    ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES
    4× · 2020–2023 · $7k · revenue +25%
  • RR
    ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY
    4× · 2020–2023 · $7k · revenue +2%
  • LC
    LIFESCAPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $5k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • EC
    Elgin Community Center
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
  • SI
    SCORE INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +86%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
2
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
6
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
7
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
8
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
Natural Resource Governance Institute

Nrgi envisions a world where natural resources enable fair, prosperous and sustainable societies, instead of undermining them. nrgi exists because decisions about how natural resources are governed determine the well-being of people in…

International
11
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
12
American Rivers Inc

American rivers is championing a national effort to protect and restore all rivers, from remote mountain streams to urban waterways. healthy rivers provide people and nature with clean, abundant water and natural habitat. for 50 years,…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northern Illinois Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 47 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Westminster Presbyterian Church: $32,700 · OtherWestminster Presbyterian ChurchCORNERSTONE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $18,600 · OtherCORNERSTONE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $15,500 · OtherELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INCIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFriends of Fine Arts: $9,000 · OtherFriends of Fine ArtsElgin Community Center: $8,000 · OtherElgin Community CenterOttawa First United Methodist Church: $5,050 · Other+28 more: $22,150 · Other+28 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,300 · EnvironmentNATURAL LAND INSTITUTE: $3,000 · EnvironmentKEEP NORTHERN ILLINOIS BEAUTIFUL: $2,500 · EnvironmentROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES: $7,200 · EducationROCKFORD UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $6,600 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesLIFESCAPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,300 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $2,000 · Food & NutritionSCORE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,200 · ReligionNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $1,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $150 · Animals
Other$121,000Environment$10,800Education$8,200Human Services$7,600Food & Nutrition$7,300Religion$2,200Animals$1,150

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES: $7,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $6,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIFESCAPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL LAND INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKEEP NORTHERN ILLINOIS BEAUTIFUL: $2,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSCORE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKFORD UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE A21 CAMPAIGN INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds LIFESCAPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds KEEP NORTHERN ILLINOIS BEAUTIFUL ↗
  • Who funds SCORE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds THE A21 CAMPAIGN 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.

Sjostrom & Sons FoundationIL17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sjostrom & Sons Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern IL · Guy Reno Family Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Goddard Family Foundation · Amended and Restated Brubaker Charitable Trust · The Ben Harding Family Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Blazer Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bergmann Benjamin Moore Perpetual Trust Elaine Hutchcroft TTEE funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bergmann Benjamin Moore Perpetual Trust Elaine Hutchcroft TTEE. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to Bergmann Benjamin Moore Perpetual Trust Elaine Hutchcroft TTEE through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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