· Private foundation
Bernauer Family Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k23 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Bucknell University | $10,000 |
| Grace Luteren Church | $6,000 |
| St Judes Childrens Hospital | $5,000 |
| Young Life | $5,000 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | $5,000 |
| MakeAWish Foundation | $5,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | $5,000 |
| Alzheimers Association | $5,000 |
| The Water Project | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| Christian Care Center | $2,000 |
| Razom | $1,500 |
| Global Giving | $1,500 |
| Safelight | $1,500 |
| Henderson Rescue Mission | $1,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Bucknell University5× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +28%- YLYOUNG LIFE5× · 2020–2024 · $27k · revenue +62%
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $22k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- SHSt Hubert Catholic Churchone grant, 2020 · $20k
- SJSt John Neumann Churchone grant, 2021 · $8k
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +78%
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.
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…
To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…
To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.
City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION
Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…
The healthwise mission is to help people make better health decisions.
How this is measured
27 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. 27 of the 50 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 Bucknell University ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity ↗
- Who funds THE WATER PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BRADLEY UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds RAZOM INC ↗
- Who funds SAFELIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR HAITIANS INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds LAZARUS HOUSE ↗
- Who funds PHIL'S FRIENDS NFP ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Christian Care Center Inc ↗
- Who funds CASA KANE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds Orlando Health Foundation 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: The Raymond C and Linda M Stachowiak Foundation · Nkc Family Foundation · Shodeen Family Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bernauer Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernauer Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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