Illinois · Private foundation
Bill Bartholomay Foundation
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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Bill Bartholomay Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.1M | 60% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $853k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $98k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $185k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $332k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $247k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry | $1,100,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Lake Forest College | $786,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $240,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation Inc | $50,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Pbc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Exploration | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| MGBA Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 55 grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bill Bartholomay 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: Sts Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jay Whipple Family Foundation · David D & Mary F Grumhaus Fund · Red Bird Hollow Foundation · The Gorter Family Foundation · Butler Family Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Bill Bartholomay Foundation
- How much does Bill Bartholomay Foundation give?
- Bill Bartholomay Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $5,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bill Bartholomay Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Science & Tech (40%), Education (34%), Animals (12%).
- Who are Bill Bartholomay Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ($1.1M), Lake Forest College ($786k), Lincoln Park Zoological Society ($240k).
- Does Bill Bartholomay Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bill Bartholomay 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 Bill Bartholomay Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sts Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Jay Whipple Family Foundation.
- Where is Bill Bartholomay Foundation based?
- Bill Bartholomay Foundation is based in IL.
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