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Bill Bartholomay Foundation at a glance

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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
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Science & Tech$1.1MEducation$946kAnimals$346kYouth Development$146kRecreation & Sports$60kArts & Culture$37kHealth$34kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE$5,000
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 (FY17–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $65 → 14%ROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE: $5k → 22%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25 → 14%GORTON COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 8%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

MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
IN
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC
LA
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 30 repeat orgs$181k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 30 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
50

Total granted

$2.6M
$176k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+32%

Still filing today

77%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • KC
    Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
    4× · 2017–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +23%
  • Lake Forest College
    4× · 2017–2021 · $786k · revenue +73%
  • LP
    LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $240k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • MI
    MGBA Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +29%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -40%
  • EZ
    EMPOWERMENT ZONE ENCOURAGING TEENS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
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
University of Chicago

The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
5
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
6
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
7
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
8
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
9
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
10
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is After School Matters Inc; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum 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

52 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. 52 of the 82 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
41/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $1,100,000 · Arts & CultureKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Indust…+7 more: $31,995 · Arts & CultureLake Forest College: $786,000 · EducationLake Forest CollegeIllinois Institute of Technology: $130,000 · EducationIllinois Institute of Technology+9 more: $42,000 · EducationLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $240,100 · AnimalsLINCOLN P…+1 more: $100 · AnimalsPEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE: $100,000 · OtherPEGGY ADAMS…EMPOWERMENT ZONE ENCOURAGING TEENS INC: $15,000 · OtherEMPOWERMENT…DREAM: $15,000 · OtherDREAMROAD HOME PROJECT: $15,000 · OtherROAD HOME P…HOUSE OF HOPE: $10,000 · OtherRush University Medical Center: $15,100 · OtherRush Univer…FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $9,500 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 · OtherWORLD CENTR…HARBOR COUNTRY EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 · Other+45 more: $63,415 · Other+45 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentNorthwestern University: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsMGBA Inc: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsHANK AARON CHASING THE DREAM FOUNDATION INC: $50,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $550 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$1,131,995Education$958,000Animals$240,200Other$273,015Youth Development$65,000Recreation & Sports$60,000Philanthropy$51,050

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 budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $1,100,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetLake Forest College: $786,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $240,100 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $130,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHANK AARON CHASING THE DREAM FOUNDATION INC: $50,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT EXPLORATION: $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMGBA Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $15,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR COUNTRY EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHFS CHICAGO SCHOLARS: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetROSALYNN CARTER INSTITUTE FOR CAREGIVERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIGFORK FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIDO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAccelerate Institute: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAriel Education Initiative: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHemophilia of Georgia Inc: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGorton Community Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOBLOLLY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $115 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $95 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $25 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.

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.

Sts FoundationThe Chicago Community…Jay Whipple Family Fo…David D & Mary F Grum…Red Bird Hollow Found…The Gorter Family Fou…Butler Family Foundat…United Way of Metropo…The Ayco Charitable F…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …
Sts FoundationIL22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Bill Bartholomay Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bill Bartholomay Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to Bill Bartholomay Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bill Bartholomay Foundation 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 82 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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