Illinois · Private foundation
Bluco Cares Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1k
- Granted FY2022
- 2
- Grants FY2022
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,095
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $1,095
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 26
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations Bluco Cares Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | $1k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $15k | 65% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
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, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $6,125 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $3,860 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Dupage Sra Foundation | $3,324 | 2 | 0% |
| Knox Presbyterian Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $1,810 | 2 | 0% |
| Dupage Habitat for Humanity | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridge Communities Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,305 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Families Helping Families | $1,250 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $6,125 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $3,860 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Dupage Sra Foundation | $3,324 | 2 | 0% |
| Knox Presbyterian Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $1,810 | 2 | 0% |
| Dupage Habitat for Humanity | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridge Communities Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,305 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Families Helping Families | $1,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Little Friends Inc | $1,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $1,025 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Purple Inc | $525 | 1 | 0% |
| Travis Mills Foundation | $515 | 1 | 0% |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | $256 | 1 | 0% |
| Baykeeper | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Naperville Responds for Our Veterans | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| First Baptist Church of Bellwood | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc | $53 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Dupage County Animal Care and Control Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bluco Cares Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Dupage Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bluco Cares Foundation
- How much does Bluco Cares Foundation give?
- Bluco Cares Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $1,245 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 26 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Bluco Cares Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (28%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
- Who are Bluco Cares Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: Loaves & Fishes Community Services ($6k), Special Olympics Inc ($4k), Western Dupage Sra Foundation ($3k).
- Does Bluco Cares Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bluco Cares Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bluco Cares Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dupage Community Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Bluco Cares Foundation based?
- Bluco Cares Foundation is based in IL.
Play a game based on Bluco Cares’ filings →