Wisconsin · Public charity
Buckets for Hunger Inc
To wipe away the tears of hunger and to replace them with a glimmer of hope in the eyes of the needy.
- $41k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $31k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $70k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Buckets for Hunger Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $73k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $48k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $78k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watertown Food Pantry | $91,305 | 6 | 22% |
| Trinity Christian Fellowship of Stanley Ltd | $63,300 | 6 | n/a |
| Oregon Area Food Pantry | $34,420 | 2 | 5% |
| Lone Rock Community Food Pantry | $28,160 | 3 | n/a |
| North American Lutheran Church | $24,920 | 2 | n/a |
| Jeff Co Food Pantry Lana Jilek | $24,500 | 3 | 8% |
| The Gathering Source Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caritas Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Heights Lutheran Church | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watertown Food Pantry | $91,305 | 6 | 22% |
| Trinity Christian Fellowship of Stanley Ltd | $63,300 | 6 | n/a |
| Oregon Area Food Pantry | $34,420 | 2 | 5% |
| Lone Rock Community Food Pantry | $28,160 | 3 | n/a |
| North American Lutheran Church | $24,920 | 2 | n/a |
| Jeff Co Food Pantry Lana Jilek | $24,500 | 3 | 8% |
| The Gathering Source Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caritas Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Heights Lutheran Church | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beyond Blessed Pantry | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little John Restaurant Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Buckets for Hunger Inc 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: Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Buckets for Hunger Inc
- How much does Buckets for Hunger Inc give?
- Buckets for Hunger Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $31,300, out of $41,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Buckets for Hunger Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (100%).
- Who are Buckets for Hunger Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Watertown Food Pantry ($91k), Trinity Christian Fellowship of Stanley Ltd ($63k), Oregon Area Food Pantry ($34k).
- Does Buckets for Hunger Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Buckets for Hunger Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Land O'Lakes Foundation.
- Where is Buckets for Hunger Inc based?
- Buckets for Hunger Inc is based in WI.
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