How much does Bunker Hill Charities give?

Bunker Hill Charities reported 10 itemized grants totaling $89,271, out of $127,759 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Bunker Hill Charities fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (26%), Religion (23%), Education (19%).

Who are Bunker Hill Charities's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Marys Church ($445k), Tlc Centers for Therapy ($181k), UNITED WAY OF GREATER McHENRY COUNTY INC ($168k).

Does Bunker Hill Charities fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Bunker Hill Charities?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for McHenry County, AbbVie Foundation, Foglia Family Foundation.

Where is Bunker Hill Charities based?

Bunker Hill Charities is based in IL.

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Illinois · Public charity

Bunker Hill Charities

BUNKER HILL CHARITIES' mission is to affect societal change and improve the quality of living for northwestern illinois communities and neighboring areas.

$128k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 10
Itemized grants FY2024: 9
Organizations funded FY2023: 22%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $89k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $9,297
Largest grant, FY2024: $16,000
Organizations funded a year: 8 to 22; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 2

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Bunker Hill Charities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthReligionOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	10	$89k	40%
FY2023	9	$123k	22%
FY2022	14	$186k	29%
FY2021	15	$356k	27%
FY2020	8	$224k	75%
FY2019	22	$460k	55%
FY2018	16	$384k	81%
FY2017	8	$167k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$511kReligion$462kEducation$372kYouth Development$213kPhilanthropy$207kHuman Services$90kRecreation & Sports$79kAnimals$21kOther$0

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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
St Marys Church	$444,968	7	n/a
Tlc Centers for Therapy	$180,504	8	8%
UNITED WAY OF GREATER McHENRY COUNTY INC	$168,372	9	4%
Marian Central Catholic High School	$128,378	7	n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County Inc	$102,782	7	5%
Pioneer Center for Human Services	$90,589	6	0%
Faces of Narcolepsy	$71,885	4	n/a
Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation	$63,500	4	1%
Crystal Lake Teen Center	$55,995	4	40%
Community High School Dist 155	$50,000	1	n/a

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All grantees of Bunker Hill Charities by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
St Marys Church	$444,968	7	n/a
Tlc Centers for Therapy	$180,504	8	8%
UNITED WAY OF GREATER McHENRY COUNTY INC	$168,372	9	4%
Marian Central Catholic High School	$128,378	7	n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County Inc	$102,782	7	5%
Pioneer Center for Human Services	$90,589	6	0%
Faces of Narcolepsy	$71,885	4	n/a
Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation	$63,500	4	1%
Crystal Lake Teen Center	$55,995	4	40%
Community High School Dist 155	$50,000	1	n/a
Nisra Foundation	$35,971	3	7%
Youth Villages Foundation Inc	$35,000	1	0%
Montini Catholic School	$33,725	3	n/a
Johnsburg School District 12	$33,043	1	n/a
Gavers Community Cancer Foundation	$31,623	3	6%
Chicago Cubs Charities	$29,000	1	1%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)	$28,713	2	0%
Barrington Childrens Charities	$27,048	3	2%
Community Unit School District 300	$24,601	1	n/a
Lake County Crisis Center	$21,209	1	1%
McHenry High School Dist 156	$19,500	1	n/a
Huntley Community School District 158	$18,148	1	n/a
Decision Point Ministries	$18,000	2	0%
St Francis Xavier Parish	$17,000	1	n/a
Pitch In	$14,000	1	2%
Girls on the Run of Northwest Illinois	$12,773	1	6%
The H Foundation	$12,405	1	2%
Folds of Honor Foundation	$12,350	1	0%
Archangels Academy	$12,050	2	2%
One Acre Fund	$12,000	1	0%
Glory Bound Rescue Ranch	$10,600	2	4%
Hooved Animal Humane Society	$10,420	1	1%
Service League of Crystal Lake Inc	$9,818	1	9%
Macyns Jars Nfp	$9,790	2	n/a
Turning Point Inc	$9,650	1	0%
Clearbrook	$9,500	1	0%
Harvard School Dist 50	$9,250	1	n/a
Kids in Need of McHenry County Inc	$8,760	1	3%
Casa of McHenry County Inc	$8,750	1	1%
Frankie V Polletta Charitable Foundation	$8,500	1	5%
Midwest Council for Children With Disabilities	$8,160	1	2%
Woodstock Chamber of Commerce & Ind	$8,050	1	3%
The Michael Phelps Foundation	$8,000	1	1%
St Thomas the Apostle Parish & School	$7,500	1	n/a
Shelter Inc	$7,500	1	0%
The Cove School Inc	$7,000	1	0%
Uncharted Learning Nfp	$6,945	1	0%
Club 400	$6,650	1	10%
Not-For-Profit Resources Inc	$6,475	1	3%
True Mentors	$6,200	1	7%
Marine Corps League	$5,700	1	n/a
Northern Illinois Food Bank	$5,500	1	0%
Adult and Child Rehabilitation Center for McHenry County Inc	$5,100	1	n/a

Bunker Hill Charities supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

The Community Foundation for McHenry CountyIL28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for McHenry County · AbbVie Foundation · Foglia Family Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Mental Health Resource League for McHenry County Inc · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare · Aptargroup Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Gerhard & Patricia Weiler Family Foundation · Trustmark Foundation · Kunes Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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.

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About Bunker Hill Charities

How much does Bunker Hill Charities give?: Bunker Hill Charities reported 10 itemized grants totaling $89,271, out of $127,759 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Bunker Hill Charities fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (26%), Religion (23%), Education (19%).
Who are Bunker Hill Charities's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Marys Church ($445k), Tlc Centers for Therapy ($181k), UNITED WAY OF GREATER McHENRY COUNTY INC ($168k).
Does Bunker Hill Charities fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bunker Hill Charities?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for McHenry County, AbbVie Foundation, Foglia Family Foundation.
Where is Bunker Hill Charities based?: Bunker Hill Charities is based in IL.