Illinois · Private foundation
Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $172k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 10 | $172k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $163k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $163k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $181k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $161k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $160k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $150k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $163k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk Community College Foundation Inc | $268,500 | 8 | 1% |
| The Open Door Shelter Inc | $253,415 | 8 | 1% |
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Norwalk Senior Center Inc | $102,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $82,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Homefront Inc | $52,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Norwalkstamford Grassroots Tennis & Education Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Family Reentry Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls With Impact Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk Community College Foundation Inc | $268,500 | 8 | 1% |
| The Open Door Shelter Inc | $253,415 | 8 | 1% |
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Norwalk Senior Center Inc | $102,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $82,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Homefront Inc | $52,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Norwalkstamford Grassroots Tennis & Education Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Family Reentry Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls With Impact Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Homefront Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Fuel Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($283k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Everett S Bulkley Charitable 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: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation
- How much does Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation give?
- Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $171,736 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Housing & Shelter (26%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Norwalk Community College Foundation Inc ($269k), The Open Door Shelter Inc ($253k), Family & Children's Agency Inc ($115k).
- Does Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Everett S Bulkley Charitable 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 Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Peoples United Community Foundation, Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust.
- Where is Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation based?
- Everett S Bulkley Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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