Illinois · Private foundation
The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership
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.
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,143,850
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership 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; $2.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $11M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $9.7M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $11M | 64% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $7.3M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $7.4M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $1.2M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Seminary | $22,417,249 | 7 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $6,150,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation | $2,486,515 | 4 | 28% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $2,250,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $1,750,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Dakota Symphony Orchestra | $825,000 | 2 | 12% |
| The Seminar Network Inc | $750,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Americans for Prosperity Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Augustana University Association | $445,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Seminary | $22,417,249 | 7 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $6,150,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation | $2,486,515 | 4 | 28% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $2,250,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $1,750,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Dakota Symphony Orchestra | $825,000 | 2 | 12% |
| The Seminar Network Inc | $750,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Americans for Prosperity Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Augustana University Association | $445,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Embrace and Shift Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 30% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership
- How much does The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership give?
- The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership reported 10 grants totaling $10,853,747 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (54%), Education (25%), Public Benefit (14%).
- Who are The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Luther Seminary ($22M), Turning Point USA Inc ($6.2M), Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation ($2.5M).
- Does The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership 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 The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership based?
- The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership is based in IL.
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