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William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
30%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$7,250
Organizations funded a year
34 to 60
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving32$35k31%
FY202437$39k30%
FY202334$62k29%
FY202245$67k27%
FY202147$16k19%
FY202059$16k22%
FY201960$19k38%
FY201836$35k22%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$178kReligion$38kArts & Culture$33kHealth$13kHuman Services$10kFood & Nutrition$6kCommunity Improvement$6kHousing & Shelter$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
SD
IA
IN
CT
CA
NE
MO
KY
VA
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Polo Historical Society$34,3283n/a
St Anne Church$32,8003n/a
Sauk Valley Community College$23,7507n/a
Northern Illinois Food Bank$3,52570%
Timber Lake Playhouse$2,50010%
Serenity Hospice and Home Found$2,46090%
Eternal Word Television Network Inc$2,45070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,42590%
Aurora University$2,00020%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$1,90080%
Show all 68 grantees
All grantees of William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Polo Historical Society$34,3283n/a
St Anne Church$32,8003n/a
Sauk Valley Community College$23,7507n/a
Northern Illinois Food Bank$3,52570%
Timber Lake Playhouse$2,50010%
Serenity Hospice and Home Found$2,46090%
Eternal Word Television Network Inc$2,45070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,42590%
Aurora University$2,00020%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$1,90080%
Dixon Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,90073%
The Sinnissippi Foundation$1,80081%
CGH Health Foundation$1,75070%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$1,55070%
Illinois Wesleyan University$1,50020%
Hope Cancer Wellness Centers$1,30060%
Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries$1,30070%
Knights of Columbus Dixon Council 690$1,25570%
Polo Lions Club$1,16523%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$1,15060%
Morrison Institute of Technology$1,00020%
Feeding America$98050%
Performing Arts Guild$9503n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$80050%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$79030%
Rock River Center Inc$77570%
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois$75060%
Darkhorse Lodge Inc$70030%
Fr Teds Kids Mission in Kenya$7004n/a
Buddy Bags Inc$6756n/a
Society of St Vincent de Paul Rockford Council$60030%
Hope Life Center$55040%
Sublette 365$55023%
Drake University$50010%
Eureka College$50010%
Wartburg College$50010%
Southern Illinois University Alumni Association$50010%
Maryville University - St Louis$50010%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$5001n/a
Jacksonville University$50010%
Coe College$50010%
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc$50010%
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St Louis$50010%
Butler University$50010%
Carroll University Inc$50010%
Rock River Hospice and Home$35020%
The Salvation Army$3405n/a
Paralyzed Veterans of America$30010%
Easter Seals Inc$30030%
March of Dimes Inc$27540%
Foundation for Focus House$27520%
Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center$25010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$23330%
American Heart Association Inc$22520%
St Josephs Indian School$2103n/a
Troopathon$20010%
Dixon Family YMCA$20010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc$15020%
Disabled American Veterans$1501n/a
Shining Star Children's Advocacy Center$10010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America Vaughan Chapter$10010%
Moose Charities Inc$1001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$7520%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$7510%
Save The Children Federation Inc$6510%
Smile Train Inc$5010%
The Omaha Home for Boys$4010%
Operation Smile Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 80 recipients with no EIN on record ($210k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $3,525 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTimber Lake Playhouse: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSerenity Hospice and Home Found: $2,460 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetEternal Word Television Network Inc: $2,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,425 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAurora University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDixon Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,900 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetThe Sinnissippi Foundation: $1,800 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCGH Health Foundation: $1,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Appalachian Project Inc: $1,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Wesleyan University: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope Cancer Wellness Centers: $1,300 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRockford Rescue Mission Ministries: $1,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKnights of Columbus Dixon Council 690: $1,255 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetPolo Lions Club: $1,165 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $1,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMorrison Institute of Technology: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $980 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $790 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRock River Center Inc: $775 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran Social Services of Illinois: $750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDarkhorse Lodge Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Rockford Council: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHope Life Center: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSublette 365: $550 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetDrake University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEureka College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWartburg College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Illinois University Alumni Association: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJacksonville University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoe College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St Louis: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetButler University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarroll University Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRock River Hospice and Home: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $275 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Focus House: $275 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorthern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $233 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTroopathon: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDixon Family YMCA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 57.

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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.

Dillon FoundationIL24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dillon Foundation · United Way of Lee County Inc · United Way of Rock River Valley · United Way of Whiteside County · Do It Best Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley · Kunes Family Foundation · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund · AbbVie Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation

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 William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp

How much does William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp give?
William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp reported 32 grants totaling $34,943 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 60 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Religion (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Polo Historical Society ($34k), St Anne Church ($33k), Sauk Valley Community College ($24k).
Does William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dillon Foundation, United Way of Lee County Inc, United Way of Rock River Valley.
Where is William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp based?
William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 148 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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