Funding search · EIN 812443983 · Oakbrook Terrace, IL
The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 49
- grants reported
- $30.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $450,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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5 grants matching “chicagoland” · $2.4M
- $807,215
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2024
Operating Needs
- $854,300
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2023
Operating Needs
- $450,000
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2023
Operating Needs
- $150,000
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2022
Operating Needs
- $100,000
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2022
Operating Needs
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Luther Seminary7 grants · $8.4M
- Turning Point USA5 grants · $4.8M
- Saint Olaf College4 grants · $4.3M
- Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation5 grants · $2.4M
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America6 grants · $2.3M
- Horatio Alger Association3 grants · $1.8M
- Barbara Sinatra Childrens Center1 grant · $1.5M
- Holy Family Ministries3 grants · $1.3M
- Eisenhower Health Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
- South Dakota Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $825,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 49 reported grants, largest first.
- $2.5M
Saint Olaf College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Operating Needs
- $1.8M
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Operating Needs
- $1.8M
Luther Seminary · St Paul, MN · 2022
Operating Needs
- $1.5M
Barbara Sinatra Childrens Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Operating Funds
- $1.4M
Luther Seminary · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operating Needs
- $1.3M
Luther Seminary · St Paul, MN · 2022
Operating Needs
- $1.3M
Luther Seminary · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operating Needs
- $1.3M
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Operating Needs
- $1.2M
Luther Seminary · St Paul, MN · 2022
Operating Needs
- $1.1M
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating Needs
- $1.0M
Luther Seminary · St Paul, MN · 2022
Operating Needs
- $1.0M
Eisenhower Health Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Operating Funds
- $1.0M
Saint Olaf College · Northfield, MN · 2023
Operating Needs
- $1.0M
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Operating Needs
- $1.0M
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Operating Needs
- $854,300
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2023
Operating Needs
- $807,215
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2024
Operating Needs
- $782,560
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating Needs
- $500,000
Saint Olaf College · Northfield, MN · 2023
Operating Needs
- $500,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Operating Needs
- $500,000
Stand Together Trust · Arlington, VA · 2022
Operating Needs
- $500,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Operating Needs
- $475,000
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operating Needs
- $450,000
Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2024
Operating Needs
- $450,000
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2023
Operating Needs
- $450,000
Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating Needs
- $400,000
Holy Family Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating Needs
- $350,000
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operating Needs
- $345,000
Augustana University · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Operating Needs
- $340,518
Luther Seminary · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operating Needs
- $250,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Operating Needs
- $250,000
Saint Olaf College · Northfield, MN · 2023
Operating Needs
- $250,000
Stand Together Trust · Arlington, VA · 2023
Operating Needs
- $250,000
Americans for Prosperity Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
Operating Needs
- $200,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Operating Needs
- $190,440
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating Needs
- $150,000
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2022
Operating Needs
- $150,000
South Dakota Community Foundation · Pierre, SD · 2022
Operating Needs
- $108,250
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating Needs
- $100,000
Augustana University · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Operating Needs
- $100,000
Chicagoland Lutheran Education Foundation · Bensenville, IL · 2022
Operating Needs
- $100,000
Hope Lutheran Church · Palm Desert, CA · 2022
Operating Needs
- $75,000
Redeemer Lutheran Church · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Operating Needs
- $55,400
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating Needs
- $25,000
University of Northern Iowa · Cedar Falls, IA · 2023
Operating Needs
- $25,000
Hope Lutheran Church · Palm Desert, CA · 2022
Operating Needs
- $25,000
Immanuel Lutheran Church · Lake Geneva, WI · 2022
Operating Needs
- $25,000
Redeemer Lutheran Church · Hinsdale, IL · 2022
Operating Needs
- $6,678
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Operating Needs
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- The Chicago Community Trust14,939 grants · $5.82B
- The Big Ten Conference60 grants · $3.91B
Similar grant size
- The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley2,251 grants · $1.69B
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- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation13,441 grants · $18.24B
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