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 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • 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

$10.4M
2022
$9.0M
2023
$10.9M
2024

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.