Funding search · EIN 363001925 · Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

467
grants reported
$5.4M
total given
2020–2024
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20202024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra6 grants · $615,500
  • Illinois Policy Institute4 grants · $385,000
  • Carmelite Sisters Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles5 grants · $365,000
  • Hope Lutheran Church of California4 grants · $308,000
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church3 grants · $275,000
  • Preservation Association of Beaver Island4 grants · $260,000
  • Martha'S Village and Kitchen1 grant · $250,000
  • South Dakota Community Foundation1 grant · $250,000
  • Illinois Wesleyan University4 grants · $233,598
  • Redeemer Lutheran Church2 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$93,455
2020
$1.6M
2022
$2.5M
2023
$1.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 467 grants.

  • $250,000

    Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $250,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $250,000

    Martha'S Village and Kitchen · Indio, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $250,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $250,000

    South Dakota Community Foundation · Pierre, SD · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $200,000

    Carmelite Sisters Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles · Alhambra, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $200,000

    Hope Lutheran Church of California · Palm Desert, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $200,000

    Preservation Association of Beaver Island · Beaver Island, MI · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $125,000

    Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $125,000

    Liberty Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $100,000

    Augustana University · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024

    Operating Funds

  • $100,000

    Carmelite Sisters Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles · Alhambra, CA · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $100,000

    Horatio Alger Assocation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $100,000

    Immanuel Lutheran Church · Evanston, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $100,000

    Redeemer Lutheran Church · Elmhurst, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $100,000

    Hope Lutheran Church of California · Palm Desert, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $100,000

    Immanuel Lutheran Church · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $100,000

    Redeemer Lutheran Church · Elmhurst, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $100,000

    Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General medical center support

  • $100,000

    Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $100,000

    Illinois Wesleyan University · Bloomington, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $75,000

    Immanuel Lutheran Church · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $60,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $53,870

    Illinois Wesleyan University · Bloomington, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $53,728

    Illinois Wesleyan University · Bloomington, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $50,000

    University of Northern Iowa · Cedar Fall, IA · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $50,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $50,000

    Center for Violence Prevention at University of Northern Iowa · Cedar Falls, IA · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $50,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $50,000

    Onefuture Coachella Valley · Palm Desert, CA · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $50,000

    Preservation Association of Beaver Island · Beaver Island, MI · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $50,000

    The Desert Community Foundation · Palm Desert, CA · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $35,000

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $30,000

    Carmelite Sisters Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles · Alhambra, CA · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $26,000

    Woman'S Board Rush University Med · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $26,000

    Illinois Wesleyan University · Bloomington, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Operating Funds

  • $25,000

    Sacred Heart School · Palm Desert, CA · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    The Hoover Institute · Stanford, CA · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    Carmelite Sisters Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles · Alhambra, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    Metro Chamber Orchestra · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    Sacred Heart School · Palm Desert, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    The Hoover Institute · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    Woman'S Board Rush University Med · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $25,000

    Marine Corps Scholarship Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Provide scholarships for children of Marines and Navy Corpsmen

  • $25,000

    Metropolitan Family Services Dupage · Wheaton, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $20,000

    Lake Geneva Lyric Opera of Chicago · Williams Bay, WI · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $20,000

    Stavig House Museum Foundation · Sisseton, SD · 2024

    Operating Funds

  • $20,000

    Lake Geneva Country Club Foundation · Lake Geneva, WI · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $20,000

    Eisenhower Health Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $20,000

    Metro Chamber Orchestra · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $16,000

    Woman'S Board of Rumc · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $15,468

    Lake Geneva Lyric Opera of Chicago · Williams Bay, WI · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $15,000

    Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $15,000

    Barbara Sinatra Children'S Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $15,000

    Lake Geneva Chapter - Lyric Opera of Chicago · Williams Bay, WI · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $15,000

    George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2020

    Support Mercatus Center

  • $11,500

    Lake Geneva Lyric Opera of Chicago · Williams Bay, WI · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $11,000

    Woman'S Board Rush University Med · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    626 Landmark Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    McCallum Theatres · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    National Rowing Foundation · Melrose, MA · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    The Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    626 Landmark Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Carmelite Sisters Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles · Alhambra, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Catholic Central High School · Burlington, WI · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Concordia Lutheran High School · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Concordia University Chicago Foundation · River Forest, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Environmental Education Foundation · Fontanaongeneva Lake, WI · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Evans Scholars Foundation · Golf, IL · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $10,000

    George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    George Williams College of Aurora University · Williams Bay, WI · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Joslin Diabetes Center · Peoria, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    McCallum Theatres · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Millennium Park Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    National Rowing Foundation · Melrose, MA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Rancho Mirage Writer'S Festival · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    The Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Woman'S Board Rush University Med · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    626 Landmark Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Des Plaines Wetlands Conservancy · Pleasant Prairie, WI · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Evans Scholars Foundation · Golf, IL · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $10,000

    Joslin Diabetes Center · Peoria, IL · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Operating Needs

  • $10,000

    McCallum Theatres · Chicago, IL · 2022

    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.