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AMERICA FOR BULGARIA FOUNDATION

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $20.3M · expenses $496.5M · assets $0

EIN
20-8076166
Address
14007 SOUTH BELL ROAD 172, HOMER GLEN, IL 604918463
Website
WWW.US4BG.ORG
NTEE code
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Subsection
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Ruling year
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Mission

THE AMERICA FOR BULGARIA FOUNDATION SEEKS TO ENHANCE THE LONGSTANDING LEGACY OF GOODWILL AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND BULGARIAN PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE UNITED STATES-BULGARIA PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONTACTS.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

16 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Nancy L Schiller - Ceo Pres TREASURER, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR2024-2025 $317,031$863,104 1
Bojana I Kourteva CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER2024-2025 $155,913$436,923 1
Desislava N Taliokova EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2024-2025 $123,001$352,371 1
Sarah M Perrine - Program DIRECTOR, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED2024-2025 $123,458$338,614 1
Susan Gail Buyske - Chair Of THE BOARD, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR2024-2025 $37,026$72,026 1
Roderick W Moore DIRECTOR2024-2025 $32,026$62,026 1
John Scott Carpenter DIRECTOR2024-2025 $30,000$60,000 1
Melanie Kirkpatrick DIRECTOR2024-2025 $30,000$60,000 1
Lyubomir B Lozanov DIRECTOR2024-2025 $30,000$60,000 1
Christina Lucas DIRECTOR2024-2025 $30,000$60,000 1
Anthony R Manno Jr DIRECTOR2024-2025 $30,000$60,000 1
Kenneth D Vander Weele DIRECTOR2024-2025 $30,000$60,000 1
Dimiter S Voutchev DIRECTOR2024-2025 $30,000$60,000 1
John Senior DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/25)2025 $30,000$30,000 1
Hristo Emilov Manov DIRECTOR2024-2025 $0$15,000 1
Chris J Matlon (former) SECRETARY, DIRECTOR2024 $30,000$30,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Milena Dragijska-Dencheva DIRECTOR2024-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Luke Stein DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/25)2025 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 17 people listed · 14 paid, $1.0M · 3 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
NANCY L SCHILLER - CEO PRES TREASURER, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR40 $274,339$0$42,692 $317,0311
BOJANA I KOURTEVA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER40 $123,240$0$32,673 $155,9131
SARAH M PERRINE - PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED40 $107,608$0$15,850 $123,4581
DESISLAVA N TALIOKOVA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40 $122,506$0$495 $123,0011
SUSAN GAIL BUYSKE - CHAIR OF THE BOARD, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR10 $35,000$0$2,026 $37,0261
RODERICK W MOORE DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$2,026 $32,0261
JOHN SCOTT CARPENTER DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
MELANIE KIRKPATRICK DIRECTOR5 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
LYUBOMIR B LOZANOV DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
CHRISTINA LUCAS DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
ANTHONY R MANNO JR DIRECTOR5 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
JOHN SENIOR DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/25)2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
KENNETH D VANDER WEELE DIRECTOR5 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
DIMITER S VOUTCHEV DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
MILENA DRAGIJSKA-DENCHEVA DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $01
HRISTO EMILOV MANOV DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $01
LUKE STEIN DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/25)2 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 16 people listed · 15 paid, $1.6M · 3 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
NANCY L SCHILLER - CEO PRES TREASURER, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR40 $456,869$0$89,204 $546,0731
BOJANA I KOURTEVA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER40 $211,018$0$69,992 $281,0101
DESISLAVA N TALIOKOVA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40 $228,176$0$1,194 $229,3701
SARAH M PERRINE - PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED40 $180,810$0$34,346 $215,1561
SUSAN GAIL BUYSKE - CHAIR OF THE BOARD, SECRETARY, DIRECTOR10 $35,000$0$0 $35,0001
JOHN SCOTT CARPENTER DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
MELANIE KIRKPATRICK DIRECTOR5 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
LYUBOMIR B LOZANOV DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
CHRISTINA LUCAS DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
ANTHONY R MANNO JR DIRECTOR5 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
CHRIS J MATLON SECRETARY, DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
RODERICK W MOORE DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
KENNETH D VANDER WEELE DIRECTOR5 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
DIMITER S VOUTCHEV DIRECTOR2 $30,000$0$0 $30,0001
HRISTO EMILOV MANOV DIRECTOR (AS OF 07/24)2 $15,000$0$0 $15,0001
MILENA DRAGIJSKA-DENCHEVA DIRECTOR2 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

2025 · 5 contractors · $779K
NameLocationServicePaid
JENNER & BLOCK LLPCHICAGO, ILLEGAL SERVICES$215,622
NEPC LLCBOSTON, MAINVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE$163,032
INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE PARTNERS GLOBAL EQWILMINGTON, DEINVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE$143,692
BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LLCWASHINGTON, DCPR AND COMMUNICATIONS$140,000
WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLCLAGUNA BEACH, CAINVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE$116,454
2024 · 5 contractors · $1.0M
NameLocationServicePaid
INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE PARTNERS GLOBAL EQWILMINGTON, DEINVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE$256,373
WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLCLAGUNA BEACH, CAINVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE$243,595
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLPCHICAGO, ILLEGAL SERVICES$205,410
NEPC LLCBOSTON, MAINVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE$164,734
AXIOM INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LLCGREENWICH, CTINVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE$137,226

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2025 · 1 grant to organizations · $456.1M

Listed grants add up to $456,059,575; the return's “grants paid” expense line says $492,087,742. Returns can differ here (grants paid vs. accrued, items listed elsewhere); check the filing.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$20,343,714$496,538,069 $0$0 $100$0 $900,94530
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$20,851,286$19,806,549 $501,001,329$476,194,351 $130$0 $1,376,45330

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $11,086 in all, tax years 2018 to 2019. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2018 1$5,980 2018$5,980
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MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2019 1$5,106 2019$5,106
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Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 89 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
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AMERICAN BAR ENDOWMENT DAF sponsor$51,244,37815 12010–2024 AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION
FORD FOUNDATION Private foundation$37,984,83091 32009–2024 NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION; BUTTE AMERICA FOUNDATION; AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION
GATES FOUNDATION Private foundation$35,121,20076 42010–2024 NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION; AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION; AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION; PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND funds this one DAF sponsor$33,569,81893 232016–2024 NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION; AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION; ANCIENT AMERICA FOUNDATION; FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN FREEDOM and 19 more
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$20,183,95570 142014–2024 NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION; AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION; NUS AMERICA FOUNDATION INC; PTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA and 10 more
WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION Private foundation$17,083,50058 42010–2024 NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION; FOREIGN POLICY FOR AMERICA FOUNDATION; AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION; AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$13,902,03637 72010–2024 NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION; AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION; NUS AMERICA FOUNDATION INC; AMERICANS FOR CURES FOUNDATION and 3 more
MASTERCARD IMPACT FUND Private foundation$9,700,0004 12020–2023 AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $496,538,069 spent · pay $1,760,250 · grants $492,087,742 · events $5,958
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $456,059,575$456,059,575-- 91.8%
Grants outside the US $36,028,167$36,028,167-- 7.3%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $900,945$360,378$540,567- 0.2%
Other salaries and wages $677,740$599,644$78,096- 0.1%
Fees: investment management $664,531-$664,531- 0.1%
Fees: legal $463,769-$463,769- 0.1%
Other (as described)PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSE $448,760$448,760-- 0.1%
Fees: other services $309,872$270,370$39,502- 0.1%
Depreciation and depletion $219,215-$219,215- 0.0%
Travel $207,557$38,904$168,653- 0.0%
Occupancy $163,357-$163,357- 0.0%
Payroll taxes $99,040$69,328$29,712- 0.0%
Advertising and promotion $72,735-$72,735- 0.0%
Other employee benefits $69,410$51,909$17,501- 0.0%
Office expenses $47,516-$47,516- 0.0%
Information technology $41,496-$41,496- 0.0%
Insurance $26,937$4,766$22,171- 0.0%
Pension plan contributions $13,115$10,573$2,542- 0.0%
Fees: accounting $11,427-$11,427- 0.0%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $5,958$2,979$2,979- 0.0%
Other (as described)STAFF DEVELOPMENT $2,653$1,857$796- 0.0%
Other (as described)BOOKS & SUBSCRIPTIONS $2,376-$2,376- 0.0%
Other (as described)MEMBERSHIP DUES $1,918-$1,918- 0.0%
Total$496,538,069100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $19,806,549 spent · pay $3,053,561 · grants $12,474,083 · events $10,422
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants outside the US $12,474,083$12,474,083-- 63.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $1,376,453$550,581$825,872- 6.9%
Other salaries and wages $1,374,412$1,156,386$218,026- 6.9%
Fees: investment management $1,364,755-$1,364,755- 6.9%
Other (as described)PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSE $598,170$598,170-- 3.0%
Depreciation and depletion $442,784-$442,784- 2.2%
Travel $434,925$116,197$318,728- 2.2%
Fees: legal $389,141-$389,141- 2.0%
Advertising and promotion $268,580-$268,580- 1.4%
Occupancy $262,426-$262,426- 1.3%
Payroll taxes $170,543$119,380$51,163- 0.9%
Fees: other services $169,292$88,171$81,121- 0.9%
Other employee benefits $104,996$62,166$42,830- 0.5%
Information technology $102,666-$102,666- 0.5%
Office expenses $95,018-$95,018- 0.5%
Insurance $60,570$10,452$50,118- 0.3%
Fees: accounting $43,836-$43,836- 0.2%
Other (as described)STAFF DEVELOPMENT $29,463$20,624$8,839- 0.1%
Pension plan contributions $27,157$22,095$5,062- 0.1%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $10,422$5,211$5,211- 0.1%
Other (as described)BOOKS & SUBSCRIPTIONS $4,827-$4,827- 0.0%
Other (as described)MEMBERSHIP DUES $2,030-$2,030- 0.0%
Total$19,806,549100%

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