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BUNKER LABS NFP INC

EIN 47-1474802 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2023
$3,163,264
Expenses 2023
$3,758,248

Program services were 62.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Street
230 E OHIO ST STE 410 1241

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Bunker Labs provides communities, programs, and courses that help military veterans and military spouses start and grow successful businesses.

  • Ambassador program-the Ambassador Program is a 12-month cohort experience for volunteer leaders who support Bunker Labs programs and impact within their local entrepreneurial ecosystems. The program is designed to empower volunteers to grow as community leaders while meaningfully impacting the lives of veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs. Ambassadors work directly to support their local Veterans in Residence, engage other ecosystem partners, and guide members of their local community to the necessary resources to launch and grow successful ventures. Throughout their cohort experience, Ambassadors attend in-person professional development sessions to gain and share skills and knowledge that support their leadership development and connect their local business ecosystem for the benefit of Bunker Labs entrepreneurs. The cohort of 90 Ambassadors that launched in 2021 came together for their next Fly-In convening on February 23-25 in Chicago. As part of the Bunker Labs Summit in Austin on June 8-10, the organization recognized the outgoing Ambassadors from the 2021-2022 cohort while also welcoming the incoming 2022-2023 Ambassadors cohort, which includes 90 volunteers serving 36 communities across the U.S. Later in the year, this cohort met for their second Fly-In, which the Bunker hosted in conjunction with the Military Influencer Conference (MIC) in Las Vegas from October 26-28. Between Fly-Ins, Ambassadors use the training and resources from these sessions to provide ongoing support to their local ViR cohorts, build relationships with relevant partner organizations, represent Bunker Labs at partner events, and host roundtables and networking events to grow the local Bunker Labs community. During 2022, Ambassadors hosted 31 Bunker Connect networking events, 59 ViR Showcase events, and countless other informal gatherings for Bunker Labs entrepreneurs. NB: 2022 Ambassador program revenue listed above includes $1,140,674 restricted for 2024 & 2025.

    Expenses $697,590 · Grants $681,474 · Revenue $92,250

  • Other Programs

    Expenses $633,653 · Grants $184,927 · Revenue $587,504

  • CEOcircle- CEOcircle is a monthly peer accountability group for growth-stage companies looking to scale. Over the course of nine virtual huddles and four in person Fly-In events, CEOs and executives can ask critical questions impacting their businesses today. Together, participants learn from peers and national experts alike how to take their companies to the next level. Additionally, CEOcircle members also gain access to dedicated liaisons and a 10-week advisor program powered by JPMorgan Chase.In November 2021, Bunker Labs launched the 2021-2022 cohort with 41 entrepreneurs participating. During 2022, this cohort gathered for their second Fly-In convening in Dallas, TX on March 13-14, and for their third Fly-In on June 7-8 as part of the Bunker Labs Summit in Austin, TX. In summer 2022, Bunker Labs opened applications for the 2022-2023 cohort of CEOcircle. 2022 entrepreneurs applied for the cohort (an 82% increase from the prior year), and the Bunker selected 80 to participate increasing the cohort size to meet this growing demand. The 2022-2023 cohort of CEOcircle also reflects the diversity of entrepreneurs in the Bunker Labs community 47% of participants are women and/or POC founders and 63% identify as service-disabled veterans. Bunker Labs hosted the last CEOcircle Fly-In event of 2022 on November 6-8 in New York City. The 2021-2022 cohort attended this event as the capstone to their 12-month experience, with the incoming cohort kicking off their year at this event allow both cohorts the opportunity to network with each other and build relevant connects other CEOs. This Fly-In featured a workshop on crafting and amplifying stories with the Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP), a fireside chat with Alex Gorsky (Exective Chairman, Johnson & Johnson), and sessions for the incoming cohort to get acquainted with the program format and meet in their groups for huddles, critical questions, and deep dives followed by industry breakout sessions.

    Expenses $609,173 · Grants $585,414 · Revenue $615,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Blake Hogan

    Chief Exec Ofc

    Total calculated
    $221,900
    From this org
    $221,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,900
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $221,900
  • Becca Keaty

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $217,188
    From this org
    $217,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,188
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $217,188
  • Reginold Ordonez

    Chief Oper Ofc

    Total calculated
    $171,692
    From this org
    $171,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,692
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $171,692
  • Jenny Hans

    Dir Corp Giving

    Total calculated
    $129,400
    From this org
    $129,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Devin Sizer

    Dir NP Strategies

    Total calculated
    $125,900
    From this org
    $125,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Xavier Clarke

    Dir Ambass Prgm

    Total calculated
    $112,900
    From this org
    $112,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Elizabeth Marion

    Dir CEOcircle Prg

    Total calculated
    $112,900
    From this org
    $112,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Lenore Karafa

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charlotte Coker Gibson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelly Perdew

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Hsia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vince Stewart

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charlynda Scales

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nikki Hartung

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stacey Nash

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fred Deese

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lewis Runnion

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Todd Connor

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Gore

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,163,264
    Expenses
    $3,758,248
    Contributions
    $3,091,192
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,035,733
    Expenses
    $5,828,181
    Contributions
    $5,828,251
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,312,612
    Expenses
    $3,113,677
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,938,287
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,446,426
    Expenses
    $5,545,873
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,671,717
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    $0
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,615,786
    Expenses
    $5,934,183
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,459,493

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.