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Burch Family Foundation at a glance

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Burch Family Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2026still arriving
8
Grants FY2026still arriving
7
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$3.4MInternational$842kSocial Science$305kHealth$302kPublic Benefit$50kAnimals$25kPhilanthropy$25kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2026 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.4M
$45,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Project Victory Ukraine$1,050,000
DonorsChooseOrg$301,541
Washington University$50,000
Individual grant recipient$45,000
Themis Youth Law and Advocacy$30,000
Davidson College$20,000
St Margarets Episcopal School$10,000
Kukio Ho'omana Fund$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–26, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Project Victory Ukraine: $1.1M → 10%Project Victory Ukraine: $460k → 10%Project Victory Ukraine: $275k → 10%Project Victory Ukraine: $100k → 10%Musical Theater Academy of Orange C: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MN
IL
NY
IA
PA
CA
MO
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 14 repeat orgs$182k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2026, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$6.6M
$152k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+22%

Still filing today

50%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHuman ServicesSocial ScienceArts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • D
    DONORSCHOOSEORG
    8× · 2018–2026 · $3.4M · revenue +1%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2026 · $189k · revenue +76%
  • TL
    THE LEGACY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2021 · $50k · revenue ×22

Funded once

  • FO
    FDN of Angelman Syndrome
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • NL
    Northern Light Schoolgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +28%
  • MH
    MAUI HUMANE SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +99%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Arcadia University

Arcadia university's pioneering, global, integrated, liberal arts, and professional learning experience cultivates leaders who are intellectually fearless and uniquely prepared for life and work. our highly regarded, values-based learning…

Education
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Coras Angels. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONORSCHOOSEORG: $3,367,956 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGCORAS ANGELS: $248,000 · EducationCORAS ANGELSWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $188,500 · Education+6 more: $135,000 · EducationPROJECT VICTORY UKRAINE: $1,884,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT VICTORY UKRAINE+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesUC Berkeley-Burch Center for Tax Po: $300,000 · OtherUC Berkeley-Bu…Individual grant recipient: $250,000 · OtherIndividual gra…ST MARGARETS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $80,000 · OtherST MARGARETS E…Sage Hill High School: $57,500 · OtherSage Hill High…FDN of Angelman Syndrome: $50,000 · OtherFDN of Angelma…THE PEGASUS SCHOOL: $35,000 · OtherThemis Youth Law and Advocacy: $30,000 · Other+9 more: $52,492 · Other+9 moreKUKIO HOOMANA FUND: $20,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · PhilanthropyMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $25,000 · AnimalsCHRIST FOR ALL CITIES USA INC: $7,500 · ReligionLove the Sea: $5,000 · Environment
Education$3,939,456Human Services$1,889,500Other$854,992Philanthropy$34,500Animals$25,000Religion$7,500Environment$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $3,367,956 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT VICTORY UKRAINE: $1,884,500 over 4y, 75% of budgetCORAS ANGELS: $248,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $188,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGACY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetDavidson College: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEGASUS SCHOOL: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Light School: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST FOR ALL CITIES USA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetFIRST BOOK: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCARLETON COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT VICTORY UKRAINE ↗
  • Who funds CORAS ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE LEGACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Davidson College ↗
  • Who funds THE PEGASUS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Northern Light School ↗
  • Who funds MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds KUKIO HOOMANA FUND ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST FOR ALL CITIES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST BOOK ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Love the Sea ↗
  • Who funds CARLETON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds MY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ZACHARY SCOTT THEATRE CENTER ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Burch Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burch Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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    The endowment market
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