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Burgstahler Foundation at a glance

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Burgstahler Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$246k
Granted FY2020
23
Grants FY2020
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

63% of Burgstahler Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Burgstahler Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $246k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

12
’20
21
’21
17
’22
17
’23
14
’24
7
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$659kPhilanthropy$495kScience & Tech$250kEnvironment$132kArts & Culture$58kHuman Services$21kReligion$18kYouth Development$15kOther$0
02FY2020 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k13 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$7,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRINITY SCHOOL$50,000
PRESIDENTS AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD$50,000
KU ENDOWMENT$25,000
CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL$25,000
OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE$12,500
BLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM$12,500
POMONA COLLEGE$10,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$10,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED$10,000
YOUTH INC$10,000
CONCERTS IN MOTION$7,500
THE NEW SCHOOL$7,500
ALZHEIMERS ASOCIATION COACHELLA VALLEY$5,000
CHURCH OF ST THOMAS MORE$2,500
MCCALLUM THEATRE$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $500 → 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

MT
ND
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KS
TN
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 38 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2020, 20 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
30

Total granted

$1.0M
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+11%

Still filing today

53%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $77k · revenue +17%
  • POMONA COLLEGE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +87%
  • Cornell University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • TE
    TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $51k · revenue +13%
  • BR
    BLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue -60%
  • DU
    Ducks Unlimited Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +105%
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
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
3
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Manhattanville University

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

Education
9
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.

—
10
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
11
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
12
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Carnegie Hill Neighbors Inc. 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

36 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. 36 of the 72 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
28/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $400,500 · EducationCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATEDPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $300,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $76,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF…POMONA COLLEGE: $75,000 · EducationPOMONA COLLEGECornell University: $60,000 · EducationCornell UniversityTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $51,300 · Education+3 more: $20,100 · EducationNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $675,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTKU ENDOWMENT: $135,000 · OtherKU ENDOWMENTNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $76,500 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDA…TRINITY SCHOOL: $50,500 · OtherTRINITY SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $25,182 · OtherIndividual grant rec…+43 more: $112,649 · Other+43 moreOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentLIVING DESERT THE: $14,750 · EnvironmentBLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC: $12,500 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited Inc: $10,000 · EnvironmentFOUNDING FISH NETWORK INC: $5,000 · Environment+4 more: $3,100 · EnvironmentCONCERTS IN MOTION INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $6,250 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $3,500 · Arts & CultureYOUTH IMPROVING NON-PROFITS FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$982,900Philanthropy$675,000Other$399,831Environment$65,350Arts & Culture$47,250Youth Development$15,000Recreation & Sports$7,500

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $675,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $400,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $76,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $76,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $51,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONCERTS IN MOTION INC: $37,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe New School: $18,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH IMPROVING NON-PROFITS FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $14,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $6,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDING FISH NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHI OMEGA FOUNDATION: $1,877 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE-CEDARHURST FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLONG ISLAND CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL PROMISE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE HILL NEIGHBORS INC: $100 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 NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds POMONA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CONCERTS IN MOTION INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds The New School ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH IMPROVING NON-PROFITS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds LIVING DESERT THE ↗
  • Who funds BLACK ROCK FOREST CONSORTIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDING FISH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Ford FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Communal FundNY14.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Burgstahler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burgstahler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 72 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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