Iowa · Private foundation
Burke Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $623k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Burke Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $623k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $627k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $507k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $487k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $520k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $477k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $1,250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $225,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Story County Inc | $220,000 | 2 | 4% |
| St Cecilia Church Ames Iowa | $169,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc | $145,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bethesda Lutheran Church | $72,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Marthas House of Hope Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Camp Hertko Hollow Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 2% |
| United Way of Story County Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Food at First | $36,000 | 2 | 5% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $1,250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $225,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Story County Inc | $220,000 | 2 | 4% |
| St Cecilia Church Ames Iowa | $169,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc | $145,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bethesda Lutheran Church | $72,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Marthas House of Hope Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Camp Hertko Hollow Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 2% |
| United Way of Story County Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Food at First | $36,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Hope Ministries | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ames Community School District | $30,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Hope For The Warriors | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sisters of Charity BVM | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Patrick Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Assault Care Center Extending Shelter An | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Obria Medical Clinic of Ames | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Informed Choice of Iowa Corporation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($816k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Burke Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Becker Family Foundation · Underwood Family Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Robert V & Shirley V Dahl Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · United Way of Story County Inc · South Story Bank Charitable Foundation · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · United Way Worldwide · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About Burke Family Foundation
- How much does Burke Family Foundation give?
- Burke Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $623,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Burke Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Religion (13%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are Burke Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: State University of Iowa Foundation ($1.3M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($225k), Boys and Girls Clubs of Story County Inc ($220k).
- Does Burke Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Burke Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Burke Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Becker Family Foundation, Underwood Family Foundation.
- Where is Burke Family Foundation based?
- Burke Family Foundation is based in IA.
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