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Burks Family Foundation Inc CO Keith W Burks

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.

$248k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$148k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.3MHealth$240kPhilanthropy$108kHuman Services$24kRecreation & Sports$24kAnimals$15kYouth Development$15kHousing & Shelter$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $62k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $148k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Butler University$148,000
Ascension St Vincent Foundation$27,100
Mountain Mission School$15,000
United Way of Central Indiana$10,000
IU Foundation$10,000
Cancer Support Community - Indiana$5,000
Indiana Golf Foundation$5,000
The First Tee of NaplesCollier$5,000
The Patriot Fund$3,000
The Villages of Indiana$2,500
Brightlane Learning$2,500
Naples Botanical Garden$2,500
United Way of Collier County FL$2,500
Gleaners Food Bank$2,000
Wheeler Mission$2,000
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 (FY17–25, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $3k → 18%The Villages of Indiana: $3k → 18%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $3k → 18%The Villages of Indiana: $3k → 18%Golden Paws Assistance Dogs: $1k → 10%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $3k → 18%The Villages of Indiana: $3k → 18%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $3k → 18%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $3k → 18%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $3k → 18%Wheeler Mission: $2k → 16%Wheeler Mission: $1k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $500 → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $500 → 16%Wheeler Mission: $500 → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $500 → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $500 → 16%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 21 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
5

Total granted

$1.8M
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+25%

Still filing today

86%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentYouth 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

  • BU
    Butler University
    6× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +39%
  • SV
    ST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $187k · revenue +72%
  • MM
    MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $75k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • TT
    THE THIRST PROJECT
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue -37%
  • EI
    Elevate Indianapolis Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +645%
  • KS
    KAPPA SIGMA - KAPPA BETA ALUMNI LTD
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Indiana Association of United Ways Inc

Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.

Philanthropy
3
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
4
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.

Community Improvement
5
Indiana University Health Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
6
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
7
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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8
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
11
Indy Hunger Network Inc

The mission of indy hunger network is to address systemic hunger issues and eliminate disparities in the greater indianapolis hunger relief system through collaboration on programs, advocacy, and research.

Food & Nutrition
12
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Villages of Indiana Inc; the most unlike its peers is Patriot Fund 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

24 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. 24 of the 31 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Butler University: $1,213,000 · EducationButler UniversityMOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC: $75,000 · EducationMOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC+3 more: $31,500 · EducationST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $187,050 · HealthST VINCENT HOSP…CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY INDIANA: $45,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT …+1 more: $7,500 · HealthUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $90,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC: $10,500 · PhilanthropyPATRIOT FUND INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyPets for Healing Vets: $15,000 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $11,000 · OtherThe First Tee of NaplesCollier: $5,000 · OtherGirls Inc of Greater Indianapolis: $3,000 · OtherST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $8,000 · OtherDREAM ALIVE INC: $4,500 · OtherNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $3,500 · OtherLake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund Inc: $2,500 · Other+6 more: $9,000 · OtherThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $22,500 · Human ServicesWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesINDIANA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $23,600 · Recreation & SportsTHE THIRST PROJECT: $12,000 · International
Education$1,319,500Health$239,550Philanthropy$104,500Other$61,500Human Services$29,500Recreation & Sports$23,600International$12,000

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 budgetButler University: $1,213,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $187,050 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY INDIANA: $45,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetINDIANA GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $23,600 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $22,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $16,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE THIRST PROJECT: $12,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $11,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC: $10,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $5,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetElevate Indianapolis Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDREAM ALIVE INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPATRIOT FUND INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $500 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 Butler University ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN MISSION SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY INDIANA ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA GOLF FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Villages of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP ↗
  • Who funds THE THIRST PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Elevate Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds DREAM ALIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds Golden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc ↗
  • Who funds ISAIAH 117 HOUSE ↗

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.

The Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…Hoover Family Foundat…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Lumina Foundation for…Lilly Endowment IncMaurer Family Foundat…Hamilton County Commu…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…United Way of Central…Natl Christian Charit…
The Indianapolis Foundation IncIN17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Hoover Family Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 Burks Family Foundation Inc CO Keith W Burks funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burks Family Foundation Inc CO Keith W Burks. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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 31 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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