California · Private foundation
Burnam Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $235k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2026
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2026
- $225,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Burnam Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 2 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $141k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $142k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $191k | 95% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $64k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vassar College | $787,737 | 9 | 0% |
| Treepeople Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Catalyst California | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Oakwood School | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Concern Foundation | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Advot | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $4,250 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vassar College | $787,737 | 9 | 0% |
| Treepeople Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Catalyst California | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Oakwood School | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Concern Foundation | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Advot | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $4,250 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Beit T'Shuvah | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Naturebridge | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Step Up | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Venice Family Clinic | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Leo Baeck Temple | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Santa Monica Mountains Fund | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Thacher School Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California State Parks Foundation | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Mono Lake Foundation | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| California Native Plant Society | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Speak Up Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The California Chaparral Institute | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($177k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Burnam Charitable 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: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Burnam Charitable Foundation
- How much does Burnam Charitable Foundation give?
- Burnam Charitable Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $235,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Burnam Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (70%), Civil Rights (10%), Environment (8%).
- Who are Burnam Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Vassar College ($788k), Treepeople Inc ($85k), Catalyst California ($40k).
- Does Burnam Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Burnam Charitable 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 Burnam Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
- Where is Burnam Charitable Foundation based?
- Burnam Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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