Iowa · Private foundation
Burnett 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.
- $206k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
85% of Burnett Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Fdn Of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Burnett Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $206k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Burnett Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $206k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $210k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $131k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $110k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $367k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $44k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $316,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | $230,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $179,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Childserve Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Des Moines Water Works Park Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa | $48,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Central Iowa Shelter & Services | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Anawim Housing Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Main Street Guthrie Center | $20,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Creative Expression Workshops | $10,000 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $316,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | $230,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $179,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Childserve Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Des Moines Water Works Park Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa | $48,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Central Iowa Shelter & Services | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Anawim Housing Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Main Street Guthrie Center | $20,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Creative Expression Workshops | $10,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Brenton Arboretum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| B Well Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $2,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Des Moines Performing Arts | $1,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Employee & Family Resources Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Agape | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mind and Spirit Counseling Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Food Prize Foundation | $400 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Burnett Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Meredith Corporation Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · John Ruan Foundation Trust · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · Ita Group Foundation · Bookey Family Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation · Windsor Charitable Foundation · Thomas & Linda Koehn Foundation
How this is measured
About Burnett Family Foundation
- How much does Burnett Family Foundation give?
- Burnett Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $205,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Burnett Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (27%), Arts & Culture (22%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are Burnett Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc ($316k), Des Moines Symphony Association ($230k), Food Bank of Iowa ($180k).
- Does Burnett Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Burnett 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 Burnett Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Meredith Corporation Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, John Ruan Foundation Trust.
- Where is Burnett Family Foundation based?
- Burnett Family Foundation is based in IA.
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