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Burnett Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7.4M
Granted FY2023
6
Grants FY2023
6
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$1,340,801
Largest grant, FY2023
$2,299,652
Organizations funded a year
4 to 29
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
3
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Burnett Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthPublic BenefitReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20236$7.4M0%
FY202220$86M30%
FY20214$3.2M25%
FY202018$25M0%
FY201921$22M24%
FY201829$27M34%
FY201726$20Mn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$110MHealth$39MYouth Development$25MAnimals$8.1MEducation$2.3MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.3MRecreation & Sports$1.1MEnvironment$1.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CT
CA
AZ
NM
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$47,053,284753%
Fort Worth Art Association Endowment Foundation$33,784,726381%
Event Facilities Fort Worth Inc$25,000,000222%
Eisenhower Medical Center$11,286,82331%
Fort Worth Art Association$9,090,801713%
American Quarter Horse Foundation$8,124,700750%
Mpa Foundation$6,000,000298%
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History$3,500,00043%
Safe City Commission$2,150,000331%
Calvary Hospital Inc$2,004,86012%
Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of Burnett Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$47,053,284753%
Fort Worth Art Association Endowment Foundation$33,784,726381%
Event Facilities Fort Worth Inc$25,000,000222%
Eisenhower Medical Center$11,286,82331%
Fort Worth Art Association$9,090,801713%
American Quarter Horse Foundation$8,124,700750%
Mpa Foundation$6,000,000298%
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History$3,500,00043%
Safe City Commission$2,150,000331%
Calvary Hospital Inc$2,004,86012%
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum$1,100,000210%
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc$1,100,000412%
Ranching Heritage Association$1,100,000288%
The O'Keeffe Museum Foundation$757,16413%
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers' Foundation$640,113518%
Artesia Aquatic Center Foundation$500,00017%
Texas Ballet Theater Inc$400,03951%
Fort Worth Opera Association Inc$400,03356%
Site Santa Fe$400,00025%
Fort Worth Report$367,204331%
Baylor College of Medicine$363,00010%
Xavier College Preparatory High School$300,00022%
Fort Worth Chamber Development Foundation$260,000431%
Texas A&M Foundation$250,00010%
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County$250,0001n/a
Kimbell Art Foundation$235,00010%
Santa Fe Art Institute Inc$225,000220%
Texas Christian University$196,73820%
Paducah Volunteer Fire Dept$112,0001n/a
Van Cliburn Foundation Inc$100,0001n/a
Heart of God Ministries Ltd$50,00013%
The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County$25,00010%
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc$25,00010%
New Britain Museum of American Art Inc$20,00010%
The Fort Worth Zoological Association$12,15110%
Texas Wesleyan University$10,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($33M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Burnett Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorgia O'Keeffe Museum: $47,053,284 over 7y, 53% of budgetFort Worth Art Association Endowment Foundation: $33,784,726 over 3y, 81% of budgetEvent Facilities Fort Worth Inc: $25,000,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $11,286,823 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFort Worth Art Association: $9,090,801 over 7y, 13% of budgetAmerican Quarter Horse Foundation: $8,124,700 over 7y, 50% of budgetMpa Foundation: $6,000,000 over 2y, 98% of budgetFort Worth Museum of Science and History: $3,500,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetSafe City Commission: $2,150,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetCalvary Hospital Inc: $2,004,860 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNational Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum: $1,100,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetNational Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc: $1,100,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetRanching Heritage Association: $1,100,000 over 2y, 88% of budgetThe O'Keeffe Museum Foundation: $757,164 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTexas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers' Foundation: $640,113 over 5y, 18% of budgetArtesia Aquatic Center Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetTexas Ballet Theater Inc: $400,039 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFort Worth Opera Association Inc: $400,033 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetSite Santa Fe: $400,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetFort Worth Report: $367,204 over 3y, 31% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $363,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXavier College Preparatory High School: $300,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFort Worth Chamber Development Foundation: $260,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKimbell Art Foundation: $235,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSanta Fe Art Institute Inc: $225,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetTexas Christian University: $196,738 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeart of God Ministries Ltd: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetThe Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNew Britain Museum of American Art Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Fort Worth Zoological Association: $12,151 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Wesleyan University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

Bnsf Railway FoundationTX29× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bnsf Railway Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Leo Potishman Foundation Xxxxx3002 · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Wm & Catherine Bryce Memorial Fund Xxxxx3001 · Barbara Ann Baldridge Foundation We453 · Mary Potishman Lard Trust Walker C Friedman Co Trustee · R4 Foundation · Tj Brown & Ca Lupton Foundation · Robert D and Catherine R Alexander Foundation · The Bratton Family Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Burnett Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Burnett Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Burnett Foundation

How much does Burnett Foundation give?
Burnett Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $7,358,886 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Burnett Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), Health (20%), Youth Development (13%).
Who are Burnett Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum ($47M), Fort Worth Art Association Endowment Foundation ($34M), Event Facilities Fort Worth Inc ($25M).
Does Burnett Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Burnett 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 Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bnsf Railway Foundation, Amon G Carter Foundation, Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc.
Where is Burnett Foundation based?
Burnett Foundation is based in TX.

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 48 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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