Delaware · Private foundation
Burnham Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 45
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $29,662
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $75M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Burnham Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 41 | $2.3M | 71% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $605k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lighthouse Works Inc | $357,185 | 2 | 26% |
| Billion Oyster Project Inc | $228,318 | 2 | 3% |
| New City Parks Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 6% |
| New Visions for Public Schools Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children | $111,558 | 2 | 17% |
| The Architectural League of New York | $110,907 | 2 | 4% |
| Open Space Institute Inc | $100,929 | 1 | 2% |
| Walsh Park Benevolent Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Teaching Matters Inc | $98,996 | 1 | 1% |
| Teaching Lab | $98,697 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($110k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Burnham Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Robin Hood Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · New Venture Fund · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Gates Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
How this is measured
About Burnham Family Foundation
- How much does Burnham Family Foundation give?
- Burnham Family Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $2,322,108 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Burnham Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (76%), Education (8%), Environment (6%).
- Who are Burnham Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Lighthouse Works Inc ($357k), Billion Oyster Project Inc ($228k), New City Parks Inc ($200k).
- Does Burnham Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Burnham 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 Burnham Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, Jewish Communal Fund, Robin Hood Foundation.
- Where is Burnham Family Foundation based?
- Burnham Family Foundation is based in DE.
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