· Private foundation
Burnham Foundation Inc #0726729 Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k30 grants · $74k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN MIDDLESEX REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $10,000 |
| SANTA CATALINA SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| NASHOBA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF LAWRENCE LIBRARY | $5,000 |
| UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| TOWNSEND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH | $4,000 |
| GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND | $4,000 |
| CAROLINA TIGER RESCUE | $4,000 |
| VENTANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY | $3,500 |
| SHUBERT CLUB INC | $3,500 |
| UNITED WAY | $3,500 |
| DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE | $3,000 |
| CHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC | $2,400 |
| WILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION | $2,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SCSANTA CATALINA SCHOOL5× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +34%
- NRNASHUA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOC INC5× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +151%
UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $24k · revenue +145%
Funded once
- NMNORTHERN MIDDLESEX REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2020 · $9k
- DIDANA-FARBER INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +279%
- WRWILDLIFE RESCUEone grant, 2020 · $2k
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.
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.
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Our mission is to spark people's curiosity to explore, steward, and find peace and joy in nature. in service to this, norman bird sanctuary inspires, builds, and engages a community of stewards who preserve, protect, enjoy, and learn from…
To provide all administrative and other services and support required or contemplated by chapter 92b of the massachusetts general laws to the franklin park zoo and the walter d. stone memorial zoo, to any other agency or entity referenced…
The mission of the center is to instill a life-long respect and affection for nature in all people through research and education; to advance a scientific and public understanding of our coastal ecosystems and the need to protect them; and…
Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.
It is the mission of the seacoast science center to spark curiosity, enhance understanding, and inspire conservation of our blue planet. the center's programming and exhibits encourage visitors and other program participants to recognize…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.
Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
How this is measured
25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 42 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SANTA CATALINA SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NASHUA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOC INC ↗
- Who funds UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CAROLINA TIGER RESCUE ↗
- Who funds VENTANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds CHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds MANOMET INC ↗
- Who funds PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds The Wright Museum of World War II ↗
- Who funds FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds PEPPERELL AID FROM COMMUNITY TO HOME OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds TOWNSEND ECUMENICAL OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds APPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds DANA-FARBER INC ↗
- Who funds SCHUBERT CLUB THE ↗
- Who funds PEPPERELL 4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds DUCKS FOR CANCER ↗
- Who funds Eyes Ears Nose and Paws Inc ↗
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: Fidelity Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Burnham Foundation Inc #0726729 Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burnham Foundation Inc #0726729 Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP. Bigger dots raise more.
- Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc: 54% of income from government
- Townsend Ecumenical Outreach Inc: 24% of income from government
- Manomet Inc: 12% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
- Fuller Craft Museum Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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