· Private foundation
Burns 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k17 grants · $67k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $68k
- $250k+4 grants · $3.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $1,378,290 |
| JULIE ANN WRIGLEY FOUNDATION | $689,145 |
| COLLINS FAMILY FOUNDATION | $689,145 |
| BIDEGAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION | $689,145 |
| PAWS AND CLAWS | $15,000 |
| SUN DEVIL CLUB | $11,500 |
| VALLEY WISE HEALTH FOUNDATION | $11,000 |
| VEGA CHRISTS COMMUNITY CHURCH | $10,000 |
| CENTER STREET METHODIST CHURCH | $10,000 |
| DIABETES FOUNDATION OF THE HIGH PLA | $10,000 |
| NEW MEXICO 4-H | $8,000 |
| SKYLINE THERAPY SERVICES | $7,500 |
| NEW MEXICO BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS | $7,500 |
| SANTA ROSA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS | $7,000 |
| LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL | $7,000 |
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 (FY18–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
51 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 13 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, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BNBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2023 · $136k · revenue +100%
- VHVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION6× · 2019–2024 · $80k · revenue +370%
- WTWEST TEXAS A&M UNIV FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2023 · $57k · revenue +94%
Funded once
- HCHARRINGTON CANCER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $20k
- VCVEGA CHRISTS COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIPone grant, 2022 · $20k
- PHPALOMAR HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +28%
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.
To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families.
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
Honorhealth's mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.
To improve the health of children through the provision of high-quality, coordinated programs of patient care, education, research and advocacy.
The lucile packard foundation for children's health is here to unlock philanthropy to transform health for all kids and moms, in northern california and around the world. our foundation raises funds for child and maternal health at lucile…
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
Improving health, healing people.
Bringing together diverse voices to advance health and healthcare in arizona.
The children's clinics provides a family centered comprehensive medical home to meet the special needs of children and families.
Phoenix art museum creates spaces of exchange and belonging for all audiences through dynamic exhibitions, collections, and experiences with art. this mission is supported by seven strategic pillars:(continued on schedule o)1. be a space…
The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.
How this is measured
48 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. 48 of the 116 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 COLLINS FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JULIE ANN WRIGLEY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WEST TEXAS A&M UNIV FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHARITIES ↗
- Who funds Idaho Womens Athletic Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
- Who funds C W AND DEE MCMULLEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BARBS DOG RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds PALOMAR HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SUN VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
- Who funds PAWS AND CLAWS INC DBA PAWS AND CLAWS HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK INC ↗
- Who funds CATTLEGROWERS FOUNDATION 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: Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · The Rob Walton Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · American Express Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Burns Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burns Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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