Michigan · Private foundation
Burnstein 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.
- $129k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations Burnstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $124k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $190k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $238k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $143k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $172k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $69k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $62k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $70k | 70% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $100,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Henry Ford Health System | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Temple Shir Shalom | $82,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Alumni Association of the University of Michigan | $42,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Brilliant Detroit | $25,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $20,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Cancer Wellness Center | $15,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Basblue Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Midnight Golf Program | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thrive Survivor Support Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($686k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Burnstein Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: United Jewish Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Jerold and Ellen Minkin Family Foundation · A Alfred Taubman Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Burnstein Family Foundation
- How much does Burnstein Family Foundation give?
- Burnstein Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $129,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Burnstein Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (50%), Philanthropy (15%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Burnstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Regents of the University of Michigan ($100k), Henry Ford Health System ($95k), Temple Shir Shalom ($83k).
- Does Burnstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Burnstein 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 Burnstein Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Jewish Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The Jerold and Ellen Minkin Family Foundation.
- Where is Burnstein Family Foundation based?
- Burnstein Family Foundation is based in MI.
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