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Burpee Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$998k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0165% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Environment$1.0MHuman Services$385kEducation$324kArts & Culture$152kHealth$144kFood & Nutrition$119kInternational$98kCrime & Legal$35kAnimals$28kOther$1.4M
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $341k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+2 grants · $525k
$15,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YO$275,000
BARD COLLEGE$250,000
THE BRIDGE INC$100,000
SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES$41,667
THE FORTUNE SOCIETY$36,000
THE GIVING GROVE$25,000
GARDEN TIME INC$25,000
BARTLETT ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION$25,000
SKY HIGH FARM$20,000
QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY$20,000
ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERS ORG$20,000
COLUMBIA CENTER FOR URBAN$18,000
CROWN COMMUNITY GARDEN$15,000
BACKYARD GROWERS INC$15,000
CITY PARKS FOUNDATION$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $385k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISLAND HARVEST INC: $15k → 7%BOULDER CREST RETREAT: $20k → 7%BOULDER CREST RETREAT: $20k → 7%THE BRIDGE INC: $100k → 17%THE BRIDGE: $75k → 17%THE BRIDGE: $45k → 17%THE BRIDGE: $40k → 17%THE BRIDGE: $25k → 17%THE BRIDGE: $25k → 17%PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR SERVICES: $10k → 17%PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR SERVICE: $10k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
DE
AZ
DC
LA
AL
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 27 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +78% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

27 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
23

Total granted

$2.3M
$815k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+22%

Still filing today

89%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $519k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthInternationalEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TH
    THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
    3× · 2019–2021 · $510k · revenue +184%
  • TB
    THE BRIDGE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $310k · revenue +113%
  • BARD COLLEGE
    2× · 2017–2024 · $300k · revenue +256%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NY
    one grant, 2017 · $212k
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue +244%
  • TA
    THESSALONICA AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE (THE AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL)graduated
    one grant, 2019 · $83k · revenue +63%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
2
Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens

The mission of the jenkins arboretum & gardens is to preserve natural, tranquil woodlands for community enjoyment, to showcase native plants and a world class collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, and to promote environmental…

Environment
3
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
4
Stone Barns Restoration Corp Dba Stone Barns Center for Food & Agri

Stone barns center is a nonprofit farm, education, and research center with a mission to catalyze an ecological food culture. since 2004, we have been driving innovation in sustainable farming practices and mindful food choices that…

Arts & Culture
5
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
6
City Growers Inc

Through our original curriculum design that uses innovative growing spaces on rooftop farms, in school gardens, and public parks - city growers fosters a love of nature and encourages nyc youth to consider their place, agency, and future…

Food & Nutrition
7
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
8
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
9
National Tropical Botanical Garden

To enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education.

Environment
10
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
11
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

The garfield park conservatory alliance inspires, educates and provokes exploration through innovative programs and experiences in one of the nation's largest and finest plant conservatories. the conservatory changes lives through the…

Environment
12
Governors Island Alliance

Governors island alliance dba governors island foundation works to ensure the island's continued growth, vitality, and accessibility as a vibrant public resource and is the designated fundraising partner of the trust for governors island.…

Recreation & Sports

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Queens Botanical Garden Society Inc and the most unlike its peers is Andalusia Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Urban Agriculture & Food Ac…Developmental Disabilities …Senior Support ServicesWildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Food Pantries & AssistanceVeteran Support ServicesIndependent K-8 SchoolsLand Conservation Organizat…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr19%15%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr19%4%20–35yr13%17%35–55yr16%66%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/50
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,710

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 66 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
36/47
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YO — $275,000 · OtherTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YOTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NY — $212,000 · OtherTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NYNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $125,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONCROWN COMMUNITY GARDEN — $82,850 · OtherCROWN COMMUNITY GARDENGODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER — $70,000 · OtherBARTRAM'S GARDEN — $70,000 · OtherThe Orme School — $60,000 · OtherYMCA OF BUCKS AND HUNTERDON — $51,900 · OtherTHESSALONICA AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE (THE AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL) — $83,333 · OtherTHESSALONICA AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUT…+29 more — $493,634 · Other+29 moreTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK — $510,000 · EnvironmentTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NE…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $110,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $100,000 · EnvironmentTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL …COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC — $72,500 · EnvironmentCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INCBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION — $55,000 · EnvironmentBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORA…Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture — $45,000 · EnvironmentQUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC — $40,000 · Environment+5 more — $94,500 · Environment+5 moreTHE BRIDGE INC — $310,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE …BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION — $40,000 · Human ServicesBOULDER CRE…PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR SERVICES — $20,000 · Human ServicesISLAND HARVEST LTD — $15,000 · Human ServicesBARD COLLEGE — $300,000 · EducationBARD COLL…DICKINSON COLLEGE — $23,500 · EducationDICKINSON…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $151,667 · Arts & CultureTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC — $81,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC — $60,000 · Health+1 more — $3,000 · HealthBACKYARD GROWERS INC — $47,000 · Food & NutritionTHE GIVING GROVE — $25,000 · Food & NutritionSKY HIGH FARM INC — $20,000 · Food & NutritionChipping Hill Micro Farms — $15,000 · Food & NutritionBUCKS COUNTY FOODSHED ALLIANCE INC — $7,500 · Food & NutritionOsamequin Farm Inc — $4,380 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,523,717Environment$1,027,000Human Services$385,000Education$323,500Arts & Culture$151,667Health$144,000Food & Nutrition$118,880

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK — $510,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTHE BRIDGE INC — $310,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBARD COLLEGE — $300,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $151,667 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $125,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHESSALONICA AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE (THE AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL) — $83,333 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC — $81,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC — $72,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER — $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Orme School — $60,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC — $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION — $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBACKYARD GROWERS INC — $47,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetColumbia Center for Urban Agriculture — $45,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetQUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOULDER CREST FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGarden Time Inc — $35,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetGUIDANCE CENTER OF WESTCHESTER INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBARTLETT ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE GIVING GROVE — $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVED INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDICKINSON COLLEGE — $23,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIES INC — $23,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN SENIOR SERVICES — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEnvironmental Volunteers Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSKY HIGH FARM INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFriends of the National Arboretum — $19,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTRI-STATE BIRD RESCUE AND RESEARCH INC — $17,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY AUDUBON SOCIETY — $15,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMercy Ships International — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIANUS RIVER GORGE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY FOODSHED ALLIANCE INC — $7,500 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetANDALUSIA FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEducation Outside — $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREYSTON FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMANCHESTER BIDWELL CORPORATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PARKS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Horticultural Therapy Association Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetOsamequin Farm Inc — $4,380 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCONCERN FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The New York Communit…Robin Hood FoundationClif Family FoundationJewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Silicon Valley Commun…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…
The New York Community TrustNY13.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Robin Hood Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Burpee Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Osamequin Farm Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Allies Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Burpee Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Burpee 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 66 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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