New York · Private foundation
Burstein Charitable 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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Burstein Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 26 | $53k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $45k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $34k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $41k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $47k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $64k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $42k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $33k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal the Cause | $29,700 | 6 | 0% |
| The Arts Council of Mongolia US Inc | $22,116 | 5 | n/a |
| Himalayan Cataract Project Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bnai Israel Synagogue | $13,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Literacy Partners Inc | $12,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Sage Eldercare | $7,510 | 6 | 0% |
| The Dennis Conservation Land Trust | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc | $4,069 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($190k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Burstein Charitable 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: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Burstein Charitable Foundation
- How much does Burstein Charitable Foundation give?
- Burstein Charitable Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $53,448 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Burstein Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (34%), Health (12%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are Burstein Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pedal the Cause ($30k), The Arts Council of Mongolia US Inc ($22k), Himalayan Cataract Project Inc ($22k).
- Does Burstein Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Burstein Charitable 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 Burstein Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Burstein Charitable Foundation based?
- Burstein Charitable Foundation is based in NY.
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