· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LITERACY PARTNERS | $6,100 |
| AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT | $5,000 |
| WILMOT CANCER INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| ARTS COUNCIL OF MONGOLIA | $4,848 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HILLEL | $3,000 |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | $2,000 |
| UJA FEDERATION NEW YORK | $2,000 |
| HILLELS OF FL SUNCOAST | $1,500 |
| DENNIS CONSERVANCY LAND TRUST | $1,500 |
| CFBNJ FEED THE CHILDREN | $1,000 |
| FOREST HILLS FRIENDS | $1,000 |
| SAGE ELDERCARE | $1,000 |
| ASPCA | $1,000 |
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, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 5% of Burstein Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
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 +52% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PTPEDAL THE CAUSE6× · 2018–2024 · $30k · revenue +18%
HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC6× · 2020–2025 · $22k · revenue +215%- LPLiteracy Partners Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- DDDR DOG TAIPEI CITYone grant, 2020 · $4k
- HMHOLOCAUST MUSEUM OF ST LOUISone grant, 2017 · $4k
- HAHILLEL AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGESgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue ×18
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 create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…
To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.
Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.
The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…
Rutgers hillel is dedicated to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all jewish college students, where they are encouraged to grow intellectually, spiritually and socially. the organization helps students find a balance in…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
To enrich the lives of jewish student undergraduate & graduate students, so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world.
The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…
Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…
The mission of hillel at washington university in st louis is to be a catalyst for jewish life among college students in st louis. we connect students with one another and with jewish culture and traditions through service and social…
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 68 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 PEDAL THE CAUSE ↗
- Who funds Jewish Federation of St Louis ↗
- Who funds HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Literacy Partners Inc ↗
- Who funds SAGE ELDERCARE ↗
- Who funds THE DENNIS CONSERVATION LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ↗
- Who funds HILLEL AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES ↗
- Who funds MT PLEASANT ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds CAPE CINEMA INC ↗
- Who funds STAND UP TO CANCER ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Burstein Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burstein Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Sage Eldercare: 1% of income from government
- Resilient Retreat Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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