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Burton Family Foundation

Guided by a belief in the inherent dignity of all individuals, our mission is to advance individual achievement through support for education and human services programs and initiatives. We prioritize support for high-need, underserved, and underrepresented groups, working diligently to eliminate disparities and create a pathway to…

$11M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
148
Itemized grants FY2025
105
Organizations funded FY2024
62%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$10M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,060,000
Organizations funded a year
33 to 105
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$133M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 62% of the organizations Burton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.5M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving147$10M59%
FY2024105$11M62%
FY202363$5.6M54%
FY202245$6.9M31%
FY202133$1.7M33%
FY202036$1.6M33%
FY201941$2.0M49%
FY201833$1.9M64%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$19MYouth Development$3.3MScience & Tech$3.1MHuman Services$2.7MCommunity Improvement$2.5MHealth$2.4MHousing & Shelter$2.1MArts & Culture$2.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 280 grantees
All grantees of Burton Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Society for Science & the Public$2,403,75094%
Teach for America Inc$2,366,00090%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$1,574,14690%
The Aspen Institute Inc$1,496,00080%
Local First Arizona Foundation$1,285,00025%
The Welcome to America Project$1,193,660667%
Valleywise Health Foundation$1,126,00038%
Donorschooseorg$1,115,95660%
Step Student Expedition Program Inc$1,091,721822%
Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy$952,000716%
Camp Catanese Foundation$948,000621%
Phoenix Union High School District$903,2877n/a
Youth World Education Project Inc$875,0006100%
Creighton University$805,00010%
Barrow Neurological Foundation$750,00061%
Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc$722,000412%
Center for the Future of Arizona$654,00055%
Read Better Be Better$625,000420%
Arizona Western College Foundation$615,000227%
Year Up Inc$613,00030%
Bourgade Catholic High School$572,7677n/a
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc$505,500731%
Act One$501,000628%
YMCA of Southern Arizona$500,00014%
Arizona Science Center$458,50071%
Be a Leader Foundation$455,713813%
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc$425,00030%
The Launch Pad Teen Center$398,500415%
New Pathways For Youth$385,76092%
Picor Charitable Foundation$380,734848%
Ha P I$375,000223%
Vela Education Fund$360,00012%
Fresh Start Women's Foundation$350,00034%
Phoenix Public Library Foundation$344,000424%
Afc Public Foundation$330,0001n/a
Arizona Center for Community College Success$330,0001n/a
Az Impact for Good$316,35627%
Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix$307,00010%
Maricopa County Community College District Foundation$304,87061%
Support My Club$303,657622%
Arizona Community Action Association$300,00013%
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation$300,00015%
San Miguel of Tucson Corporation$281,1104n/a
Accel$275,00011%
A for Arizona$270,00021%
League for Innovation in The$255,00036%
Valley of the Sun United Way$250,00020%
Arizona Jewish Historical Society$250,0001n/a
Crane Elementary School District #13$250,0001n/a
Empower College Prep$230,00021%
State of Arizona$228,9454n/a
Common Sense Institute$225,00032%
University of Arizona Foundation$214,50040%
Central Arizona Shelter Services Inc$200,00011%
Challenge Foundation Arizona Inc$195,000118%
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc$175,00021%
Homeless Youth Connection Inc$170,00053%
Verde Valley Homeless Coalition$167,500146%
Junior Achievement of Arizona$165,00013%
Friends of the Phoenix Public Library$160,000240%
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$145,00030%
Kyrene School District$139,4001n/a
Aliento Education Fund$135,00035%
Arivaca Human Resources$133,000132%
Hopi School Inc$130,000243%
Childsplay Inc$121,67823%
National Audubon Society Inc$113,42240%
Southern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN$110,00033%
Sahuarita Food Bank$108,00013%
Greater Green Valley Community FDN Inc$107,00036%
Phoenix Symphony Association$105,00011%
Arizona Chamber Foundation$100,00014%
Families Empowered$100,00019%
Navigated Arizona$100,0001n/a
Green Valley Assistance Services Inc$100,000111%
Greathearts Arizona$100,00010%
Northern Arizona University Foundation$100,00010%
Common Sense Media$100,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale Inc$98,00011%
Old Town Mission Inc$97,53130%
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest$97,24830%
Espiritu Community Development Corp$95,53311%
Patagonia Creative Arts Assoc$85,000282%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix Inc$85,0001n/a
Paz De Cristo Community Center$80,00013%
Steps to Recovery Homes$78,90031%
American Indian Veterans Memorial Organization$75,000174%
Arizona Community College Coordinating Council$75,000127%
One Arizona$75,00011%
Independent Sector$75,0001n/a
Center for the Rights of Abused Children$75,00031%
Brighter Bites Inc$75,00011%
Xico Inc$75,00023%
Washington University$68,86330%
Harmony Project Phoenix$65,000123%
Arizona Local News Foundation$60,00015%
Arizona Technology Council Foundation$60,00012%
Phoenix Legal Action Network$60,000223%
Latino Pride Alliance$60,0006n/a
Harvest Power Community Development Group$60,00010%
Carleton College$57,23540%
1n10 Inc$56,00030%
Circle the City$55,00010%
Arizona Trail Association$55,00014%
Family Involvement Center Inc$55,00011%
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona$54,00010%
Education Forward Arizona$52,00013%
National Center for Youth Law$50,00010%
The Jewish Ensemble Theatre$50,0001n/a
Arizona Theatre Company$50,00020%
The Translational Genomics Research Institute Foundation$50,00010%
America Succeeds$50,00016%
El Rio Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Northbridge College Success Program$50,000114%
Vista College Preparatory Inc$50,00010%
Trellis$50,00011%
Swift Youth Foundation$50,00025%
Regenerating Sonora Inc$50,000129%
Arizona Science Teachers Association$50,00016%
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Inc$48,25027%
Valley Leadership Corporation$45,00022%
Vietnam Foundation$42,000216%
Stepping Stones Foundation Inc$41,00013%
Umom New Day Centers Inc$40,00010%
Oak Rose Fund$40,00015%
Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona Inc$40,00011%
Society for Bevel Intentions Inc$40,000222%
Arizona Latino Leaders in Education$40,0001n/a
St Joseph the Worker$35,00021%
Strada Collaborative Inc$35,0001n/a
Boys Hope Girls Hope$35,00020%
Hope House of Sedona$34,700150%
Yuma County Education Service Agency$32,5001n/a
County of Yavapai Cottonwood Oak Creek School District 6$31,5002n/a
Dsquared Homes for the Homeless$31,250211%
Phoenix Art Museum$30,00010%
Vitalyst Health Foundation$30,00010%
New Life Center$30,00011%
Foundation for Blind Children$30,00010%
Glf Global Leadership Foundation$30,00025%
Arizona Diamondbacks Foundationinc$25,0001n/a
Phoenix Childrens Chorus Inc$25,00012%
Family Healthcare Amigos$25,000121%
Borderlands Restoration Network$25,0001n/a
Tucson Children's Museum Inc Dba Children's Museum Tucson$25,00011%
Leadership Consortium$25,0001n/a
Childrens Museum of Yuma County Inc$25,0001n/a
Elaine$25,00015%
Campesinos Sin Fronteras$25,00010%
Community Health Center of Yavapai$25,0001n/a
Sounds Academy$25,00014%
Live the Solution Dba Earn to Learn$25,00011%
Close Up Foundation$25,00010%
Make Way For Books$25,00011%
American Journalism Project Inc$25,0001n/a
Integrative Touch$25,0001n/a
Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc$25,00010%
Cocopah Tribal Nation$25,0001n/a
Coconino Community College Foundation$25,00011%
Desert Botanical Garden Inc$25,00010%
Girl Scouts - Arizona Cactus-Pine Council Inc$25,00010%
National Kidney Foundation of Arizona$25,00011%
Children's Museum of Phoenix$25,00010%
Mulligans Manor$25,0001n/a
Society of St Vincent Depaul St Francis of Assisi Conference Yuma$22,50029%
Nexus Empowerment Foundation$22,387135%
Aspiring Youth Academy$22,00022%
Indigenous Impact Fund$20,00016%
Million Dollar Teacher Project$20,00023%
Love Your School$20,00015%
Expect More Arizona$20,00021%
Casa Center for Positive Social Change$20,0001n/a
The Hopi Foundation Lomasumi'Nangwtukwsiwmani$20,00021%
Catholic Charities Community Services Inc$20,00010%
Elevatemed Inc$20,00012%
Manzanita Outreach$18,80020%
Verde Valley Fire District$18,1552n/a
Western School of Science and Technology$18,00010%
Continental School District Educational Foundation$18,000129%
Low Income Student Aid Inc$17,500112%
Computer Science Teachers Association LLC$16,52011%
Verde Valley Imagination Library$16,50028%
Hopes Crossing$15,560223%
Sedona Community Food Bank$15,55021%
Legacy Connection$15,00027%
Arizona Women's Board$15,00012%
Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona$15,00010%
Pretty Precise Stepteam$15,0001n/a
Garment League Inc$15,0001n/a
Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc$15,00011%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$15,00010%
Prescott College Inc$15,00020%
Valleywise Health$15,0001n/a
Phoenix Collegiate Academy Inc$15,00010%
Flagstaff Family Food Center$15,00010%
Camp Verde Unified$15,0001n/a
Flagstaff Unified School District$14,0001n/a
Sisters of St Benedict of Maricopa County Az Inc$13,0001n/a
Verde Valley Sanctuary$13,00011%
Civitan Foundation Inc$12,50010%
World Affairs Council of Arizona Inc$12,50014%
Phoenix Indian Center Inc$12,33710%
High Country Lactation Care Inc$12,0001n/a
Sedona Chamber Music Society Inc$12,00023%
Chicanos Por la Causa Inc Cplc$11,00010%
Northern Arizona University$11,0001n/a
Washington Elementary School District$10,7931n/a
Mission Create$10,00010%
Bi-National Arts Institute$10,0001n/a
Willcox Community Food Pantry$10,0001n/a
Prescott Community Cupboard Food Bank Inc$10,00011%
Patsy Reeve Foundation Inc$10,00012%
West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Inc$10,00010%
Horizon Health and Wellness Inc$10,00010%
Project Roots Inc$10,00014%
Prescott Area Shelter Services Inc$10,0001n/a
Abide Maternity Home$10,0001n/a
Midwest Food Bank Nfp$10,00010%
MIKID-Mentally Ill Kids in Distress$10,00010%
Phoenix Performing Arts Center Inc$10,00010%
Senior Citizens of Patagonia Inc$10,00015%
Ayuda Smiles INC$10,00016%
Yuma Community Food Bank$10,00010%
Arizona Burn Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Charles Humphrey Keating IV Foundation$10,00010%
Flagstaff Shelter Services Inc$10,00010%
Friends of Public Radio Arizona$10,00010%
Prescott Unified School District$10,0001n/a
Friends of the Verde River$10,00011%
Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County Inc$10,00014%
Plumaje$10,0001n/a
Arizona's Children Association$10,00010%
Great Arizona Puppet Theater Inc$10,0001n/a
Higher Ground A Resource Center$10,00011%
Tynkertopia Inc$10,0001n/a
National Coalition of 100 Black Women - Phx Metro$10,0001n/a
Future Stars Inc$10,0001n/a
Patagonia Regional Times Inc$10,00017%
Museum of Northern Arizona Inc$10,0001n/a
Another Journey$10,000111%
LOOKOUT Publications$10,00012%
Arizona Recreation Center for the Handicapped$10,00010%
Tonatierra Community Development Institute$10,0001n/a
Project Rising Hope$10,00011%
Yuma Community Theater Inc$10,00018%
Verde Valley Senior Citizens Association$10,00012%
Ocj Kids$10,00011%
Hopivewat Inc$10,0001n/a
People Who Care$10,0001n/a
Sierra Vista Symphony Association$10,00015%
100 Black Men of Phoenix$10,000126%
Lions Camp Tatiyee Inc$10,00010%
Southwest Kids Cancer Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Shining Light Foundation$10,0001n/a
Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts Fou$9,6001n/a
Agape House of Prescott Inc$9,50011%
Verde Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc$9,00011%
Prescott YMCA of Yavapai County (0189)$8,69710%
Patagonia Museum$8,5001n/a
Copper Canyon Fire & Medical District$8,1551n/a
Community Food Bank Inc$8,00010%
Lowell Observatory$7,5001n/a
Arizona Business & Education Coalition$7,00011%
Yavapai College Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Verde Valley School$6,65010%
Odaiko Sonora Rhythm Industry$6,62515%
The North Star Foundation for Youth Advancement$6,5001n/a
Verde Valley Cyclists Coalition$6,50015%
Friends of Beaver Creek Library Inc$6,3001n/a
Az Milkweeds for Monarchs$6,0001n/a
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center$6,00013%
Patagonia Regional Aquatics Center$6,00016%
Stiir Inc$6,0001n/a
Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics$6,0001n/a
H10 Ministries$6,00012%
Deltas of Southern Arizona Inc$5,7501n/a
Yavapai Casa for Kids Foundation$5,50010%
Arizona Classical Ballet Performing Company- Yuma$5,5001n/a
Icna Relief USA Programs Inc$5,00010%
Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Burton Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 18 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSociety for Science & the Public: $2,403,750 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $2,366,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $1,574,146 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $1,496,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLocal First Arizona Foundation: $1,285,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetThe Welcome to America Project: $1,193,660 over 6y, 67% of budgetValleywise Health Foundation: $1,126,000 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $1,115,956 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetStep Student Expedition Program Inc: $1,091,721 over 8y, 22% of budgetSandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy: $952,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetCamp Catanese Foundation: $948,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetYouth World Education Project Inc: $875,000 over 6y, 100% of budgetCreighton University: $805,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBarrow Neurological Foundation: $750,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc: $722,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetCenter for the Future of Arizona: $654,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetRead Better Be Better: $625,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetArizona Western College Foundation: $615,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetYear Up Inc: $613,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAchievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc: $505,500 over 7y, 31% of budgetAct One: $501,000 over 6y, 28% of budgetYMCA of Southern Arizona: $500,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetArizona Science Center: $458,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBe a Leader Foundation: $455,713 over 8y, 13% of budgetPortable Practical Educational Preparation Inc: $425,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Launch Pad Teen Center: $398,500 over 4y, 15% of budgetNew Pathways For Youth: $385,760 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetPicor Charitable Foundation: $380,734 over 8y, 48% of budgetHa P I: $375,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetVela Education Fund: $360,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFresh Start Women's Foundation: $350,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetPhoenix Public Library Foundation: $344,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetAz Impact for Good: $316,356 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetDiocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix: $307,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMaricopa County Community College District Foundation: $304,870 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSupport My Club: $303,657 over 6y, 22% of budgetArizona Community Action Association: $300,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $300,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetAccel: $275,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetA for Arizona: $270,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLeague for Innovation in The: $255,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetValley of the Sun United Way: $250,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEmpower College Prep: $230,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCommon Sense Institute: $225,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $214,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Arizona Shelter Services Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetChallenge Foundation Arizona Inc: $195,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetNew Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Arizona Community FoundationAZ168× affinity188 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Thunderbirds Charities · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · John F Long Foundation Inc · Margaret T Morris Foundation · Valley of the Sun United Way · Fiesta Events Inc · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Burton Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Burton Family 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.

About Burton Family Foundation

How much does Burton Family Foundation give?
Burton Family Foundation reported 148 itemized grants totaling $10,453,352, out of $10,701,066 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 105 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Burton Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Youth Development (8%), Science & Tech (7%).
Who are Burton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Society for Science & the Public ($2.4M), Teach for America Inc ($2.4M), Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($1.6M).
Does Burton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Burton Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust, Thunderbirds Charities.
Where is Burton Family Foundation based?
Burton Family Foundation is based in AZ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 284 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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