· Private foundation
Burton Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of Burton Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Because We Care Philanthropy Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k2 grants · $46k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $310k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BECAUSE WE CARE PHILANTHROPY INC | $200,000 |
| OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY INC | $110,000 |
| HOPE REINS | $36,000 |
| HOMELESS ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–23, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
88 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 87 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ABALFRED B MACLAY JR DAY SCHOOL4× · 2019–2023 · $419k · revenue +45%
- CECHRISTENDOM EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION7× · 2017–2023 · $130k · revenue +90%
HOPE REINS6× · 2019–2024 · $121k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- CNCATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATone grant, 2023 · $30k
- GTGIVE TO RESEARCHgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +31%
- BKBISHOP KELLEY HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2023 · $25k
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 sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
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.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
The mission of tall timbers research,inc. is to foster exemplary land stewardship through research, conservation and education.our primary research focus is the ecology of fire and natural resource management including bobwhite quail and…
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Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.
Suncoast hospice's mission is to be the center to improve life for those touched by advanced illness, death, dying, grief, bereavement and other end-of-life issues.
Wetlands america trust, inc. is a nonprofit organization formed in 1985 to expand ducks unlimited, inc's mission to provide leadership in the protection of the natural balance of wetlands ecosystems ensuring the future viability of…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
How this is measured
79 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. 79 of the 130 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 BECAUSE WE CARE PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF OKLAHOMA ↗
- Who funds ALFRED B MACLAY JR DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CHRISTENDOM EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds HOPE REINS ↗
- Who funds Oklahoma Christian University ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds The Becket Fund ↗
- Who funds THOMAS MORE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION AT SAINT FRANCIS ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds Boys Republic ↗
- Who funds TEXAS BIGHORN SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Birthright of Tulsa ↗
- Who funds Big Bend Hospice Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC ↗
- Who funds CARDINAL MINDSZENTY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF TULSA INC ↗
- Who funds GIVE TO RESEARCH ↗
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: Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · American Fidelity Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Pga Tour Inc · The Michael Cascone Jr & Elizabeth Belyea Cascone Family Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Csx Foundation Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Burton Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burton Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Operation New Uniform Inc: 100% of income from government
- North Florida Land Trust Inc: 81% of income from government
- Hubbard House Inc: 42% of income from government
- Im Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Inc: 23% of income from government
- Team River Runner Incorporated: 19% of income from government
- Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I: 1% of income from government
- Clara White Mission Inc: 1% of income from government
- Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
- Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Inc: 0% of income from government
- Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
- Oklahoma Christian University: 0% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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