· Private foundation
Charles R Burke Jr 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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $169k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SECOND HARVEST | $26,000 |
| ALLEGHENY RIVERTRAIL PARK | $25,000 |
| FRED ROGERS PRODUCTIONS | $25,000 |
| KENYON COLLEGE | $20,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC | $17,500 |
| QUANTUM THEATRE INC | $15,000 |
| PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SWPA | $10,000 |
| PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| KAMIN SCIENCE CENTER | $5,000 |
| MENTOR | $5,000 |
| CENTER OF LIFE MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| LAURI ANN WEST COMMUNITY CENTER | $3,500 |
| KIDSVOICE | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% 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 +41% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 1 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- QTQUANTUM THEATRE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $223k · revenue +103%
- TPTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $171k · revenue +37%
- ARAspinwall Riverfront Park Inc7× · 2017–2025 · $145k · revenue +136%
Funded once
- M(MENTOR (NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC)one grant, 2022 · $10k
- FCFox Chapel Area Land Trustone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -96%
- CSCASA SAN JOSEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue ×19
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.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…
To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)
See schedule o for the description of pittsburgh ballet theatre inc.'s primary mission.the ballet is pittsburgh's source and ambassador for extraordinary ballet experiences that give life to the classical tradition, nurture new ideas and,…
To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
To create a transformative educational experience for students focused on deep disciplinary knowledge; problem solving; leadership, communication and interpersonal skills; and personal health and well-being. to cultivate a transformative…
The mission of pittsburgh arts & lectures is to connect celebrated authors with the community, elevate civic discourse, and inspire creativity and a passion for the literary arts. our commitment to knowledge, learning, integrity, and…
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.
How this is measured
66 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. 66 of the 92 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 THE FRED ROGERS COMPANY ↗
- Who funds QUANTUM THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds THE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Aspinwall Riverfront Park Inc ↗
- Who funds THE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA ↗
- Who funds KENYON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds Second Harvest ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds RADIANT HALL STUDIOS ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds KIDSVOICE ↗
- Who funds FAME ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
- Who funds THE LINSLY SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Fox Chapel Area Land Trust ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds The Pittsburgh Project ↗
- Who funds PACE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BIKE PITTSBURGH INC ↗
- Who funds CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds CASA SAN JOSE ↗
- Who funds CLEMENTE COLLECTION AT ENGINE HOUSE 25 ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESOURCES ↗
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 Burke Family Foundation · The Burke Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · The Buhl Foundation · Eqt Foundation · The Fine Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Charles R Burke Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles R Burke Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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