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Harry & Fay Burka Foundation Inc at a glance

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Harry & Fay Burka Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$46k
Granted FY2023
11
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

96% of Harry & Fay Burka Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Harry & Fay Burka Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $46k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

8
’20
19
’21
17
’22
11
’23
7
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$816kReligion$85kArts & Culture$83kHealth$12kCivil Rights$11kAnimals$7kEmployment$5kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2023 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADAS ISRAEL CONGREGATION$15,189
ART MUSIC SOCIETY$8,000
THE PEOPLE FOR AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION$6,000
GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY$6,000
WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY$2,500
ATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$2,500
TEMPLE SHIR TIKVAH$1,874
AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTRUAL FOUNDATION$1,500
THE ANCHOR FUND$1,000
HUMAN RESCUE ALLIANCE$1,000
THE DISTRICT CUP FOUNDATION$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GOOD NEIGHBOR SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $500 → 23%THE ANCHOR FUND: $3k → 14%THE ANCHOR FUND: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
VA
MD
SC
DC
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$200k · 19 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
16

Total granted

$200k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+43%

Still filing today

84%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthCivil RightsAnimalsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TG
    THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue +215%
  • AM
    ART MUSIC SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $16k · revenue +210% · 79% of their budget
  • AM
    Active Minds Inc
    3× · 2021–2024 · $10k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • SA
    SAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +90%
  • CP
    Columbia Pike Partnership Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +3%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +100%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
District of Columbia Arts Center

The District of Columbia Arts Center serves the Washington DC area by presenting high caliber and challenging works. It encourages professionalism among artists by providing a forum for educational and cultural exchange. DCAC was founded…

Arts & Culture
2
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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3
Dc Policy Center

The mission of the d.c. policy center is to arm decision makers with fact-based, unbiased, and reliable research and analyses to help create a vibrant local economy that can maximize opportunities for residents, workers, and businesses in…

Public Benefit
4
Act for Alexandria

Amplify the work of our community by bringing people and resources together.

Community Improvement
5
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
6
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
7
Washington Project for the Arts Inc

Washington project for the arts, inc. (wpa) supports artist-driven projects, advocacy, and dialogue so that artists can live, work, and flourish.

Arts & Culture
8
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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9
Humanities Council of Washington Dc

To enrich the quality of life, foster intellectual stimulation, and promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation of local history and culture in all neighborhoods of the district through humanities programs and grants.

Philanthropy
10
Capitol Hill Day School

Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…

Education
11
The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc

To improve the quality of life for all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families through supports and advocacy.

Human Services
12
District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc

District alliance for safe housing, inc. (dash) is an innovator in providing access to safe housing and services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their families as they rebuild their lives on their own terms.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Washington Performing Arts Society; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $815,869 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND+1 more: $2,500 · Community ImprovementADAS ISRAEL HEBREW CONGREGATION: $75,334 · OtherADAS ISRAEL…TEMPLE SHIRTIKVAH INC OF WINCHESTER: $9,025 · OtherTEMPLE SHIR…+18 more: $22,000 · Other+18 moreTHE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GRIFF…ART MUSIC SOCIETY INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureART MUSIC…AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICA-I…WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTO…Alexandria Seaport Foundation: $3,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $6,500 · Arts & Culture+4 moreActive Minds Inc: $9,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 · HealthTHE JED FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Civil RightsINTERFAITH ACTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $4,300 · Civil RightsWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE ANCHOR FUND: $4,000 · Human ServicesGood Neighbor Settlement House Inc: $500 · Human Services
Community Improvement$818,369Other$106,359Arts & Culture$86,500Health$11,500Civil Rights$10,300Animals$6,000Human Services$4,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $815,869 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC: $50,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetART MUSIC SOCIETY INC: $16,000 over 2y, 79% of budgetActive Minds Inc: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH ACTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $4,300 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE ANCHOR FUND: $4,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlexandria Seaport Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColumbia Pike Partnership Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDENS COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGOOD PROJECTS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship Place: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMAGINATION STAGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSITAR ARTS CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL UNION MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DISTRICT CUP FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGood Neighbor Settlement House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…England Family Founda…Philip L Graham Fund …Clark-Winchcole Found…Dallas Morse Coors Fo…Howard and Geraldine …The Robert P and Arle…The Morningstar Phila…Dimick Foundation Joh…United Way of the Nat…Morgan Stanley Global…
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · England Family Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts · Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation · The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · United Way of the National Capital Area · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Harry & Fay Burka Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry & Fay Burka Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Imagination Stage Inc: 13% of income from government
  • The Griffin Museum of Photography Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 40 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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