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James and Deborah Burrows Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
56
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 71
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$14M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations James and Deborah Burrows Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2024still arriving50$959k16%
FY202356$942k23%
FY202238$600k18%
FY202169$1.1M35%
FY202071$902k54%
FY201942$399k36%
FY201837$393k49%
FY201735$371kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.6MHuman Services$826kEducation$717kSocial Science$500kReligion$458kInternational$419kArts & Culture$341kAnimals$312kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of James and Deborah Burrows Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Motion Picture and Television Fund$700,00070%
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation$175,00070%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$150,00050%
Border Horse Slaughter Rescue$145,000425%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$100,75020%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$100,00040%
Danny & Rons Rescue$88,50061%
Directors Guild Foundation$88,50085%
World Central Kitchen Inc$85,00030%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$83,13060%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$80,00030%
National Council of Young Israel$79,7298n/a
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund$72,50070%
Project Angel Food$66,00030%
Healing California$65,00041%
Our House Grief Support Center$57,00060%
At the Well Project Inc$50,00051%
Yale University$50,0004n/a
African Parks Foundation of America$50,00010%
Mindful Schools$45,00041%
Yale University$45,0002n/a
Kevin Babington Foundation$40,0003n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$35,00050%
The Discovery Land Company Foundation$35,00025%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$35,00020%
The Rape Foundation$32,00040%
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue$31,0004n/a
Virunga Fund Inc$30,00011%
El Dorado Foundation$30,000243%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$26,85050%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$25,00010%
Lphsa Inc$25,00011%
Food Bank for New York City$25,00010%
McCarter Theatre Company$25,00010%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$21,00030%
The Salvation Army$20,2503n/a
AIDS Project Los Angeles$20,0002n/a
Exalt Youth$20,00011%
Troops First Foundation Incorporated$20,00031%
Yale University$20,0002n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$20,00020%
West Side Montessori School$20,00020%
New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children$16,00041%
Angels at Risk$15,00034%
Museum Associates$15,00060%
Save The Children Federation Inc$14,00030%
United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc$11,00010%
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles$10,00010%
Duke University$10,00010%
JustWorld International Inc$10,00011%
Sharewell$10,00010%
Young Eisner Scholars$10,00011%
Hollyrod Foundation$10,00011%
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc$10,00010%
Gpl Polo Club Inc$10,00012%
Moishe House$10,00010%
Horses in the Hood$9,600224%
Theater Breaking Through Barriers Corp$9,00041%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$7,75050%
American Cancer Society Inc$7,50030%
Lake Armington Association Inc$7,5002n/a
National Parkinson Foundation Inc$6,2505n/a
Hudson Guildinc$6,00040%
Teen Adolescent Placement Services$5,00013%
Als United Greater New York Inc$5,00020%
Foundation for Smfm$5,00010%
Glsen Inc$5,00010%
Oaktown Jazz Workshops$5,00012%
Yamba Malawi Inc$5,00010%
Los Angeles Leadership Academy$5,00010%
The Midnight Mission$4,50030%
Alliance for Children's Rights$4,00040%
Everybody Dance La$4,00020%
The Art Institute of Chicago$3,25080%
West Coast Jewish Theatre$3,00041%
The Actors' Fund of America$3,00030%
Road Dogs & Rescue$2,50010%
Theatre West Inc$2,50011%
Oceana Inc$2,50010%
Wespark Inc$2,00020%
International Myeloma Foundation$2,00020%
American Museum of Natural History$1,90060%
American Brain Tumor Association$1,50030%
La Goal$1,50020%
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles$1,28050%
Woods Humane Society Inc$1,00010%
Northern Stage Company$1,00010%
The Heart Foundation$1,00010%
Livekind Inc$1,0001n/a
Lake Placid Land Conservancy$1,00011%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$1,00020%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$75020%
Los Angeles Mission Inc$7502n/a
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego$60040%
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$54570%
Lake Placid Olympic Museum$50011%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$50020%
Adirondack Architectural Heritage Inc$50020%
Newtown Scholarship Association Inc$50010%
Center for the Study of Young People in Groups$50010%
Union Rescue Mission$45120%
Beverly Hills Police Officers Assn Inc$25010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$25010%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$2501n/a
American Institute for Cancer Research$25010%
Parkinson Research Foundation Inc$25010%
Children of the Night$25010%
Autism Speaks Inc$25010%
Hope the Mission$25010%
Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

James and Deborah Burrows Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 98 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMotion Picture and Television Fund: $700,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetElizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation: $175,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBorder Horse Slaughter Rescue: $145,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $100,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDanny & Rons Rescue: $88,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetDirectors Guild Foundation: $88,500 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $83,130 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Coalition Fund: $72,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetProject Angel Food: $66,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHealing California: $65,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetOur House Grief Support Center: $57,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAt the Well Project Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAfrican Parks Foundation of America: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMindful Schools: $45,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Discovery Land Company Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rape Foundation: $32,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVirunga Fund Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEl Dorado Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $26,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLphsa Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMcCarter Theatre Company: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Brain Tumor Society Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetExalt Youth: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTroops First Foundation Incorporated: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Montessori School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York STEM Cell Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWater Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children: $16,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetAngels at Risk: $15,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetMuseum Associates: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDuke University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJustWorld International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSharewell: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYoung Eisner Scholars: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHollyrod Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGpl Polo Club Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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 98.

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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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA23.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Apatow-Mann Family Foundation Inc · The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation · The David Geffen Foundation · Johnny Carson Foundation · Adirondack Foundation · The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Annenberg Foundation · Sidney Kohl Family Foundation

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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About James and Deborah Burrows Foundation

How much does James and Deborah Burrows Foundation give?
James and Deborah Burrows Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $1,034,275 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 71 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does James and Deborah Burrows Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (25%), Human Services (13%), Education (11%).
Who are James and Deborah Burrows Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Motion Picture and Television Fund ($700k), Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation ($175k), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($150k).
Does James and Deborah Burrows Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James and Deborah Burrows Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as James and Deborah Burrows Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation.
Where is James and Deborah Burrows Foundation based?
James and Deborah Burrows Foundation is based in CA.

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 163 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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