· Private foundation
Jerry L and Barbara J Burris Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 $10k6 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE OAKS ACADEMY | $60,348 |
| BUTLER UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
| CHRIST CENTRAL | $8,000 |
| THE CHILDRENS' MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS | $8,000 |
| NEWFIELDS SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS | $5,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $3,000 |
| MADISON AREA YMCA | $3,000 |
| BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES | $3,000 |
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, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% 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 +42% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 19 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, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TOThe Oaks Academy Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $492k · revenue +114%
- TCThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +96%
- BUButler University4× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- DLDAVID LAWRENCE FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH INCone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -40%
- FOFellowship of Christian Athletes of SCone grant, 2017 · $8k
- NJNatl Jr Tennis & Learning of Indianapolisone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
The international tennis hall of fame (ithf) is a non-profit organization that preserves the history of tennis and celebrates to inspire excellence across generations globally. founded in 1954 in newport, ri, the ithf honors tennis'…
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
Benefit, perform, and carry out the charitable, educational, and other exempt purposes of indiana university health ball memorial hospital, inc. ("iu health ball memorial hospital") and related organizations, and to support activities…
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
How this is measured
26 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. 26 of the 37 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 Oaks Academy Inc ↗
- Who funds The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc ↗
- Who funds Newfields Inc ↗
- Who funds Butler University ↗
- Who funds THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc ↗
- Who funds DAVID LAWRENCE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MADISON NJ ↗
- Who funds BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC ↗
- Who funds DAVID LAWRENCE FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH INC ↗
- Who funds Oliver Gospel Mission ↗
- Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds Naples Music Club Inc ↗
- Who funds Lighthouse for Life ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds National Junior Tennis & Learning of Indianapolis Inc ↗
- Who funds MONTCLAIR FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds INDIANAPOLIS TENNIS AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds YMCA of Montclair NEW JERSEY ↗
- Who funds VALERIE'S HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds SMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds CARMEL DADS CLUB INC ↗
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: Myrta J Pulliam Charitable Trust co Holly Pantzer · The Ackerman Foundation · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jerry L and Barbara J Burris Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerry L and Barbara J Burris Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
- David Lawrence Mental Health Center Inc: 1% of income from government
- Young Men's Christian Association of Madison Nj: 1% of income from government
- Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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