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Karen Anne Bollwerk Burke and William a Burke Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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Karen Anne Bollwerk Burke and William a Burke Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$99k
Granted FY2018
20
Grants FY2018
4
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Health$31kYouth Development$31kPhilanthropy$30kEducation$22kInternational$20kHuman Services$16kArts & Culture$6kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0
02FY2018 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k15 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $73k
$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$699k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN MAINE$18,427
MAINE MEDICAL CENTER$15,000
PREBLE STREET RESOURCE CENTER$15,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER PORTLAND$15,000
ONEVILLAGE PARTNERS$10,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MAINE$5,000
SPIRIT SERIES INC$5,000
WAYNEFLETE SCHOOL$3,000
OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP$2,500
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,500
GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$1,500
ILLUSTRATION INSTITUTE$1,000
WORLD OF CHANGE$1,000
THE OPPORTUNITY ALLIANCE$1,000
TELLING ROOM$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN MAINE: $1k → 7%THE OPPORTUNITY ALLIANCE: $1k → 7%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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$132k · 8 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
2

Total granted

$132k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+107%

Still filing today

88%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Arts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • M
    MaineHealth
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +239%
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine
    2× · 2017–2018 · $28k · revenue +341%
  • OP
    ONEVILLAGE PARTNERS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • PC
    Portland Community Squashgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +107%
  • JF
    Jobs for Maine's Graduates Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +107%
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
Maine Media College

Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…

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2
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

Secure a sustainable future for fisheries and fishing communities in Eastern Maine and beyond.

Science & Tech
3
Maine & Company

Maine & Company is a private, non-profit business development sales organization. Its purpose is to improve Maine's success in attracting new business and expanding and retaining existing business by providing a focused, statewide sales…

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4
Western Maine Health Care Corp

Ensured a high quality, accessible, affordable and appropriate integrated health care system to improve the health and well being of the community.

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5
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
6
Maine Maritime Museum

To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.

Arts & Culture
7
Midcoast Conservancy

The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.

Environment
8
Maine Philanthropy Center

The Maine Philanthropy Center (MPC) is the state's leading resource that provides opportunity, leadership and support to advance the effectiveness of philanthropy in Maine and its ability to make a meaningful difference. It helps grant…

Education
9
Maine Behavioral Healthcare

Maine Behavioral Healthcare provides a seamless and compassionate continuum of care through a community of providers collaborating to promote recovery and the overall mental and physical well-being of those we are privileged to serve.

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10
Penobscot Bay Medical Center

Penobscot Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is an acute care hospital that offers inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, patient and community education, and a full range of specialty services through…

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11
Maine Climate Action Now

MCAN catalyzes transformative education and action in response to the climate crisis. We seek to honor, unite and amplify the voices of youth, frontline communities, and others historically excluded from the climate conversation and…

Environment
12
Southern Maine Health Care

Southern Maine Health Care exists to improve the health and health care of the communities we serve.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine; the most unlike its peers is Illustration Institute. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MaineHealth: $30,000 · HealthMaineHealth+1 more: $1,000 · HealthUnited Way Inc: $30,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way IncBoys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine: $28,427 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Clubs o…The Telling Room: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentPREBLE STREET RESOURCE CENTER: $15,000 · OtherPREBLE STREET RESO…OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP: $2,500 · OtherOLYMPIA SNOWE WOME…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERV…AMHERST COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND: $1,000 · OtherWorld of Change: $1,000 · OtherPortland Community Squash: $2,500 · OtherPortland Community…The Opportunity Alliance: $1,000 · OtherHospice of Southern Maine: $1,000 · OtherGULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,500 · OtherGULF OF MAINE RESE…+2 more: $750 · OtherONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $20,000 · InternationalONEVILLAGE PAR…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MAINE INC: $1,500 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVE…SPIRIT SERIES INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSPIRIT SERIES …CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE OF MAINE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUS…ILLUSTRATION INSTITUTE: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWAYNFLETE SCHOOL: $6,000 · Education
Health$31,000Philanthropy$30,000Youth Development$29,427Other$27,750International$21,500Arts & Culture$21,000Education$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMaineHealth: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine: $28,427 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSPIRIT SERIES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetWAYNFLETE SCHOOL: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE OF MAINE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPortland Community Squash: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MAINE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetILLUSTRATION INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOUTDOOR SPORT INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Southern Maine: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld of Change: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Telling Room: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJobs for Maine's Graduates 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.

Maine Community Found…Davis Family Foundati…Sam L Cohen FoundationVincent B and Barbara…Edward H Daveis Benev…Virginia Hodgkins Som…Fisher Charitable Fou…Saco & Biddeford Savi…Td Charitable Foundat…The Sherman Family Fo…Phineas W Sprague Mem…The Mimi Foundation
Maine Community Foundation IncME30.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Davis Family Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Vincent B and Barbara G Welch Supporting Organization · Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund · Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · The Sherman Family Foundation · Phineas W Sprague Memorial Foundation · The Mimi 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Karen Anne Bollwerk Burke and William a Burke Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karen Anne Bollwerk Burke and William a Burke Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Karen Anne Bollwerk Burke and William a Burke Family Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 22 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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