California · Private foundation
Norman & Marcia Burnam Family 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.
- $46k
- Granted FY2020
- 9
- Grants FY2020
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco The Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $46k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Total assets, FY2020
- $675k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 11% of the organizations Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 9 | $46k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $28k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $94k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crowden Music Center | $432,132 | 7 | 3% |
| Jewish Learningworks | $105,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Mitchell College | $37,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Santa Catalina School | $8,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Music Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Bay Aquatics | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Lowen Soccer Club | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crowden Music Center | $432,132 | 7 | 3% |
| Jewish Learningworks | $105,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Mitchell College | $37,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Santa Catalina School | $8,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Music Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Bay Aquatics | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Lowen Soccer Club | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| San Francisco Free Clinic | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Treepeople Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sterne School | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Golden Gate Boys Choir | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Symphony | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($46k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The San Francisco Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation
- How much does Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation give?
- Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $45,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (62%), Education (17%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Crowden Music Center ($432k), Jewish Learningworks ($105k), Mitchell College ($37k).
- Does Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, The San Francisco Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation based?
- Norman & Marcia Burnam Family Foundation is based in CA.
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