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Reid Burns 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.

$167k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$257kEnvironment$103kInternational$94kHealth$27kEducation$23kArts & Culture$5kReligion$4kHuman Services$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $117k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL$15,000
GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION$10,000
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$7,000
GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC$6,500
PANTHERA CORPORATION$6,000
THE MALALA FUND$6,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC$6,000
GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC$5,400
SEA TURTLE INC$5,000
NATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC$5,000
MGVP INC$5,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL$4,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$4,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE GENESIS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN INC: $5k → 16%INNOVATION REEF & WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY INC: $5k → 7%ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI: $3k → 8%MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $3k → 8%THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA: $3k → 10%PANTHERA CORPORATION: $9k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $15k → 10%SEA TURTLE INC: $5k → 23%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $6k → 14%NATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 13%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4k → 7%CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $6k → 9%PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $4k → 19%ORANG UTAN REPUBLIK FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 14%PANTHERA CORPORATION: $6k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $12k → 10%SEA TURTLE INC: $4k → 23%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5k → 14%ORANG UTAN REPUBLIK FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 14%PANTHERA CORPORATION: $5k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $8k → 10%SEA TURTLE INC: $4k → 23%HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL: $4k → 14%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $6k → 10%ORANG UTAN REPUBLIK FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 14%PANTHERA CORPORATION: $4k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $4k → 10%LEXICON OF SUSTAINABILITY INC: $5k → 8%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $5k → 10%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $4k → 10%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $4k → 10%SPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $4k → 17%SAVE THE RHINO INTERNATIONAL INC: $5k → 17%AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $11k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $7k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $7k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 14%FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $5k → 14%GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 14%THE MALALA FUND: $6k → 14%THE MALALA FUND: $5k → 14%FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $5k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE: $4k → 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

WA
NY
MA
OR
IA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
DC
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Reid Burns Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Reid Burns Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 20% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$468k · 28 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
9

Total granted

$468k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
-13%

Still filing today

93%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsInternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WC
    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $44k · revenue +86%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $37k · revenue +47%
  • WC
    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $32k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • LO
    LEXICON OF SUSTAINABILITY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -74%
  • FO
    Friends of Hoja Nueva
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -24%
  • IG
    INTERNATIONAL GALAPAGOS TOUR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
3
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
6
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
7
International Primate Protection League

Protecting the world's remaining primates by monitoring and exposing illegal trade, supporting a worldwide network of overseas sanctuaries and ngo's, publicising the plight of abused primates, and operating a sanctuary for resued gibbons.

Animals
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
Gorilla Rehabilitation Conservation Education (Grace) Center Inc

Grace gorillas is an international ngo working hard to provide excellent care and rewild rescued grauers gorillas while working alongside congolese communities to promote the conservation of wild gorillas and their habitat.

Animals
10
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
11
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
12
Giraffe Conservation Foundation Usa

The giraffe conservation foundation usa (gcf-usa) is dedicated to a sustainable future for all giraffe in africa by providing support to organizations working to conserve giraffe and their habitat. gcf-usa selects partners that are…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlife Conservation Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Malala Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 44 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
19/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $32,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INCPANTHERA CORPORATION: $28,500 · AnimalsPANTHERA CORPORATIONMGVP INC Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project: $23,000 · AnimalsMGVP INC Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Projec…ORANG UTAN REPUBLIK FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · AnimalsORANG UTAN REPUBLIK FOUNDATION INCAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INCDefenders of Wildlife: $12,000 · AnimalsDefenders of WildlifeSAVE THE RHINO INTERNATIONAL INC: $12,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE RHINO INTERNATIONAL INCHumane World for Animals International: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $9,500 · AnimalsCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $9,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $8,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $8,000 · Animals+7 more: $16,300 · Animals+7 moreGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $70,200 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUN…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUN…+3 more: $5,000 · International+3 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $37,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS …THE GENESIS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $13,000 · OtherTHE GENESIS FOUND…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant …MERCY CORPS: $6,000 · OtherMERCY CORPSLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF OAKLAND: $4,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4,000 · OtherALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI: $3,000 · Other+2 more: $3,200 · OtherWILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $43,500 · EnvironmentWILDLIFE CONSERV…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $19,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE F…INNOVATION REEF & WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY: $8,500 · EnvironmentINNOVATION REEF …Friends of Hoja Nueva: $3,000 · EnvironmentFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $15,500 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $8,500 · PhilanthropyTHE MALALA FUND: $23,000 · EducationSEA TURTLE INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureLEXICON OF SUSTAINABILITY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · HealthNAMI National: $2,000 · Health
Animals$199,300International$80,200Other$80,200Environment$74,000Philanthropy$24,000Education$23,000Arts & Culture$23,000Health$11,000

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 budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $70,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $43,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $32,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION: $28,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMGVP INC Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project: $23,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetORANG UTAN REPUBLIK FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetSEA TURTLE INC: $18,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $15,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GENESIS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $13,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE RHINO INTERNATIONAL INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINNOVATION REEF & WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY: $8,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEXICON OF SUSTAINABILITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFieldHaven Feline Center: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Hoja Nueva: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL GALAPAGOS TOUR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNAMI National: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaggin Trails Rescue Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWHITE WOLF SANCTUARY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

PC Fund for Animals C…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
PC Fund for Animals Charitable TrWY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Reid Burns Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Reid Burns Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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