· Private foundation
Robert R & Cooper L Burchenal 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BBCTU | $4,000 |
| BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE | $4,000 |
| MONTANA STOCKGROWERS FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 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, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CHCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER3× · 2020–2022 · $23k · revenue +36%
- BCBLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC2× · 2021–2025 · $9k · revenue +105%
- MSMONTANA STOCKGROWERS FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +185%
Funded once
- CCCINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $482k · revenue +237%
- WCWATSON CHILDRENS SHELTER INCone grant, 2020 · $20k
- PCPOVERELLO CENTER INCone grant, 2020 · $20k
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.
Colorado state university foundation receives, manages and invests gifts in support of csu.
Provide financial support for all types of education and research within the college of sciences at north carolina state university.
Promote private giving and help the university move into the forefront of public higher education.
The unc health foundation, inc. secures financial resources for the unc school of medicine and unc health to support the highest quality clinical care, life-changing research and innovative education.
To support research, technology transfer, and related activities at and for the benefit of clemson university. to generate research funding opportunities for clemson university to support research initiatives that advance university…
The mission of the california state university foundation is to enhance the educational excellence of the california state university in teaching, learning, community service, and applied research.
To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.
To provide financial support for all types of education and research in the field of veterinary medicine at north carolina state university.
The foundation of unc charlotte receives contributions to promote and develop the academic and educational purpose of unc charlotte by providing support for operations, educational programs, and scholarships for the university and its…
University of virginia medical school foundation encourages and fosters the involvement of medical alumni in the life of their alma mater as ambassadors, advocates, advisors, benefactors and educational partners. the constituents of the…
The university of colorado foundation is the portal for philanthropic giving to the university of colorado and is responsible for receiving, managing, and investing the endowments and other gift funds the foundation holds for the benefit…
The cdu foundation was created to support the mission of cdu to carry out its charitable purposes.
How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 20 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 CINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds MONTANA STOCKGROWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue 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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert R & Cooper L Burchenal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert R & Cooper L Burchenal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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