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Rodney and Barbara Burwell 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.

$514k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$375,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 30
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$9.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving30$514k17%
FY202430$480k23%
FY202328$576k14%
FY202226$120k27%
FY202129$515k48%
FY202017$636kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$2.1MArts & Culture$352kHuman Services$117kEnvironment$89kReligion$71kHealth$35kAnimals$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
WY
SD
CA
CO
MD
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Denver$2,050,00050%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$100,00040%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$80,00060%
Minnesota Orchestral Association$65,87560%
Wayzata Community Church$44,5006n/a
Macphail Center for Music$34,50050%
Breck School$30,00060%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$25,85060%
Christ Presbyterian Church$19,0005n/a
Vocalessence$18,50050%
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All grantees of Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Denver$2,050,00050%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$100,00040%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$80,00060%
Minnesota Orchestral Association$65,87560%
Wayzata Community Church$44,5006n/a
Macphail Center for Music$34,50050%
Breck School$30,00060%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$25,85060%
Christ Presbyterian Church$19,0005n/a
Vocalessence$18,50050%
Children's Theatre Company and School$17,50060%
Proof Alliance$17,50060%
University of St Thomas$15,90040%
Can Do Canines$15,00050%
St Olaf College$15,00060%
Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts Dba Lundstrum Performing Arts$14,50040%
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation$12,50010%
Minnesota Historical Society$12,50050%
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$10,80060%
Liberia Medical Relief Inc$10,00015%
The Aopa Foundation Inc$8,00020%
Recreational Aviation Foundation$5,00011%
Friends of Education$5,00011%
The American Swedish Institute$4,50040%
Minnesota Military Family Foundation$4,00020%
CaringBridge$3,50020%
Long Lake Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association$3,00021%
Hope Academy Inc$3,00030%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$3,00020%
University of Minnesota Foundation$2,50010%
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America$2,45020%
The Minnesota Opera$2,00010%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$1,20010%
Grand Teton Music Festival Inc$1,00010%
Allina Health Foundation$1,00010%
Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
Global Minnesota$1,00010%
Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners$1,00010%
Heart of Dance$50010%
Sing for America Foundation$50010%
The Museum of Russian Art$50010%
Special Olympics Minnesota Inc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($179k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Denver: $2,050,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of the North: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Orchestral Association: $65,875 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMacphail Center for Music: $34,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBreck School: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMinneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts: $25,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVocalessence: $18,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetProof Alliance: $17,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $15,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCan Do Canines: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Olaf College: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLundstrum Center for the Performing Arts Dba Lundstrum Performing Arts: $14,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAbbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Historical Society: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $10,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLiberia Medical Relief Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetThe Aopa Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRecreational Aviation Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of Education: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe American Swedish Institute: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Military Family Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCaringBridge: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLong Lake Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association: $3,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHope Academy Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGuthrie Theater Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National Society of the Colonial Dames of America: $2,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Minnesota Opera: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Zoo Foundation: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Teton Music Festival Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAllina Health Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Minnesota: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Outreach and Community Partners: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeart of Dance: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSing for America Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Museum of Russian Art: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN23× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Hognander Foundation · Stanley M & Luella G Goldberg Family Foundation · Sit Investment Associates Foundation · Longview Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn · Wmn 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.

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About Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation

How much does Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation give?
Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $513,825 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (75%), Arts & Culture (12%), Human Services (4%).
Who are Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Denver ($2.0M), Young Mens Christian Association of the North ($100k), Ducks Unlimited Inc ($80k).
Does Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rodney and Barbara Burwell 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 Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Margaret a Cargill Foundation.
Where is Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation based?
Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation is based in MN.

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 54 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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