Minnesota · Private foundation
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
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 30 | $514k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $480k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $576k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $120k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $515k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $636k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Denver | $2,050,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the North | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | $65,875 | 6 | 0% |
| Wayzata Community Church | $44,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Macphail Center for Music | $34,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Breck School | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts | $25,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Christ Presbyterian Church | $19,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Vocalessence | $18,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
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.
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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: 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
Compare Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation with peer funders
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.
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