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The Bourke Foundation at a glance

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The Bourke Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$740k
Granted FY2017
17
Grants FY2017
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $265k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $475k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BON SECOURS NOAH'S CHILDREN FUND$100,000
ASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION$100,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$100,000
IGNITE CAMPAIGN - SAINT BRIDGET SCHOOL$75,000
PARAMOUNT THEATRE$50,000
CHARLOTTESVILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL$50,000
SCOTTISH RITE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE CENTER$29,849
SPECIAL OLYMPICS VIRGINIA$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
DOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES$25,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$25,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER VIRGINIA$25,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND$25,000
SAINT GERTRUDE HIGH SCHOOL$25,000
RICHMOND SPCA$25,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 13%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $100k → 17%PARAMOUNT THEATRE: $50k → 8%SCOTTISH RITE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE CENTER: $30k → 9%BON SECOURS NOAH'S CHILDREN FUND: $100k → 22%PIEDMONT CASA: $25k → 8%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER VIRGINIA: $25k → 9%IGNITE CAMPAIGN - SAINT BRIDGET SCHOOL: $75k → 22%CHARLOTTESVILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $50k → 8%SPECIAL OLYMPICS VIRGINIA: $25k → 9%SAINT GERTRUDE HIGH SCHOOL: $25k → 22%TUCKHAHOE VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD: $10k → 9%ASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $100k → 22%RICHMOND SPCA: $25k → 22%THE SALVATION ARMY: $25k → 22%CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF RICHMOND: $25k → 22%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.
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.
03Its 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
Voices for Virginia's Children

The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.

Civil Rights
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
Pediatric Specialists of Virginia Llc

Pediatric specialists of virginia's (psv) charitable mission is to meet the pediatric specialist staffing needs of inova and children's national medical center (cnmc) and to provide pediatric specialist consults to pediatric patients as…

Health
4
Childsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic

The organization guides the community's children through life's critical moments with trauma-informed mental health and child development services. it believes that all children can be safe, happy, healthy and ready to learn.

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5
Vcu Health Childrens Services at Brook Road

Vcu health children's services at brook road (csbr), fka crippled children's hospital, is a resource and provider of specialized medical services customized to meet the specific needs of children and their families.

Health
6
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Dedicated to the mission of providing the best possible care and services for all children who come to us because of sickness and injury.

Health
7
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
8
Vpm Media Corporation

To use the power of media to educate, entertain and inspire, using public television and public radio to make a positive impact on the communities throughout central virginia, charlottesville, the shenandoah valley, the northern neck and…

Arts & Culture
9
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
10
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
11
Chip of Virginia

Chip of virginia administers and monitors a network of 7 agencies in 27 virginia localities who work with low-income families to assure that children from birth to age 6 receive the health care necessary for them to lead healthy lives,…

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12
Children's Hospital Colorado

To improve the health of children through the provision of high-quality, coordinated programs of patient care, education, research and advocacy.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Virginia; the most unlike its peers is The Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/a the Paramount Theater Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
12/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATIONBON SECOURS NOAH'S CHILDREN FUND: $100,000 · OtherBON SECOURS NOAH'S CHILDREN FUNDIGNITE CAMPAIGN - SAINT BRIDGET SCHOOL: $75,000 · OtherIGNITE CAMPAIGN - SAINT BRIDGET SCHOOLCHARLOTTESVILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherCHARLOTTESVILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOLTHE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE CENTER AT RICHMOND INC: $29,849 · OtherTHE CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE CENTER AT RICHMOND INCDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $25,000 · OtherDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $25,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYSAINT GERTRUDE HIGH SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherSAINT GERTRUDE HIGH SCHOOLPIEDMONT CASA INC: $25,000 · OtherPIEDMONT CASA INC+1 more: $10,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RES…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER VIRGINIA: $25,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION…THE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PARAMOU…Children's Museum of Richmond: $25,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's …RICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $25,000 · AnimalsSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$464,849Health$150,000Arts & Culture$75,000Animals$25,000Recreation & Sports$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Museum of Richmond: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPIEDMONT CASA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER VIRGINIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTUCKAHOE VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

Charlottesville Area …The Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charlottesville Area Community FoundationVA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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 The Bourke Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bourke Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 17 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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