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The Burke Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Burke Family Charitable 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.

$198k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$295kArts & Culture$18kHuman Services$6kEducation$6kYouth Development$5kPublic Benefit$5kCivil Rights$3kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $155k
$3,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRACE CHURCH SOUTHWEST$105,000
JONI AND FRIENDS$50,000
TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC$20,000
HAPPY HILL FARM CHILDRENS HOME INC$5,000
NEW LIFE RADIO INTERNATIONAL NFP$5,000
GODS WORLD PUBLICATIONS INC$3,000
WATERMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH - FORT WORTH$3,000
DESIRING GOD MINISTRIES$2,000
WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$2,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$1,000
THE COLSON CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW$500
UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF TARRANT COUNTY$500
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$500
FORT WORTH JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION INCORPORATED$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HAPPY HILL FARM CHILDRENS HOME INC: $5k → 10%HAPPY HILL FARM CHILDRENS HOME INC: $5k → 10%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
MN
IL
MI
NY
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
TX
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$416k · 17 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$416k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+4%

Still filing today

88%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionArts & CulturePublic BenefitRecreation & SportsEducationCivil RightsOther
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

  • JA
    JONI AND FRIENDS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $179k · revenue +34%
  • GW
    God's World Publications Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $41k · revenue +24%
  • TB
    TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $36k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • AT
    Atlas Team Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • FJ
    F Jones
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • FL
    FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +21%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
3
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over seventy countries around the world.

International
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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6
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
7
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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8
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of jesus christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
9
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
10
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
11
Summit Ministries Inc

Summit ministries is an educational christian ministry with the purpose of equipping tomorrow's servant leaders to analyze competing worldviews and champion the christian faith, inspiring each one to love god with all his heart, soul,…

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12
Teaching Truth International

Provide christian teaching for pastors, teachers and other church leaders in various parts of the world. the teaching includes the bible, theology, church history, apologetics and practical ministry and related fields.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Atlas Team Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 33 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JONI AND FRIENDS: $178,709 · OtherJONI AND FRIENDSGRACE CHURCH SOUTHWEST: $105,000 · OtherGRACE CHURCH SOUTHWESTWATERMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH - FORT WORTH: $26,000 · OtherWATERMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH - FORT WORTH+11 more: $18,350 · Other+11 moreFATHER AND SON GOSPEL MISSION INC: $77,000 · ReligionFATHER AND SON GOSPEL MISSION I…God's World Publications Inc: $41,315 · ReligionGod's World Publications IncDESIRING GOD MINISTRIES: $13,666 · ReligionDESIRING GOD MINISTRIESNEW LIFE RADIO INTERNATIONAL NFP: $13,000 · ReligionNEW LIFE RADIO INTERNATIONAL NF…+5 more: $6,000 · ReligionTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $36,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHAPPY HILL FARM CHILDRENS HOME INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesAtlas Team Inc: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $3,000 · Civil RightsFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $1,000 · Civil RightsTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $1,000 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Other$328,059Religion$150,981Arts & Culture$37,000Human Services$10,000Youth Development$5,000Civil Rights$4,000Public Benefit$4,000

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 budgetJONI AND FRIENDS: $178,709 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFATHER AND SON GOSPEL MISSION INC: $77,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetGod's World Publications Inc: $41,315 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $36,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDESIRING GOD MINISTRIES: $13,666 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW LIFE RADIO INTERNATIONAL NFP: $13,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHAPPY HILL FARM CHILDRENS HOME INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAtlas Team Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGot Questions Ministries: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFORT WORTH JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission of Tarrant County: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEST FORT WORTH CENTER OF HOPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLeadership Institute: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION EURASIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Sky Arts Collective: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Spectator Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCO2 COALITION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Texas Instruments Fou…Servant FoundationChattanooga Christian…Community Foundation …Raymond James Charita…Amon G Carter Foundat…Thomas M Helen McKee …Communities Foundatio…Natl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Greater Horizons
Texas Instruments FoundationTX18.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Servant Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Amon G Carter Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Greater Horizons

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 Burke Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Burke Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s 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 · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Burke Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Burke Family Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 33 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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