Wisconsin · Public charity
The Burke Foundation Inc
The burke foundation seeks to make a difference in the lives of youth by investing in creative, well-conceived and cost-effective educational activities that enhance and improve (a) the character, quality, and access to education; (b) the personal, social, and intellectual development of children and youth; or (c) the educational and…
- $6.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $450,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,672,866
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $122M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Burke Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k 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 | 11 | $6.1M | 9% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $6.9M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $4.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $4.0M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $6.4M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $8.6M | 32% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $7.2M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $6.0M | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $11,163,448 | 9 | 0% |
| Mount Mary University Inc | $11,054,444 | 9 | 3% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc | $5,412,500 | 9 | 16% |
| Urban Ecology Center Inc | $4,581,000 | 9 | 18% |
| Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc | $3,360,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Inc | $3,070,775 | 4 | 77% |
| First Stage Milwaukee | $2,122,700 | 9 | 11% |
| University of Wisconsin | $1,404,731 | 7 | n/a |
| The Milwaukee Science Education Consortium Inc | $1,390,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation | $1,300,000 | 3 | 20% |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Burke Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Harley-Davidson Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Burke Foundation Inc
- How much does The Burke Foundation Inc give?
- The Burke Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $6,097,812 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Burke Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (63%), Youth Development (14%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Burke Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marquette University ($11M), Mount Mary University Inc ($11M), Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc ($5.4M).
- Does The Burke Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Burke Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is The Burke Foundation Inc based?
- The Burke Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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