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The Burkholder Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$55k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
7
Grants FY2024
3
Organizations funded FY2023
67%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$18,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 5
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$811k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Burkholder Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterReligionEducationPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2024still arriving4$55k75%
FY20233$44k67%
FY20222$45k100%
FY20212$34k100%
FY20201$6k100%
FY20195$19k100%
FY20183$20k100%
FY20174$21kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$167kEducation$26kHousing & Shelter$23kInternational$18kReligion$10k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

OR
WY
OH
RI
CA
VA
DE
LA
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nightlight Christian Adoptions$69,50030%
Love Our Community Inc$18,00012%
Archbishop Hoban High School Inc$18,0001n/a
Open Arms Adoptions Inc$12,00011%
Hope of Life International$10,00010%
Weidner Ministries Inc REACH Community$10,00013%
Spirit of Faith Adoptions Inc$8,32513%
Lake Center Christian School$6,41010%
Madison Adoption Associates Ltd$3,70010%
America World Adoption Association$3,00010%
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All grantees of The Burkholder Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nightlight Christian Adoptions$69,50030%
Love Our Community Inc$18,00012%
Archbishop Hoban High School Inc$18,0001n/a
Open Arms Adoptions Inc$12,00011%
Hope of Life International$10,00010%
Weidner Ministries Inc REACH Community$10,00013%
Spirit of Faith Adoptions Inc$8,32513%
Lake Center Christian School$6,41010%
Madison Adoption Associates Ltd$3,70010%
America World Adoption Association$3,00010%
Host Orphans Worldwide$2,50012%
Children of the World Inc$2,50010%
A Family for Every Child$1,50010%
Caring for Kids Inc$1,06510%

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($77k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Burkholder Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNightlight Christian Adoptions: $69,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLove Our Community Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetOpen Arms Adoptions Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHope of Life International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWeidner Ministries Inc REACH Community: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSpirit of Faith Adoptions Inc: $8,325 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetLake Center Christian School: $6,410 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMadison Adoption Associates Ltd: $3,700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerica World Adoption Association: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHost Orphans Worldwide: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetChildren of the World Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA Family for Every Child: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCaring for Kids Inc: $1,065 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 13.

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.

Christ FoundationOH13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christ Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · 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.

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About The Burkholder Family Foundation

How much does The Burkholder Family Foundation give?
The Burkholder Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $55,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Burkholder Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (69%), Education (11%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
Who are The Burkholder Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nightlight Christian Adoptions ($70k), Love Our Community Inc ($18k), Archbishop Hoban High School Inc ($18k).
Does The Burkholder Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Burkholder 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 The Burkholder Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christ Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
Where is The Burkholder Family Foundation based?
The Burkholder Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 22 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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