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The Dolores & Donald Burnett Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$218k
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
10
States reached
$74k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 60% of THE DOLORES & DONALD BURNETT FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k16 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $137k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ORLAND PARK$73,635
SEA HAVEN INC$63,000
HOPE HARBOR HOME INC$21,500
PROVEDENCE HOME$17,500
PAWS PLACE INC$10,500
UNCHAINED AMERICA INC$9,500
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER AND SERVI$3,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS CAPE FEAR CHAPTE$3,000
ADOPT AN ANGEL$2,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL$2,000
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$2,000
NATIONAL ALZHEIMER ASSOCIATION$1,000
WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT$1,000
TLC ANIMAL SHELTER$1,000
KEMMERER VILLAGE FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY21–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $1k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $1k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $1k → 12%MISCERACORDIA HOME: $2k → 14%MISCERACORDIA HOME: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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NE
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SC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$429k · 21 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships — 20 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
1

Total granted

$429k
$1k

Still filing today

67%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
AnimalsInternationalEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPublic Safety & DisasterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SH
    SEA HAVEN INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $118k · revenue +43%
  • HH
    Hope Harbor Home Inc
    3× · 2021–2023 · $49k · revenue +24%
  • PP
    PAWS PLACE INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $14k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • SS
    SOUTH SUBURBAN CRISIS CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Palm Beach County

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

2
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
3
Noah's Animal House Foundation

To remove the "no pets allowed" sign on the doors of domestic violence shelters. women should not have to choose between leaving their abuser and leaving their pets behind to be abused.

Animals
4
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
5
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
6
Habitat for Humanity Inc

Habitat seeks to eliminate poverty housing from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

7
Habitat for Humanity for Ri South County Inc

To reduce substandard housing by creating simple decent affordable homes in partnership with people in need in order to improve quality of life and provide greater security.

8
K9 Hurricane's Heroes Inc

K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…

Animals
9
Homeward Animal Shelter Inc

To care for, protect and place animals for adoption in life long homes, and to prevent cruelty to animals by educating our community in the proper and humane care of all animals.

Animals
10
Women's Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc

As america's first animal shelter, founded in 1869, women's humane society dba women's animal center (wac), assists people in the community, saves the lives of animals, and improves the health of pets through its shelter and adoptions…

Animals
11
Habitat for Humanity International Chemung County

Chemung county habitat is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access…

12
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homes for Our Troops Inc and the most unlike its peers is Unchain America 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
14/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ORLAND PARK — $133,635 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ORLAND PARKHope Harbor Home Inc — $48,500 · OtherHope Harbor Home IncPROVEDENCE HOME — $35,500 · OtherPROVEDENCE HOMEAMERICAN RED CROSS CAPE FEAR CHAPTE — $12,000 · OtherDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER AND SERVI — $10,000 · OtherUNCHAIN AMERICA INC — $9,500 · Other+7 more — $23,000 · Other+7 moreSEA HAVEN INC — $118,000 · Crime & LegalSEA HAVEN INCPAWS PLACE INC — $13,500 · AnimalsADOPT AN ANGEL — $6,000 · AnimalsKEMMERER VILLAGE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $4,000 · EducationHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $6,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA — $2,000 · InternationalTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC — $3,000 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA HOME — $3,000 · Human Services
Other$272,135Crime & Legal$118,000Animals$19,500Education$9,000International$8,000Public Safety & Disaster$7,000Human Services$6,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSEA HAVEN INC — $118,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetHope Harbor Home Inc — $48,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetPAWS PLACE INC — $13,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetUNCHAIN AMERICA INC — $9,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT AN ANGEL — $6,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetKEMMERER VILLAGE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SEA HAVEN INC
  • Who funds Hope Harbor Home Inc
  • Who funds PAWS PLACE INC
  • Who funds UNCHAIN AMERICA INC
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC
  • Who funds ADOPT AN ANGEL
  • Who funds KEMMERER VILLAGE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ELIM CHRISTIAN SERVICES
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA HOME
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Endowment FoundationOH9.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Dolores & Donald Burnett Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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