· Private foundation
The Frances and Townsend Burden 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MISSION HELPERS OF THE SACRED HEART | $10,000 |
| NORTHWEST HARVEST | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON MOUNT VERNON | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| METROPOLITAN CLUB | $2,000 |
| FRIENDS OF UNIT 52 | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SVSHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2021 · $33k · revenue +152%
- VPVIRGINIA PIEDMONT HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION3× · 2017–2019 · $14k · revenue +38%
- TMTHE METROPOLITAN CLUB INC4× · 2019–2022 · $12k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- MSMOUNT SAINT MARY HOUSE OF PRAYERone grant, 2017 · $11k
- TLTHE LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +280%
- SLSUPPORTIVE LIVING INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +93%
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.
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.
Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.
Northern neck land conservancy's mission is to preserve the rural heritage of the northern neck and essex county by conserving their lands, water, economies and culture for future generations. the land conservancy assists landowners who…
The virginia capital trail foundation exists to protect, promote, and enhance the virginia capital trail and engage communities around it.
To distribute food effectively through collaborative efforts that minimize hunger, promote nutrition and encourage self-reliance through education.
The virginia association of museums is a statewide network serving the museum community. the association's mission statement is "the virginia association of museums helps our museum community succeed".
To create oppurtunites for conservation of natural, scenic, historic, recreational and agricultural values of southwestern idaho's open spaces through collabarative efforts for current and future generations. the land trust indentifies…
To promote and raise funds for the virginia war memorial, a state agency of virginia, which was created for the purpose of honoring patriotic virginians who rendered faithful service and sacrifice in the cause of freedom and liberty for…
Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
Our mission is to provide food and key resources to help our neighbors and community thrive. we lead the effort to feed, educated and advocate ending hunger in the snoqualmie valley and beyond.
The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…
To provide food and other related products primarily to member agencies for distribution to those in need, and also for direct distribution.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
- Who funds SHENANDOAH VALLEY BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA PIEDMONT HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE METROPOLITAN CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds ONE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA INC ↗
- Who funds SUPPORTIVE LIVING INC ↗
- Who funds THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds ZEN NORTH SHORE ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Frances and Townsend Burden Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Frances and Townsend Burden Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc: 7% of income from government
- Supportive Living Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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