Florida · Private foundation
The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family 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.
- $139k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $61,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 6 | $134k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $157k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $120k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $104k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $120k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $113k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $123k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $116k | 11% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $381,050 | 9 | 0% |
| The Chicago Academy of Sciences | $173,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $46,000 | 6 | n/a |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $46,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Driftless Writing Center | $33,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Civitas Ensemble | $27,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $22,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $381,050 | 9 | 0% |
| The Chicago Academy of Sciences | $173,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Jesuit Academy | $46,000 | 6 | n/a |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $46,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Driftless Writing Center | $33,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Civitas Ensemble | $27,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $22,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Merit School of Music | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Thoreau College Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Chicago | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $2,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedille Chicago Nfp | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation | $1,600 | 3 | 0% |
| The Ben Hogan Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Womens Global Education Project | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hermitage Artist Retreat Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Public Library Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($281k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation
- How much does The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation give?
- The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $139,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (62%), Education (14%), Science & Tech (9%).
- Who are The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Symphony Orchestra ($381k), The Chicago Academy of Sciences ($173k), Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ($50k).
- Does The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John D & Leslie Henner Burns 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 John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation based?
- The John D & Leslie Henner Burns Family Foundation is based in FL.
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