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The Julia Burke Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$11MEducation$6.9MYouth Development$6.9MScience & Tech$2.1MEmployment$2.0MPublic Benefit$1.7MHuman Services$850kPhilanthropy$773kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $208k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$23,884
Median grant
4
States reached
$252k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASWC$1,000,000
Bay Area Urban Debate League$208,000
University of Iowa$41,921
University of Redlands$23,884
Individual grant recipient$16,524
Individual grant recipient$1,926
Individual grant recipient$120
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $12.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Pope Francis Center: $9.0M → 21%Project Kinship: $300k → 10%Pope Francis Center: $2.0M → 21%Pope Francis Center: $200k → 21%Westside Pacific Villages: $100k → 14%Monument Crisis Center: $250k → 9%Monument Crisis Center: $150k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
AZ
NC
DC
HI
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29M · 29 repeat orgs$6.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
48

Total granted

$29M
$6.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+9%

Still filing today

55%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • POPE FRANCIS CENTER
    3× · 2020–2023 · $11M · revenue +88%
  • HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES
    2× · 2020–2021 · $5.4M · revenue +74%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $757k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • MD
    MIT Department of Mechanical Engine
    one grant, 2020 · $2.0M
  • DB
    Dakota Boys Girls Ranch Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • UB
    UC Berkeley
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
Arcadia University

Arcadia university's pioneering, global, integrated, liberal arts, and professional learning experience cultivates leaders who are intellectually fearless and uniquely prepared for life and work. our highly regarded, values-based learning…

Education
9
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
12
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Redlands; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 82 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
28/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Holy Cross Catholic School: $3,010,000 · OtherHoly Cross Catholic SchoolMIT Department of Mechanical Engine: $2,050,000 · OtherMIT Department of Mechanical EngineASWC: $2,050,000 · OtherASWCDakota Boys Girls Ranch Foundation: $1,000,000 · OtherDakota Boys Girls Ranch FoundationBay Area Urban Dabate League: $998,050 · OtherBay Area Urban Dabate LeagueJumpstart: $593,000 · OtherUC Berkeley: $500,000 · Other+46 more: $3,909,325 · Other+46 morePOPE FRANCIS CENTER: $11,250,000 · Human ServicesPOPE FRANCIS CENTER+4 more: $850,000 · Human Services+4 moreHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $5,425,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOMEBOY INDUSTRIE…+1 more: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentDEFY VENTURES INC: $452,500 · EducationBAY AREA URBAN DEBATE COMMISSION: $408,000 · EducationWOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $307,585 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $196,302 · EducationJW PATTERSON FOUNDATION: $110,000 · EducationWASHINGTON URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC: $102,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Education+8 more: $142,512 · EducationTHE GEANCO FOUNDATION INC: $605,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $400,000 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalGENERATIONS IN JAZZ FOUNDATION: $475,000 · Arts & CultureSunday to Sunday Productions: $425,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $756,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $16,195 · Philanthropy
Other$14,110,375Human Services$12,100,000Youth Development$5,427,000Education$1,818,899International$1,007,000Arts & Culture$900,000Philanthropy$772,695

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPOPE FRANCIS CENTER: $11,250,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $5,425,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $756,500 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetTHE GEANCO FOUNDATION INC: $605,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetGENERATIONS IN JAZZ FOUNDATION: $475,000 over 6y, 51% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $455,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $452,500 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY OUTREACH: $450,236 over 1y, 11% of budgetSunday to Sunday Productions: $425,000 over 4y, 93% of budgetBAY AREA URBAN DEBATE COMMISSION: $408,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetHANDS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH: $403,926 over 4y, 49% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $400,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $400,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetWOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $307,585 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $196,302 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJW PATTERSON FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetWASHINGTON URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC: $102,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetTHE FOOD BASKET INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWESTSIDE PACIFIC VILLAGES: $100,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetUSAHELLO: $50,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetChiArts Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget3STRANDS GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetJUMA VENTURES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $48,803 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOAKLAND STROKES INCORPORATED: $45,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetARM OF CARE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $23,884 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTroops Direct: $16,195 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetA NETWORK FOR GRATEFUL LIVING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BAY SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $7,825 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $4,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 POPE FRANCIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE ↗
  • Who funds THE GEANCO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GENERATIONS IN JAZZ FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
  • Who funds DEFY VENTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH COUNTY OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds Sunday to Sunday Productions ↗
  • Who funds BAY AREA URBAN DEBATE COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds HANDS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WOODWARD ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT KINSHIP ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JW PATTERSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OPPORTUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE PACIFIC VILLAGES ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Enterprise Holdings F…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA14× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Julia Burke Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Julia Burke Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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How do I get to The Julia Burke Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Julia Burke Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 82 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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