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The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke 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.

$148k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 24
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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
FY2025still arriving23$148k13%
FY202420$129k10%
FY202324$196k29%
FY202220$148k15%
FY202124$152k58%
FY202016$103k19%
FY201921$117k52%
FY201819$105k74%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$317kHealth$202kFood & Nutrition$175kArts & Culture$92kYouth Development$78kEnvironment$70kEducation$67kPublic Safety & Disaster$32kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
PA
NJ
CT
UT
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Planned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc$130,07380%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$90,00090%
Second Harvest$77,00073%
Knead Community Cafe$75,00053%
The Children's Home of Pittsburgh$45,00030%
The Mentoring Partnership of Sw Pa$36,00062%
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh$35,00060%
Wqed Multimedia$32,50070%
Captains for Clean Water Inc$30,00022%
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation$30,00090%
Youth Frontiers Inc$29,00030%
Lucky Fin Project$24,00054%
The Pettengill House Inc$20,00020%
Fox Chapel District Association$20,00029%
Fox Chapel Area School District Adult Education Committee$19,10029%
World Central Kitchen Inc$17,00050%
Hope Ignites Pittsburgh$15,2003n/a
Paws Chicago$15,00050%
Schaumburg Professional Firefighter Benevolent Association$13,000256%
Fox Chapel Area Land Trust$10,00012%
Pope Francis Center$10,00010%
Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh$10,00010%
Herzl Camp Association Inc$10,00010%
One Tail at a Time Nfp$8,00040%
Aspinwall Riverfront Park Inc$6,80031%
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church$6,0003n/a
Northside Common Ministries$5,0001n/a
Glen Ellyn Food Pantry$5,00010%
Roselle Community Food Pantry$5,00012%
Save The Children Federation Inc$5,00010%
Dorseyville Middle School PTO Inc$4,7503n/a
The Anti-Cruelty Society$3,00010%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$3,00030%
Camp Fire Minnesota$2,50010%
Our Rescue$2,50010%
St Josephs Indian School$2,0002n/a
Healing Emergency Aid Response Team 911$2,00010%
ALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter$1,00010%
The Neighborhood Academy$1,00010%
Vintage Inc$1,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$1,00010%
Dwelling Place Project Inc$50011%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$37510%
Donorschooseorg$30010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($257k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPlanned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc: $130,073 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest: $77,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetKnead Community Cafe: $75,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetThe Children's Home of Pittsburgh: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mentoring Partnership of Sw Pa: $36,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetWomen's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWqed Multimedia: $32,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCaptains for Clean Water Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: $30,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Frontiers Inc: $29,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLucky Fin Project: $24,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetThe Pettengill House Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFox Chapel District Association: $20,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetFox Chapel Area School District Adult Education Committee: $19,100 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Chicago: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSchaumburg Professional Firefighter Benevolent Association: $13,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetFox Chapel Area Land Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPope Francis Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHerzl Camp Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOne Tail at a Time Nfp: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAspinwall Riverfront Park Inc: $6,800 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGlen Ellyn Food Pantry: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRoselle Community Food Pantry: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Cultural Trust: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Fire Minnesota: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOur Rescue: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Emergency Aid Response Team 911: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Neighborhood Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVintage Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Symphony Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDwelling Place Project Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGuthrie Theater Foundation: $375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 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 41.

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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.

The Pittsburgh FoundationPA27.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Burke Family Foundation · The Burke Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · Charles R Burke Jr Foundation · The Simpson Family Foundation U/A Dtd 10/19/1999 · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Adams Foundation Inc · Bozzone Family 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 Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation

How much does The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation give?
The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $147,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Health (18%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
Who are The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Planned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc ($130k), Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank ($90k), Second Harvest ($77k).
Does The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke 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 Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Burke Family Foundation, The Burke Foundation.
Where is The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation based?
The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation is based in PA.

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 63 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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