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The Steven E Burke and Gail S Burke Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

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 FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $95k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND HARVEST$20,000
KNEAD COMMUNITY CAFE$15,000
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC$10,000
THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH$10,000
THE PETTENGILL HOUSE INC$10,000
ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK (AHN)$10,000
SALVATION ARMY WPA DIVISION$10,000
WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$5,000
LUCKY FIN PROJECT$5,000
MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SWPA$5,000
GLEN ELLYN FOOD PANTRY INC$5,000
WESA$5,000
ROSELLE UMC COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$5,000
WQED MULTIMEDIA$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $182k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE PETTENGILL HOUSE INC: $10k → 10%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $10k → 21%THE PETTINGILL HOUSE INC: $10k → 10%YOUTH FRONTIERS: $11k → 11%VINTAGE INC: $1k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS: $9k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS: $9k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $20k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $15k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $15k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $10k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $10k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $6k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $1k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER: $5k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%BETHLEHEM HAVEN: $10k → 11%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

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$984k · 32 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
28

Total granted

$984k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+1%

Still filing today

69%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $130k · revenue +41%
  • GP
    GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +91%
  • SH
    Second Harvest
    7× · 2019–2025 · $77k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • AH
    ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK (AHN) AKA HIGHMARK HEALTH
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • FC
    Fox Chapel Area Land Trust
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -96%
  • VL
    VETERANS LEADERSHIP OF W PA
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
2
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
3
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
4
Philabundance

PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…

Food & Nutrition
5
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
6
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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7
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
8
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
9
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
10
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
11
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

International
12
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Frontiers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

42 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. 42 of the 63 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
25/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY WPA DIVISION: $80,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY WPA DIVISIONSALVATION ARMY OF W PA: $50,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF W PAWESA: $33,000 · OtherWESAFox Chapel District Association: $20,000 · OtherFOX CHAPEL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE: $19,100 · OtherTHE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA: $36,000 · OtherTHE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PAWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $17,000 · Other+35 more: $214,550 · Other+35 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $130,073 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD O…THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH: $45,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOME …LUCKY FIN PROJECT: $24,000 · HealthLUCKY FIN PROJECT+2 more: $1,100 · HealthSecond Harvest: $77,000 · Human ServicesSecond HarvestWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $35,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND…YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $29,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH FRONTIERS IN…The Pettengill House Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesThe Pettengill Hou…POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesPOPE FRANCIS CENTE…BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $10,000 · Human ServicesBETHLEHEM HAVEN OF…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $90,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER P…KNEAD COMMUNITY CAFE: $75,000 · EmploymentCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentWQED MULTIMEDIA: $32,500 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $3,000 · Arts & CultureOUR RESCUE: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,375 · Arts & Culture
Other$469,650Health$200,173Human Services$182,000Food & Nutrition$90,000Employment$75,000Environment$60,000Arts & Culture$39,375

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

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
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 PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Second Harvest ↗
  • Who funds KNEAD COMMUNITY CAFE ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds THE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds WQED MULTIMEDIA ↗
  • Who funds CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC ↗
  • Who funds SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FRONTIERS INC ↗
  • Who funds LUCKY FIN PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds The Pettengill House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Fox Chapel District Association ↗
  • Who funds FOX CHAPEL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds SCHAUMBURG PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Fox Chapel Area Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds POPE FRANCIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds HERZL CAMP ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE TAIL AT A TIME NFP ↗
  • Who funds Aspinwall Riverfront Park Inc ↗
  • Who funds GLEN ELLYN FOOD PANTRY ↗

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 Founda…The Burke Family Foun…The Burke FoundationThe United Way of Sou…Hillman Family Founda…The Grable FoundationCharles R Burke Jr Fo…The Simpson Family Fo…Richard King Mellon F…Chubb Charitable Foun…Adams Foundation IncBozzone Family Founda…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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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