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The Burkehaven Family Foundation

West Roxbury, MA · EIN 82-6746205. Reported 570 grants totalling $10.9M to 262 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.

Notold the IRS it takes no unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$10.9Mgranted, 2021-2024
262recipients, as named on its returns
67%of grantees funded again the next year
$39.7Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Burkehaven Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement. A foundation can give a different answer on a later return, and this page is rebuilt when one is published. The rest of the page is its giving record: who it chose, and which of those make grants themselves.

Organizations it funds that make grants of their own

5 of the organizations The Burkehaven Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 9 grants totalling $146,000 to them. That is 2% of the $8,748,000 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.

All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.

What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.

GrantmakerKindStateReceivedGrantsYearsLastOnly funds organizations it picks?
Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inccommunity foundationMassachusetts$75,000112021Its form does not ask
Kalamazoo Community Foundationcommunity foundationMichigan$40,000442024Its form does not ask
Community Foundation ofcommunity foundationConnecticut$16,000212021Its form does not ask
Maui United Wayfederated giving programmeHawaii$10,000112023Its form does not ask
Pillars Fundgrantmaking organizationIllinois$5,000112021Its form does not ask

A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $310,000.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
175 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
104 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
191 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
21 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
41 grants
$100,000 and Up
33 grants

Every organization it funded

262 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Greenlight FundBoston, MA$1,095,000842024
Girls Inc of New HampshireManchester, NH$655,0001042024
Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter IncNashua, NH$455,000642024
West Central Behavioral HealthLebanon, NH$450,000642024
New London HospitalNew London, NH$417,500432024
DigdeepLos Angeles, CA$402,500742024
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT$392,500742024
Global ImpactAlexandria, VA$300,000112023
Lovin' SpoonfulsNewton, MA$300,000432023
Nis'to IncorporatedSisseton, SD$296,500642024
Turning Points NetworkClaremont, NH$275,000432024
Sunapee Fire Department AssociationSunapee, NH$255,000222022
Accountability CounselSan Francisco, CA$250,000332023
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$237,500532024
Northern Stage CompanyHartford, VT$235,000542024
Lifting Hands InternationalSalt Lake City, UT$182,500532024
Donors ChooseNew York, NY$173,000632024
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USALaguna Hills, CA$170,000522024
Matthew HouseChandler, AZ$157,000332024
Direct ReliefSanta Barbara, CA$150,000532024
Newport Montessori SchoolNewport, NH$145,000442024
Shining Hope for Communities IncNew York, NY$125,000642024
PomegranateaidSalt Lake City, UT$115,000332023
Norwich Farm FoundationNorwich, VT$110,000222023
The PhoenixBoston, MA$107,000442024
Care USAAtlanta, GA$105,000542024
SpoonfulsNewton, MA$100,000212024
Las Margaritas FoundationCliffside Park, NJ$95,000442024
Aga Khan Foundation USAWashington, DC$92,500742024
The Kwek SocietyArlington, VA$88,000542024
Women's Foundation of BostonBoston, MA$75,000112021
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant ServicesNew Haven, CT$73,500332024
Lake Sunapee Protective AssociationSunapee, NH$70,500642024
CoreLos Angeles, CA$65,000332024
Waypoint Youth Resource CenterManchester, NH$65,000112022
ShelterboxSanta Barbara, CA$50,000322024
The Uncomfortable ConversationRoslindale, MA$50,000222023
Perkins School for the BlindWatertown, MA$45,000542024
Got LunchNewport, NH$40,000442024
Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, MI$40,000442024
Kalamazoo Community FoundationKalamazoo, MI$40,000442024
The Als AssociationArlington, VA$40,000442024
The Livery - Sunapee Heritage AllianceSunapee, NH$40,000442024
Brookline Schools Staff Childrens CenterBrookline, MA$37,500532023
Kids Clothes ClubBrookline, MA$35,000442024
Library Arts CenterNewport, NH$35,000542024
Palestine Children's Relief FundLos Angeles, CA$35,000222024
Refugee Protection InternationalBelmont, MA$35,000222024
South Congregational ChurchNewport, NH$34,000542024
Sunapee Historical SocietySunapee, NH$31,000442024
Focus Humanitarian Assistance USASugar Land, TX$30,000112023
Global RefugeBaltimore, MD$30,000322024
International Medical CorpsLos Angeles, CA$30,000222023
International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY$30,000222023
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaWashington, DC$30,000332024
Shanti Bhavan Children's ProjectBoonton, NJ$30,000542024
Novyi Sokil Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization USANorth Collins, NY$27,500212024
Friends of the Abbott LibrarySunapee, NH$26,000332024
Cristo Rey Brooklyn High SchoolBrooklyn, NY$25,000332024
Fairbanks Museum & PlanetariumSaint Johnsbury, VT$25,000112023
Kearsarge Area Council on AgingNew London, NH$25,000112024
Project SunapeeSunapee, NH$25,000332024
Ukrainian National Women's League of AmericaNew York, NY$25,000112022
New Hampshire Food BankManchester, NH$24,000642024
Baker School Extended DayBrookline, MA$23,500532024
Wildlife Conservation Society - Bronx ZooThe Bronx, NY$22,000442024
Zoo New EnglandBoston, MA$21,000542024
Every Mother CountsNew York, NY$20,000112022
Friends of Charlestown High SchoolBoston, MA$20,000112023
Georgia AquariumAtlanta, GA$20,000442024
Hebrew Immigrant Aid SocietySilver Spring, MD$20,000222023
Ifwhenhow Lawyering for Reproductive JusticeOakland, CA$20,000112022
Indigenous JusticeSacramento, CA$20,000112023
National Partnership for Women & FamiliesWashington, DC$20,000112022
Nova UkraineStanford, CA$20,000222024
Organization for Refugee and Immigrant SuccessManchester, NH$20,000212024
Physicians for Reproductive HealthScarsdale, NY$20,000112022
Refugee Immigrant Assistance CenterWorcester, MA$20,000112022
Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau IncDeep River, CT$20,000442024
Wilmot Volunteer Fire DepartmentWilmot, NH$20,000222024
Everytown for Gun Safety Support FundNew York, NY$17,750332024
Sandy Hook Promise FoundationNewtown, CT$17,750332024
Shoreline Soup Kitchens & PantriesEssex, CT$17,500442024
Community Foundation of Middlesex County IncMiddletown, CT$16,000212021
Sepsis AllianceSan Diego, CA$16,000442024
Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation TrustNew London, NH$15,000332024
Firekeepers InternationalMohawk, TN$15,000222024
Hartford Stage CompanyHartford, CT$15,000222024
High Hopes Therapeutic RidingOld Lyme, CT$15,000332024
Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team University of Minnesota Medical SchooDuluth, MN$15,000112024
New England AquariumBoston, MA$15,000542024
New London Barn PlayhouseNew London, NH$15,000332023
Sunflower Trust Via Global GivingWashington, DC$15,000112024
The Sasamani FoundationOld Mystic, CT$15,000332024
The American Civil Liberties Union FoundationNew York, NY$14,500222024
Brown Ledge CampColchester, VT$14,000332024
New Hampshire Public RadioConcord, NH$12,500442024
Roslindale Food CollectiveBoston, MA$12,500442024
Boston Area Rape Crisis CenterCambridge, MA$12,000332024
Makoce Ikikcupi (land Recovery)Granite Falls, MN$12,000222023
Missing and Murdered Indigenous WomenPortland, OR$12,000222023
North American Traditional Indigenous Food SystemsMinneapolis, MN$12,000222024
Rutgers University FoundationNew Brunswick, NJ$12,000112024
Abbott Library FoundationSunapee, NH$10,000112021
AneraWashington, DC$10,000112024
Ascentria Care AllianceWorcester, MA$10,000112023
Association of Africans Living in VermontBurlington, VT$10,000112024
Beautiful DayProvidence, RI$10,000112024
Berkshire Immigrant Center IncPittsfield, MA$10,000112024
Building Community in New HampshireManchester, NH$10,000112024
Building One Community - the Center for Immigrant OpportunityStamford, CT$10,000112024
Catholic Charities BostonBoston, MA$10,000112022
Central Vermont Refugee Action Network IncMontpelier, VT$10,000112024
Centros Sor Isolina FerrPonce, PR$10,000112024
Community Asylum Seekers Project IncBrattleboro, VT$10,000112024
Connecticut Childrens Medical Center FoundationHartford, CT$10,000442024
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants IncBridgeport, CT$10,000112024
Cultivating CommunityPortland, ME$10,000112024
Driscoll PTOBrookline, MA$10,000112023
East Hampton Rotary FoundationEast Hampton, CT$10,000442024
Global Fund for ChildrenWashington, DC$10,000112022
Hand in Hand Mano En ManoMilbridge, ME$10,000112024
HavenlyNew Haven, CT$10,000112024
Hawaii Community FoundationKahului, HI$10,000112023
Hawaii People's FundsHonolulu, HI$10,000112023
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112022
High Atlas FoundationNew York, NY$10,000112023
Hk Recreation DepartmentHigganum, CT$10,000222024
Homeless Prenatal ProgramSan Francisco, CA$10,000222023
Hope ActsPortland, ME$10,000112024
Immigrants Like US IncBoston, MA$10,000112024
International Refugee Assistance ProjectNew York, NY$10,000112023
Islamic Relief USAAlexandria, VA$10,000112024
La Colaborativa IncChelsea, MA$10,000112024
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee ServicesBaltimore MD, MD$10,000112022
Maine Immigrant & Refugee ServicesLewiston, ME$10,000112024
Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA$10,000112022
Maui Food BankWailuku, HI$10,000112023
Maui Humane SocietyKahului, HI$10,000112023
Maui United WayWailuku, HI$10,000112023
Mercy Connections IncBurlington, VT$10,000112024
Moms Rising Education FundBellevue, WA$10,000112022
Na Keiki O EmaliaWailuku, HI$10,000112023
National Indigenous Women's Resource CenterLame Deer, MT$10,000112023
Nationalities Service CenterPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112022
Native HopeChamberlain, SD$10,000112023
Native Women's CollectiveArcata, CA$10,000112023
Northeast Farmers of Color Land TrustBoston, MA$10,000112021
Project HopeWashington, DC$10,000112024
Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center IncBoston, MA$10,000112024
Refugee Dream CenterProvidence, RI$10,000112024
RefugepointBoston, MA$10,000112023
Revived Soldiers UkraineOrlando, FL$10,000112022
Rising HeartsHarrisonburg, VA$10,000112023
Shell & Bee StudioDeep River, CT$10,000112021
SistersongAtlanta, GA$10,000112022
Soul Fire FarmPetersburg, NY$10,000112021
Sovereign Bodies InstituteSanta Rosa, CA$10,000112023
Team RubiconLos Angeles, CA$10,000112024
The Center for Popular DemocracyBrooklyn, NY$10,000112021
The Council for Native Hawaiian AdvancementKapolei, HI$10,000112023
The Welcome ProjectSomerville, MA$10,000112024
Tree Street YouthLewiston, ME$10,000112024
Ukrainian Educational and Cultural CenterJenkintown, PA$10,000112022
United Help UkraineGaithersburg, MD$10,000112022
USA for UnhcrWashington, DC$10,000112022
VoteamericaGlens Falls, NY$10,000322024
WburBoston, MA$10,000442024
WGBHBoston, MA$10,000442024
Women's Refugee CareProvidence, RI$10,000112024
Wumb RadioBoston, MA$10,000442024
Chester Elementary School Parent Teacher OrganizationChester, CT$9,500222022
Chester Elementary School PTOChester, CT$9,000222024
Center for the Arts New HampshireNew London, NH$8,000442024
Cradles to CrayonsNewton, MA$8,000112024
The FellsNewbury, NH$8,000442024
Vermont Institute of Natural ScienceQuechee, VT$7,000442024
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA$6,500222023
New Hampshire Women's FoundationConcord, NH$6,500222024
The KelseySan Francisco, CA$6,500332024
Town of Chester - Parks and RecreationChester, CT$6,500222024
Justice Resource InstituteNeedham, MA$6,000332024
Child FirstShelton, CT$5,000112023
Conejo Valley VillageWestlake Village, CA$5,000112024
Eyes of the WomenCharlottesville, VA$5,000112023
Freedom Skate ParkTrenton, NJ$5,000112022
Gaylord Rehabilitation HospitalWallingford, CT$5,000112024
Giraffe Conservation FoundationOrlando, FL$5,000222023
Main Street VenturesCincinnati, OH$5,000442024
Pillars FundChicago, IL$5,000112021
Protect Democracy ProjectWashington, DC$5,000222024
Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT$5,000112021
The Dovetail Project International Neighborhood CollaborativeChicago, IL$5,000112022
Thrive ColoradoLafayette, CO$5,000112022
VoteorgOakland, CA$5,000112024
KeysNew Canaan, CT$4,500112024
The Chapter HouseLos Angeles, CA$4,500222023
Brookline Food PantryBrookline, MA$4,000222022
Hartford Youth ScholarsHartford, CT$4,000222024
Network of Engaged International DonorsBoston, MA$4,000222024
The Fountain FundCharlottesville, VA$4,000212024
Wikimedia FoundationWashington, DC$4,000442024
Always Dream FoundationDanville, CA$3,000332024
Boston Children's HospitalBoston, MA$3,000112022
Brookline Education FoundationBrookline, MA$3,000332024
New Hampshire AudubonConcord, NH$3,000332024
Women Helping WomenCincinnati, OH$3,000332024
Advocates for Children of New JerseyNewark, NJ$2,500112022
Bikes Not Bombs IncBoston, MA$2,500112022
I Have the Right toWashington, DC$2,500112023
Learning CouragePortsmouth, NH$2,500112023
MspcaangellBoston, MA$2,500112024
New Hampshire PBSDurham, NH$2,500112024
New Jersey Safe Babies Court TeamWayne, NJ$2,500112022
The Battle ContinuesDallas, TX$2,500112022
The Monterey Bay Aquarium FoundationMonterey, CA$2,500112021
University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA$2,500112023
ACLU Foundation of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$2,000112024
ACLU of North Carolina Legal FoundationRaleigh, NC$2,000112024
Action NcCharlotte, NC$2,000112023
Akaka Foundation Pilina AinaHilo, HI$2,000112024
Baker School PTOBrookline, MA$2,000442024
Center for Teen EmpowermentBoston, MA$2,000112023
Charles River Church 2024Boston, MA$2,000112024
Community Health Law ProjectSouth Orange, NJ$2,000112022
Community ServingsJamaica Plain, MA$2,000112021
Compass Working CapitalBoston, MA$2,000112023
Essex Art CenterLawrence, MA$2,000112022
Five Loaves & Two Fishes Food BankKimball, WV$2,000112021
Fos FeministaNew York, NY$2,000112021
Friends of AineManchester, NH$2,000112022
Homeboy Industries IncLos Angeles, CA$2,000112024
Horizons for Homeless ChildrenBoston, MA$2,000112022
Household GoodsActon, MA$2,000112024
Kee Cha-E-Nar CorporationKlamath, CA$2,000112024
Latinas & LideresThe Bronx, NY$2,000112022
Loud for TomorrowDelano, CA$2,000112022
Marguerite's PlaceNashua, NH$2,000112023
Media Power YouthManchester, NH$2,000112023
Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund Via Actblue CharitiesBeaverton, OR$2,000112024
National Birth Equity CollaborativeNew Orleans, LA$2,000112022
National Center for Youth LawOakland, CA$2,000112023
National Coalition for the HomelessWashington, DC$2,000112022
Oak HillHartford, CT$2,000112023
StematchWellesley, MA$2,000112023
Strong Girls United FoundationYork, ME$2,000112021
The Atlanta Music ProjectAtlanta, GA$2,000112021
The Bridge Family CenterWest Hartford, CT$2,000112022
The People's ConservatoryOakland, CA$2,000112021
Transformational Prison ProjectBoston, MA$2,000112022

113 of 262 (43%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 368 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Education
54 grants
Human Services
48 grants
International Affairs
45 grants
Health Care
31 grants
Animal Welfare
29 grants
Food & Nutrition
27 grants
Arts & Culture
26 grants
Environment
24 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021103$2,326,000$8,000
2022128$2,806,000$10,000
2023143$2,811,500$7,500
2024196$2,946,000$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

30% of its giving went to organizations in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire
$3.2M
Massachusetts
$2.2M
California
$1.3M
Connecticut
$705K
New York
$554K
Virginia
$460K
District of Columbia
$448K
Vermont
$431K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund131 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc111 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc97 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program96 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust80 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation62 shared recipients

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Burkehaven Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 1834 Centre St 589, West Roxbury, MA, 02132. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.

EIN 82-6746205 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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