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The Frances and Townsend Burden

Name: The Frances and Townsend Burden grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

25
grants reported: $136,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Grant history

All 25 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart · Timonium, MD · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Northwest Harvest · Seattle, WA · 2025
General operations
$10,000
The Virginia Piedmont · Middleburg, VA · 2025
General operations
$8,000
Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart · Timonium, MD · 2024
General operations
$8,000
Northwest Harvest · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operations
$8,000
The Virginia Piedmont · Middleburg, VA · 2024
General operations
$8,000
Northwest Harvest · Seattle, WA · 2023
General operations
$8,000
The Open Door · Gloucester, MA · 2023
General operations
$8,000
The Virginia Piedmont · Lynchburg, VA · 2023
General operations
$8,000
Northwest Harvest · Seattle, WA · 2022
General operations
$8,000
The Virginia Piedmont · Lynchburg, VA · 2022
General operations
$8,000
Zen Center North Shore · Wenham, MA · 2022
General operations
$4,000
George Washington Mount Vernon · Mt Vernon, VA · 2025
General operatings
$4,000
George Washington Mount Vernon · Mt Vernon, VA · 2024
General operatings
$4,000
George Washington Mount Vernon · Mt Vernon, VA · 2023
General operatings
$4,000
George Washington Mount Vernon · Mt Vernon, VA · 2022
Generalgeneral operating support
$3,000
Smithsonian Woman'S Committee · Washington, DC · 2025
Eduacation & research project
$2,000
Metropolitan Club · Washington, DC · 2025
Preservation of historic culture
$2,000
Metropolitan Club · Washington, DC · 2024
Preservation of historic culture
$2,000
Smithsonian Woman'S Committee · Washington, DC · 2024
Eduacation & research project
$2,000
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation · Triangle, VA · 2023
General operations
$2,000
Smithsonian Woman'S Committee · Miami, FL · 2023
Eduacation & research project
$2,000
Smithsonian Woman'S Committee · Miami, FL · 2022
Eduacation & research project
$2,000
The Metropolitan Club · New York, NY · 2022
Preservation for historic structure
$1,000
Friends of Unit 52 · Chevy Chase, MD · 2025
General operations

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