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Burnham Family Foundation

Name: Burnham Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

66
grants reported: $8.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $33,657
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

28 grants matching “explanation” · $1.5M

$155,499
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2024
Mitigation Bank Development Fund (see general explanation)
$155,499
Lighthouse Works · Fishers Island, NY · 2024
Hoffort House Maintenance Reserve Fund (see general explanation)
$120,804
Lighthouse Works · Fishers Island, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$100,907
Architectural League of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$98,996
Teaching Matters · New York, NY · 2024
Teacher Professional Development in connection with NYC Reads (see general explanation)
$98,697
Teaching Lab · Washington, DC · 2024
Teacher Professional Development in connection with NYC Reads (see general explanation)
$98,697
New Story · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$74,154
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$73,931
Free and Fair Litigation Group · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$60,402
Natural Areas Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
Wetland Mitigation (see general explanation)
$49,533
Electronic Frontier Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$49,533
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$40,505
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2024
Scholarship Fund; General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$29,662
Wikimedia Endowment · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$25,227
Literacy · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$25,227
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2024
Conservation Capital Program (see general explanation)
$24,842
Environmental Advocates Ny · Albany, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,842
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,842
El Education · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,842
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies · Millbrook, NY · 2024
Catalyst Fund and Data Visualization Fund (see general explanation)
$24,842
Ffwd · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,842
Echoing Green · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,767
Farmlink Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$20,022
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2024
Water Quality Monitoring (see general explanation)
$20,022
The New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2024
Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund (see general explanation)
$10,304
Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children · New Rochelle, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$10,011
Glynwood Center · Cold Springs, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$8,157
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2024
SWIM Coalition (see general explanation)

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Fidelity Charitable5 grants · $2.8M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $2.4M
Lighthouse Works3 grants · $357,185
Billion Oyster Project3 grants · $228,318
New City Parks1 grant · $200,000
New Visions for Public Schools2 grants · $150,000
Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children2 grants · $111,558
Architectural League of New York2 grants · $110,907
Open Space Institute1 grant · $100,929
Trust for Public Land1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$2.8M

2022

$3.0M

2023

$2.3M

2024

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

$2.4M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1.0M
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Charitable contribution
$806,464
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Charitable contribution
$501,126
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Charitable contribution
$300,000
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Charitable contribution
$200,000
New City Parks · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$186,303
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Charitable contribution
$155,499
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2024
Mitigation Bank Development Fund (see general explanation)
$155,499
Lighthouse Works · Fishers Island, NY · 2024
Hoffort House Maintenance Reserve Fund (see general explanation)
$120,804
Lighthouse Works · Fishers Island, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$101,254
Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children · New Rochelle, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$100,929
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$100,907
Architectural League of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$100,000
Trust for Public Land · New York, NY · 2024
NYC Community Schoolyards
$100,000
Walsh Park Benevolent Corporation · Fishers Isle, NY · 2024
Maintenance Fund
$100,000
New Visions for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2023
Literacy Academy Collective
$98,996
Teaching Matters · New York, NY · 2024
Teacher Professional Development in connection with NYC Reads (see general explanation)
$98,697
New Story · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$98,697
Teaching Lab · Washington, DC · 2024
Teacher Professional Development in connection with NYC Reads (see general explanation)
$80,882
Lighthouse Works · Fishers Island, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$74,154
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$73,931
Free and Fair Litigation Group · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$60,715
Literacy · Katonah, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$60,402
Natural Areas Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
Wetland Mitigation (see general explanation)
$50,000
American Academy in Rome · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Cambiar Education · San Diego, CA · 2024
FBO Magpie Literacy for ROAR Integration Work
$50,000
New Visions for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2024
Literacy Academy Collective Fund
$50,000
The Academy in Manayunk · Conshohocken, PA · 2024
AIM Institute for Learning & Research in New York City Public Schools - Brooklyn/Brownsville - Expand AIM pathways licenses & implementation of science coaching and fidelity tools
$49,533
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$49,533
Electronic Frontier Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$42,500
The Nature Conservancy · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024
Shellfish Growers Climate Coalition; Long Island Sound Program; Wildlife Mitigation
$40,505
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2024
Scholarship Fund; General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$35,000
Fight for the Future Education Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$32,314
Billion Oyster Project · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$29,662
Wikimedia Endowment · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$25,227
Literacy · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$25,227
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2024
Conservation Capital Program (see general explanation)
$25,000
Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2024
NYC Public Schools Educator and Student Programming at the Arts Hub - Studio Artist Stipends and Fund for Public Schools' Administrative Fee
$25,000
Henry L Ferguson Museum · Fishers Island, NY · 2024
General & unrestricted; Seagrass coalition
$25,000
Learning Through An Expanded Arts Program · New York, NY · 2024
Exploring Creative Futures
$24,842
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies · Millbrook, NY · 2024
Catalyst Fund and Data Visualization Fund (see general explanation)
$24,842
Echoing Green · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,842
El Education · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,842
Environmental Advocates Ny · Albany, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,842
Ffwd · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,842
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$24,767
Farmlink Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$20,501
El Education · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,501
Environmental Advocates Ny · Albany, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,501
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,074
Farmlink Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,022
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2024
Water Quality Monitoring (see general explanation)
$20,022
The New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2024
Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund (see general explanation)
$20,000
Sure We Can · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Newtown Creek Alliance Incorporated · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
The Little Orchestra Society- Orpheon · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Newtown Creek Alliance Incorporated · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,304
Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children · New Rochelle, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$10,011
Glynwood Center · Cold Springs, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted (see general explanation)
$10,000
Chinati Foundation · Marfa, TX · 2024
Artist in Residence Program
$10,000
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden · New York, NY · 2024
Early Literacy
$10,000
Architectural League of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Glynwood Center · Cold Springs, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$8,157
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2024
SWIM Coalition (see general explanation)
$8,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2023
SWIM Coalition
$4,500
Music Forward · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
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