Funding search · EIN 391828760 · Milwaukee, WI

The Burke Foundation

Name: The Burke Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

47
grants reported: $21.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $250,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Marquette University4 grants · $5.8M
Mount Mary University4 grants · $4.8M
Urban Ecology Center4 grants · $2.6M
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County4 grants · $2.1M
Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation Incorporated2 grants · $1.0M
First Stage Children'S Theater4 grants · $845,200
Nativity Jesuit Academy4 grants · $840,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $530,000
Milwaukee Public Museum1 grant · $500,000
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee1 grant · $500,000

Giving over time

$4.0M

2022

$4.5M

2023

$6.9M

2024

$6.1M

2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$1.7M
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Scholarships
$1.5M
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Scholarships
$1.4M
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Scholarships
$1.2M
Mount Mary University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Scholarships
$1.2M
Mount Mary University · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Scholarships
$1.2M
Mount Mary University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Scholarships
$1.2M
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Scholarships
$1.2M
Mount Mary University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Scholarships
$1.0M
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operational support
$1.0M
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operational support
$587,500
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2022
Avid tops program
$550,000
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2023
Avid tops program
$500,000
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Capital campaign
$500,000
Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation Incorporated · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Capital campaign
$500,000
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
Avid tops program
$500,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Capital campaign
$500,000
Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation Incorporated · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Capital campaign
$460,000
First Stage Children'S Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Children's theater
$450,000
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2025
Avid tops program
$375,000
Milwaukee Academy of Science · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Capital campaign
$325,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operational support
$300,000
St Joan Antida High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Capital campaign
$300,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operational support
$250,000
Notre Dame School of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Capital campaign
$250,000
Notre Dame School of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Capital campaign
$240,000
Nativity Jesuit Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operational support
$220,000
Nativity Jesuit Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operational support
$200,000
First Stage Children'S Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operational support
$200,000
Nativity Jesuit Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operational support
$196,245
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Mke scholars-scholarships
$180,000
First Stage Children'S Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operational support
$180,000
Nativity Jesuit Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operational support
$155,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Youth music program
$151,455
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Mke scholars-scholarships
$135,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Youth music program
$130,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Youth music program
$110,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Youth music program
$95,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sponsor-a-scholar support
$80,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Sponsor-a-scholar support
$80,000
Pearls for Teen Girls · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operational support, programming evaluation
$70,775
Milwaukee Youth Arts Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operational support
$65,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sponsor-a-scholar support
$50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Sponsor-a-scholar support
$39,044
Alverno College · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
New school program
$5,200
First Stage Children'S Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Children's theater
$5,000
United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operational support
$5,000
Silver Spring Neighborhood Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operational support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.