Funding search · EIN 203944171 · Atherton, CA

Burgdorf Family Foundation

Name: Burgdorf Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

75
grants reported: $454,800
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $3,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Top recipients

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

Heifer Project International4 grants · $108,000
Ecumenical Hunger Project4 grants · $53,500
Second Harvest Food Bank4 grants · $53,500
Fisher House4 grants · $45,000
Portola Valley Schools Foundation4 grants · $24,500
Judicial Watch4 grants · $24,300
Melanoma Research Alliance3 grants · $23,000
Coast Guard Mutual Assistance4 grants · $22,000
Pacific Legal Foundation4 grants · $20,900
National Legal & Policy Center4 grants · $13,800

Giving over time

$80,200

2021

$102,400

2022

$130,200

2023

$142,000

2024

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General support
$30,000
Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2023
General support
$25,000
Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2022
General support
$23,000
Heifer Project International · Little Rock, AR · 2021
General support
$15,000
Ecumenical Hunger Project · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Carlos, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Ecumenical Hunger Project · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Fisher House · Rockville, MD · 2023
General support
$15,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Carlos, CA · 2023
General support
$12,500
Ecumenical Hunger Project · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General support
$12,500
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Carlos, CA · 2022
General support
$11,000
Ecumenical Hunger Project · East Palo Alto, CA · 2021
General support
$11,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Carlos, CA · 2021
General support
$10,000
Fisher House · Rockville, MD · 2024
General support
$10,000
Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Pitt Hopkins Research Foundation · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Portola Valley Schools Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Smiling Goat Ranch · Carbondale, CO · 2024
General support
$10,000
Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Fisher House · Rockville, MD · 2022
General support
$10,000
Fisher House · Rockville, MD · 2021
General support
$8,000
Coast Guard Mutual Assistance · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$7,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$7,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$6,000
Portola Valley Schools Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Portola Valley Schools Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2022
General support
$5,600
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$5,400
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General support
$5,400
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General support
$5,400
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$5,200
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Coast Guard Mutual Assistance · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Coast Guard Mutual Assistance · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$4,900
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$4,900
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2021
General support
$4,000
Coast Guard Mutual Assistance · Arlington, VA · 2021
General support
$3,750
National Legal & Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2024
General support
$3,750
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation · Springfield, VA · 2024
General support
$3,750
National Legal & Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2023
General support
$3,750
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation · Springfield, VA · 2023
General support
$3,600
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$3,600
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$3,400
National Legal & Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General support
$3,200
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation · Springfield, VA · 2022
General support
$3,000
Melanoma Research Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$3,000
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation · Springfield, VA · 2021
General support
$2,900
National Legal & Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2021
General support
$2,500
United Pegasus Foundation · Tehachapi, CA · 2023
General support
$2,500
United Pegasus Foundation · Tehachapi, CA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Portola Valley Schools Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2021
General support
$1,500
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
General support
$1,500
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2023
General support
$1,500
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
General support
$1,500
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2021
General support
$1,000
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
General support
$750
Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General support
$750
Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General support
$700
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2021
General support
$500
Uc Regents · Davis, CA · 2024
General support
$500
Friends of the Belmont Library · Belmont, CA · 2023
General support
$500
Uc Regents · Davis, CA · 2023
General support
$500
Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General support
$300
Friends of the Belmont Library · Belmont, CA · 2024
General support
$300
Friends of the Half Moon Bay Library · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2024
General support
$300
Friends of the Half Moon Bay Library · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2023
General support
$250
Uc Regents · Davis, CA · 2022
General support
$250
Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2021
General support
$250
Uc Regents Master Gardeners · Davis, CA · 2021
General support
$200
Friends of the Atherton Library · Atherton, CA · 2022
General support
$150
Holbrook Palmer Park · Atherton, CA · 2024
General support
$150
Holbrook Palmer Park · Atherton, CA · 2023
General support
$150
Holbrook Palmer Park · Atherton, CA · 2022
General support
$150
Friends of the Atherton Library · Atherton, CA · 2021
General support
$150
Holbrook Palmer Park · Atherton, CA · 2021
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.