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Funding search · EIN 954680145 · Long Beach, CA

Burnam Charitable Foundation

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

72
grants reported: $546,250
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,250
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

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Top recipients

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Vassar College3 grants · $275,000
Tree People2 grants · $60,000
Aclu Foundation2 grants · $50,000
Catalyst California3 grants · $30,000
Planned Parenthood2 grants · $30,000
New Israel Fund2 grants · $20,000
The Wharton Fund2 grants · $10,000
Liberty Hill Foundation2 grants · $9,000
Oakwood School2 grants · $6,000
The Concern Foundation2 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$155,650

2022

$155,600

2023

$235,000

2025

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

$225,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025
Education
$30,000
Tree People · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$30,000
Tree People · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$25,000
Aclu Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$25,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
Education
$25,000
Aclu Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$25,000
Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
Education
$15,000
Planned Parenthood · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$15,000
Planned Parenthood · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Catalyst California · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Education
$10,000
Catalyst California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$10,000
New Israel Fund · Lewiston, ME · 2023
Education
$10,000
Catalyst California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$10,000
New Israel Fund · Lewiston, ME · 2022
Education
$5,000
Advot Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$5,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$5,000
The Wharton Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Education
$5,000
National Resources Defense Council · Merrifield, VA · 2022
Education
$5,000
The Wharton Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Education
$4,000
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$3,000
Oakwood School · North Hollywood, CA · 2023
Education
$3,000
The Concern Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$3,000
Oakwood School · North Hollywood, CA · 2022
Education
$3,000
The Concern Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$2,500
Jewish Family Service · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$2,500
Jewish Family Service · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$1,800
Bend the Arc · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$1,800
Hebrew Union Collete · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$1,800
Bend the Arc · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$1,500
American Jewish Committee · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$1,500
Lewis Clark College · Portland, OR · 2023
Education
$1,500
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Education
$1,500
American Jewish Committee · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$1,500
Hebrew Union Collete · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$1,500
Lewis Clark College · Portland, OR · 2022
Education
$1,500
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Education
$1,000
National Resources Defense Council · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Education
$1,000
National Wildlife Federation · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Rcdsmm Turtle Project · Topanga, CA · 2023
Education
$1,000
United Way · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Beit T'Shuvah · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$1,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Rcdsmm Turtle Project · Topanga, CA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Education
$1,000
United Way · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$500
Leo Baeck Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$500
National Council of Jewish Women · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Education
$500
Saban Free Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$500
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Education
$500
Step Up · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$500
Teen Line Cedars Sinai Medical Cent · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$500
Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2023
Education
$500
Leo Baeck Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$500
National Council of Jewish Women · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Education
$500
Nature Bridge · Sausalito, CA · 2022
Education
$500
Saban Free Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$500
Step Up · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$500
Teen Line Cedars Sinai Medical Cent · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$500
Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2022
Education
$500
Western Ctr On Law Poverty · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$250
California Native Plant Society · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Education
$250
California State Parks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Education
$250
Mono Lake Committee · Lee Vining, CA · 2023
Education
$250
Pbs of So Ca · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$250
Santa Monica Mountain Fund · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2023
Education
$250
Theodore Payne Foundation · Sun Valley, CA · 2023
Education
$250
California Native Plant Society · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Education
$250
California State Parks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education
$250
Mono Lake Committee · Lee Vining, CA · 2022
Education
$250
Santa Monica Mountain Fund · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2022
Education
$250
Theodore Payne Foundation · Sun Valley, CA · 2022
Education
$100
Pbs of So Ca · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education

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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.