Funding search · EIN 650870379 · Palm Beach, FL

Donald a Burns 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.

44
grants reported
$1.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Lgbtq Victory Fund3 grants · $431,250
  • Palm Springs Art Museum2 grants · $150,000
  • Palm Beach Police Foundation3 grants · $120,000
  • Amfar the Foundation for AIDS Research3 grants · $75,000
  • Glades Academy3 grants · $70,000
  • The Lgbtq Community Center of the Desert3 grants · $55,000
  • Compass3 grants · $30,000
  • Third Option Foundation1 grant · $25,000
  • American Friends of the Louvre2 grants · $20,000
  • Children'S Home Society2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$409,750
2022
$388,000
2023
$280,850
2024

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

  • $200,000

    Lgbtq Victory Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $131,250

    Lgbtq Victory Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $112,500

    Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Lgbtq Victory Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $70,000

    Palm Beach Police Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $45,000

    Palm Beach Police Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $37,500

    Palm Springs Art Museum · Palm Springs, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $35,000

    The Lgbtq Community Center of the Desert · Palm Springs, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Amfar the Foundation for AIDS Research · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Glades Academy · Pahokee, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Amfar the Foundation for AIDS Research · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Glades Academy · Pahokee, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Amfar the Foundation for AIDS Research · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Third Option Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Glades Academy · Pahokee, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Friends of the Louvre · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Compass · St Paul, MN · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    The Lgbtq Community Center of the Desert · Palm Springs, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Children'S Home Society · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Compass · St Paul, MN · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Hetrick-Martin Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    The Lgbtq Community Center of the Desert · Palm Springs, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Friends of the Louvre · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Friends of the Royal Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Big Dog Ranch Rescue · Loxahatchee Groves, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Children'S Home Society · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Compass · St Paul, MN · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Preservation Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Community Coalition Fundraising · Phoenixville, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Hunt'S Memorial United Methodist Church · Towson, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Promise Fund of Florida · Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Facility Guidelines Institute · Florence, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Palm Beach Police Foundation · Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Charidy Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado · Platte Street Sui, CO · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Pathfinders for Autism · Hunt Valley, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $750

    AIDS Life Cycle · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    AIDS Life Cycle · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons · East Hampton, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $100

    Hope for Depression Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    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.