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Where grants from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC went next

The 10 largest grantees of this organization, by cash, that also file with the IRS — and for each, its own 5 largest grants, from its returns for the same tax years.

Each figure is one return, as filed. A grantee's grants out are not shown to be the money it received: money is interchangeable, and two organizations' tax years can cover different months, so a grant received in one organization's 2023 can sit beside grants made in the other's 2023 without being the same dollars. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and private foundations' returns (990-PF) are not read here.

  1. MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY EIN 39-0806251

    Received $5,750,175 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $203,156,768

    Its grants paid, 2023: $218,445,160

    Its grants paid, 2024: $249,057,808

  2. MOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC EIN 39-0806154

    Received $4,801,400 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $12,854,369

    Its grants paid, 2023: $14,000,217

    No itemized grants on its 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns.

  3. URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC EIN 39-1712663

    Received $2,650,000 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $19,396

    Its grants paid, 2023: $5,617,081

    Its grants paid, 2024: $13,750

  4. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC EIN 39-1925617

    Received $2,087,500 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $2,880,421

    Its grants paid, 2023: $1,661,666

    Its grants paid, 2024: $893,485

  5. MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED EIN 39-1929112

    Received $1,000,000 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2024, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2024: $1,480,520

    Its grants paid, 2025: $2,719,783

    • UW-MILWAUKEE · 2024

      $49,898

    • MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY · 2024

      $13,438

    • UW-MADISON · 2024

      $12,938

    • MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENG · 2024

      $12,588

    • NORTHERN IL UNIVERSITY · 2024

      $7,500

  6. FIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE INC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER EIN 39-1634828

    Received $845,200 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $0

    Its grants paid, 2023: $0

    No itemized grants on its 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns.

  7. NATIVITY JESUIT ACADEMY INC EIN 39-1741141

    Received $840,000 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns

    No itemized grants on its 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns.

  8. MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC EIN 39-0973594

    Received $530,000 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns

    Its grants paid, 2022: $293,020

    Its grants paid, 2023: $451,381

    No itemized grants on its 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 returns.

  9. MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC EIN 39-1723105

    Received $500,000 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2024 return

    Its grants paid, 2024: $0

    No itemized grants on its 2024 return.

  10. NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE INC EIN 39-1850760

    Received $500,000 from THE BURKE FOUNDATION INC · 2024, 2025 returns

    No itemized grants on its 2024, 2025 returns.

The API serves every itemized grant, in both directions.