Burnham Family Foundation

New York, NY
Tax-exempt since Dec. 2013
EIN: 35-6951044

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Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 501(c)(3) Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations / Private Grantmaking Foundations (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Revenue

$8.33M (2023)

Expenses

$3.48M (2023)

Total Assets

$51.8M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$0 (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2012 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Revenue

$8,328,263

Expenses

$3,484,420

Net Income

$4,843,843

Net Assets

$51,803,484

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$5,027,609	60.4%
Interest Revenue	$13,066	0.2%
Dividends	$950,023	11.4%
Sales of Assets	$2,292,047	27.5%
Other Income	$45,518	0.5%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$3,288,926	94.4%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$51,803,484
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$51,803,484

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Sofia Garcelon (Executive Director)	$150,000	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Trustee)	$0	$0
R Bradford Burnham Iii (Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 15, 2024

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Revenue

$4,515,048

Expenses

$3,589,438

Net Income

$925,610

Net Assets

$44,801,735

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$155,337	3.4%
Interest Revenue	$23,282	0.5%
Dividends	$644,890	14.3%
Sales of Assets	$3,728,809	82.6%
Other Income	-$37,270

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$2,875,789	80.1%
Compensation of Officers*	$150,000	4.2%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$44,801,735
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$44,801,735

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Sofia Garcelon (Executive Director)	$150,000	$0
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 13, 2023

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Revenue

$26,838,926

Expenses

$317,265

Net Income

$26,521,661

Net Assets

$43,937,932

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$10,027,208	37.4%
Interest Revenue	$266	0.0%
Dividends	$440,163	1.6%
Sales of Assets	$16,386,018	61.1%
Other Income	-$14,729

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$152,373	48.0%
Compensation of Officers*	$62,500	19.7%
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$43,937,932
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$43,937,932

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Sofia Garcelon (Executive Director)	$62,500	$0
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 15, 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Revenue

$322,057

Expenses

$1,194,448

Net Income

-$872,391

Net Assets

$17,416,270

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$5,292	1.6%
Interest Revenue	$52	0.0%
Dividends	$320,898	99.6%
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$11,636	3.6%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$1,028,088	86.1%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$17,416,271
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$17,416,270

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Oct. 28, 2021

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Revenue

$1,610,217

Expenses

$1,068,850

Net Income

$541,367

Net Assets

$17,961,032

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$4,533	0.3%
Interest Revenue	$448	0.0%
Dividends	$408,824	25.4%
Sales of Assets	$1,187,315	73.7%
Other Income	$9,097	0.6%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$907,798	84.9%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$17,961,033
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$17,961,032

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Oct. 30, 2020

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Revenue

$702,221

Expenses

$1,915,307

Net Income

-$1,213,086

Net Assets

$17,185,157

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$3,293	0.5%
Interest Revenue	$3,254	0.5%
Dividends	$323,473	46.1%
Sales of Assets	$362,983	51.7%
Other Income	$9,218	1.3%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$1,786,074	93.3%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$17,185,157
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$17,185,157

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 4, 2019

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Revenue

$1,051,230

Expenses

$44,119

Net Income

$1,007,111

Net Assets

$18,307,638

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$299,175	28.5%
Dividends	$259,160	24.7%
Sales of Assets	$597,036	56.8%
Other Income	-$104,141

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$7,630	17.3%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$18,307,638
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$18,307,638

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on June 27, 2018

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Revenue

$1,150,207

Expenses

$870,469

Net Income

$279,738

Net Assets

$17,300,527

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$370,543	32.2%
Dividends	$168,497	14.6%
Sales of Assets	$705,754	61.4%
Other Income	-$94,587

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$806,050	92.6%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$17,300,527
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$17,300,527

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Oct. 24, 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Revenue

$679,619

Expenses

$349,438

Net Income

$330,181

Net Assets

$17,020,789

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$383,739	56.5%
Dividends	$132,617	19.5%
Sales of Assets	$239,441	35.2%
Other Income	-$76,178

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$299,320	85.7%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$17,020,789
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$17,020,789

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 7, 2016

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Revenue

$10,292,940

Expenses

$1,147,351

Net Income

$9,145,589

Net Assets

$16,690,608

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$33,330	0.3%
Interest Revenue	$16,807	0.2%
Dividends	$83,142	0.8%
Sales of Assets	$10,072,399	97.9%
Other Income	$87,262	0.8%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$1,035,365	90.2%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$16,690,608
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$16,690,608

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Aug. 3, 2015

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Revenue

$2,143,660

Expenses

$545,569

Net Income

$1,598,091

Net Assets

$7,545,017

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$128	0.0%
Dividends	$54,453	2.5%
Sales of Assets	$2,045,018	95.4%
Other Income	$44,061	2.1%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$487,085	89.3%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$7,545,017
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$7,545,017

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
R Bradford Burnham Iii (President/Trustee)	$0	$0
Mary Buttrick Burnham (Secretary & Treasurer/Trustee)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on July 30, 2014

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Revenue

$4,794,081

Expenses

$347,157

Net Income

$4,446,924

Net Assets

$5,946,924

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$138,250	2.9%
Interest Revenue	$283	0.0%
Dividends	$231	0.0%
Sales of Assets	$4,655,317	97.1%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$316,157	91.1%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$5,946,924
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$5,946,924

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-PF

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Burnham Family Foundation

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue $8.33M (2023)

Expenses $3.48M (2023)

Total Assets $51.8M (2023)

Total Liabilities $0 (2023)

Tax Filings by Year

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2023

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990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2022

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990-PF

990-T

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2021

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990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2020

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990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2019

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990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2018

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990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2017

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990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2016

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990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2015

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2014

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990-PF

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2013

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2012

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Revenue

$8.33M (2023)

Expenses

$3.48M (2023)

Total Assets

$51.8M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$0 (2023)

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