The Burnand Medical and Educational Foundation concentrates on sustaining essential community services in underserved or rural Southern California communities, with a strong emphasis on operating support. Their recent grants fund public safety (fire protection), community parks, and multi-generational community centers—often in Borrego Springs—and they frequently make repeat awards to the same local organizations.
Concentrated, mid‑sized to large one‑time or repeat operating grants to a small number of local organizations rather than many small awards; shows preference for repeat funding to the same community institutions in a specific locality (Borrego Springs).
A single place anchors much of Alphonse a Burnand Medical and Educational Foundation’s giving: Borrego Springs, where its largest recent grants supported local fire protection, a community park, and a youth and senior center. The pattern points to a funder that backs essential civic infrastructure in a small Southern California community rather than broad, statewide programming. In the recent grant record, the foundation awarded $70,000 to the Borrego Springs Fire Protection District for operating expenses, followed by $44,000 to Christmas Circle Community Park for operating expenses. It also supported the Borrego Springs Youth and Senior Center with both maintenance and operating dollars across consecutive years. Those awards show a consistent focus on facilities and day-to-day stability for organizations serving residents across age groups. The foundation’s grantmaking is local and entirely within California, with grants directed to nonprofit entities and organizations that maintain physical spaces. Its recent activity suggests a preference for practical support that helps community-serving institutions keep services, grounds, and buildings functioning.
The foundation’s recent grants concentrate on three linked needs in rural community life: fire protection, parks, and multi-generational gathering places. For public safety, it gave $70,000 to the Borrego Springs Fire Protection District for operating expenses. For open-space amenities, it awarded $44,000 to Christmas Circle Community Park for operating expenses and later provided $5,200 for maintenance expenses. It also supported age-inclusive services through the Borrego Springs Youth and Senior Center, with grants for both maintenance expenses and operating expenses. Across these awards, the common thread is upkeep and organizational stability rather than project-specific expansion. The recipients are all in Borrego Springs, showing how the foundation’s cause areas are expressed through a single local community and its shared facilities.
Recent grants show a mid-sized, operating-oriented pattern. The typical grant size is $15,000 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $44,000 at the 75th percentile. Awards in the recent record range from $5,200 to $70,000. The foundation’s giving appears recurring: the Borrego Springs Youth and Senior Center and Christmas Circle Community Park each received more than one grant across 2023 and 2024. The organization does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its recent awards were made as operating or maintenance support, indicating a preference for ongoing facility and organizational costs over restricted project funding.
$20K
$1.1M
$77K
$42K
Most grants fall between $15K and $44K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$44K
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Notable grantees: Borrego Springs Fire Protection District, Christmas Circle Community Park, Borrego Springs Youth and Senior Center
All recent grants went to recipients in California, and the grant record is entirely domestic. The strongest geographic concentration is Borrego Springs, which appears repeatedly across the recent recipients, including the fire protection district, Christmas Circle Community Park, and the Youth and Senior Center. The foundation’s giving is local, and 100% of the grants in the data went to recipients in its headquarters state of California. That pattern points to a tightly focused place-based funder rather than a broad regional or national grantmaker.
It supports nonprofit organizations and organizations with physical facilities, especially those providing essential community services in rural or underserved Southern California communities. Recent grants went to a fire protection district, a community park, and a youth and senior center, all for operating or maintenance expenses.
The grant-size distribution centers on $25,000, with a 25th percentile of $15,000 and a 75th percentile of $44,000. In the recent record, grants ranged from $5,200 to $70,000.
No. The recent grant record shows 100% of grants to recipients in California, and the geographic scope of giving is local.
Yes. The recent grants include repeat support for the Borrego Springs Youth and Senior Center across 2023 and 2024, and Christmas Circle Community Park also received more than one award in that period.
The recent record points to rural fire protection and emergency services, community parks and recreation, and multi-generational community centers serving youth and seniors. The grants were used for operating expenses or maintenance expenses, underscoring a focus on keeping existing services and facilities functioning.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORREGO SPRINGS YOUTH AND SENIOR CENTER | BORREGO SPRINGS, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | OPERATING EXPENSES |
| CHRISTMAS CIRCLE COMMUNITY PARK | BORREGO SPRINGS, CA | $5,200 | 2024 | MAINTENANCE EXPENSES |
| BORREGO SPRINGS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT | BORREGO SPRINGS, CA | $70,000 | 2023 | OPERATING EXPENSES |
| CHRISTMAS CIRCLE COMMUNITY PARK | BORREGO SPRINGS, CA | $44,000 | 2023 | OPERATING EXPENSES |
| BORREGO SPRINGS YOUTH AND SENIOR CENTER | BORREGO SPRINGS, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | MAINTENANCE EXPENSES |
BORREGO SPRINGS YOUTH AND SENIOR CENTER
$15,000OPERATING EXPENSES
CHRISTMAS CIRCLE COMMUNITY PARK
$5,200MAINTENANCE EXPENSES
BORREGO SPRINGS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
$70,000OPERATING EXPENSES
CHRISTMAS CIRCLE COMMUNITY PARK
$44,000OPERATING EXPENSES
BORREGO SPRINGS YOUTH AND SENIOR CENTER
$25,000MAINTENANCE EXPENSES