Burton Family Foundation C/O Arizona Community Foundation
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About Burton Family Foundation C/O Arizona Community Foundation
The Burton Family Foundation fosters positive transformation and empowers individuals and communities across Arizona by advancing individual achievement through support for education and human services programs and initiatives, with priority for high-need, underserved, and underrepresented groups.
Focus Areas
Early learning / early childhoodSTEM educationCollege access and career readinessYouth development / experiential learningArts & cultureBasic needs / homelessness supportImmigrant and refugee servicesCivic engagement and educationEducator recruitment and development
Who They Fund
high school youth (including summer institutes and K-12 programs)first-generation and college-bound students (including migrant students)
About Burton Family Foundation C/O Arizona Community Foundation
The Burton Family Foundation C/o Arizona Community Foundation makes large, concentrated grants in Arizona, with a strong emphasis on education, youth development, and human services. One of the clearest signals in the recent record is its support for college access and student success: it gave $925,000 to The Aspen Institute for the Aspen College Excellence Program and $805,000 to Creighton University for the ASU Summer Health Institute for high school youth in Arizona. The foundation also backs community-serving work that reaches specific populations, including $726,860 to The Welcome to America Project for infrastructure development and support for newly arrived refugee families. Across the recent grants list, its funding touches early learning, STEM, arts and culture, college and career readiness, basic needs, immigrant and refugee services, and civic education. The pattern suggests a funder that uses sizable grants to support both direct services and organizational capacity, often through Arizona-based nonprofits and educational institutions. Its current grants also show attention to initiatives for high school youth, first-generation students, and refugee women, alongside broader community support efforts.
What Burton Family Foundation C/O Arizona Community Foundation Funds
Education is a central thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. In college access and postsecondary success, it awarded $565,000 to Arizona Western College Foundation for the First Generation Student Success Programs and $330,000 to Arizona Center for Community College Success to continue the work of the center. For early reading and school readiness, it gave $300,000 to Read Better Be Better for program coach salaries and its Tier-4 reading comprehension program in Maricopa and Pinal County school districts. STEM also appears as a defined priority: Society for Science & the Public received $1,078,500 for "Science News" in High Schools and General Support, and another $300,000 for the Manifold Fund tied to "Science News Explores." Beyond education, the foundation funds community health and refugee support, including $501,000 to Valleywise Health Foundation for the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic.
How Burton Family Foundation C/O Arizona Community Foundation Gives
Typical grants sit at $15,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $150,535 at the 75th percentile, while the recent list also includes several six-figure awards. The foundation appears to fund through recurring relationships as well as one-time support: Society for Science & the Public, Sandra Day O'Connor Institute, Camp Catanese Foundation, Youth World Education Project, and Arizona Community Foundation each appear more than once in the recent grants. It gives through a community foundation structure under the Burton Family Foundation C/o Arizona Community Foundation name. Unsolicited applications are accepted for several active programs, including Basic Needs Assistance, Early Learning Grants, Youth Arts & Culture, College Preparation, Access & Workforce Readiness, Youth Development Grants, Arts & Culture Grants, and STEM Education Grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.5M
Total Assets
$132.9M
Total Revenue
$3.9M
Total Expenses
$11.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $151K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$151K
Geographic Reach
Local12 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
GLENN WIKE
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