The Burkitt Foundation provides grants to K-12 Catholic educational organizations for tuition assistance for at-risk students and to nonprofit organizations addressing basic needs in El Paso County.
The Burkitt Foundation’s largest recent grant was $1,326,253 to El Paso Community Foundation in 2025, continuing a three-year pattern of support for Catholic educational organizations in Texas and the Southwestern United States. That grant language points to the foundation’s core purpose: perpetual funding for Catholic K-12 schools across the dioceses of Galveston-Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso, paired with support for hunger and nutrition services in El Paso County. The foundation’s giving is institution-focused rather than individual-focused, and its recent grants show a preference for large, recurring commitments over many small awards. The same recipient appears in the foundation’s top recent grants for 2024 and 2023, at $1,205,983 and $1,017,100, respectively. Those awards reinforce a multi-year relationship centered on Catholic education. Beyond that central line of support, the foundation’s stated structure also includes a perpetual fund for charitable interests in the El Paso region and another for medical and scientific research, indicating that its grantmaking is organized through named funds with specific purposes.
Catholic education is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s recent grant record. In 2025, The Burkitt Foundation gave $1,326,253 to El Paso Community Foundation to foster and promote Catholic educational organizations, primarily in Texas and the Southwestern United States. A second area is hunger and nutrition. The Burkitt Foundation Perpetual Fund is designated to support hunger and nutrition services in El Paso County, tying its charitable priorities to basic needs in the local community. The foundation also maintains a medical and scientific research fund. The Stern Foundation Perpetual Medical and Scientific Research Fund supports medical programs, research, professorships, and projects primarily in the El Paso region, including Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Its broader grant structure also includes charitable interests in the El Paso region through the Stern Foundation Perpetual Charitable Fund, along with general competitive grantmaking for nonprofits serving the greater El Paso region.
The Burkitt Foundation’s typical grant size is tightly clustered: the 25th percentile is $1,111,542, the median is $1,205,983, and the 75th percentile is $1,266,118. That pattern suggests a small number of relatively large awards rather than a broad spread of microgrants. Recent filings show repeat support to the same grantee across multiple years, with El Paso Community Foundation receiving the top grant in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation funds organizations, not individuals, and makes no program-related investments. Its active grant programs are described as accepting unsolicited applications, including competitive programs tied to the El Paso region.
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Most grants fall between $1.1M and $1.3M, with a median of $1.2M.
25th Percentile
$1.1M
Median
$1.2M
75th Percentile
$1.3M
JOHN P QUINN
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The Burkitt Foundation gives locally, and all recent grants in the file went to recipients in the United States. El Paso is the center of gravity: El Paso Community Foundation appears in El Paso, TX, and several active programs are tied to El Paso, El Paso County, or the greater El Paso region. The foundation also specifies support across the dioceses of Galveston-Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso, with one program extending to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and Southern New Mexico.
Its central purpose is perpetual support for Catholic K-12 schools in the dioceses of Galveston-Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso, along with hunger and nutrition services in El Paso County. Recent grants also show support for Catholic educational organizations through El Paso Community Foundation.
Yes. El Paso Community Foundation received the foundation’s top recent grant in 2023, 2024, and 2025, at $1,017,100, $1,205,983, and $1,326,253. That is a clear multi-year funding relationship.
The grant-size distribution is concentrated around seven figures. The 25th percentile is $1,111,542, the median is $1,205,983, and the 75th percentile is $1,266,118.
The foundation funds institutions and nonprofits rather than individuals. Its active programs and recent grants point to Catholic educational organizations, charitable nonprofits, and organizations serving hunger, nutrition, medical research, and other community needs.
Its giving is local and entirely in the United States in the recent grants file. The named geographies include the greater El Paso region, El Paso County, the dioceses of Galveston-Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso, plus program references to Southern New Mexico and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Burkitt Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Eligible nonprofit organizations must propose charitable projects primarily benefiting the El Paso region and meet the Foundation's general grant requirements.
Deadline: Applications open July 1 and are due August 1 annually.
Who can apply: Applicants must support medical care and treatment of children with disabilities in West Texas or Southern New Mexico and meet the Foundation's general nonprofit grant requirements.
Deadline: Applications open July 1 and are due August 1 annually.
Who can apply: Applicants must be nonprofit organizations serving the eligible geographic areas. Funding is limited to Catholic K-12 schools in the dioceses of Galveston-Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso, or hunger and nutrition services in El Paso County. The Foundation generally does not fund individuals, capital campaigns, fundraising events or projects, religious organizations for religious purposes, annual appeals or membership contributions, political or partisan organizations, travel, organizations outside the greater El Paso geographic area, endowment funds, or past operating deficits.
Deadline: Applications open July 1 and are due August 1 annually.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | EL PASO, TX | $1,444,791In-kind (goods, not cash) | 2026 | TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. |
| EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | EL PASO, TX | $1,326,253 | 2025 | TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. |
| EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | EL PASO, TX | $1,205,983 | 2024 | TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. |
| EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | EL PASO, TX | $1,017,100 | 2023 | TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. |
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
