BURKITT FOUNDATION, THE

Financial Information

Total Assets: $15,776,029

Total Giving: $650,000

Area of Service:

New Mexico
Texas

Areas of Interest:

Not Available

Programs

None

Grants

The following grants were reported in 2007:
$15,000 to Mount Carmel High School, Houston, TX. For scholarship program, payable over 1 year.
$12,000 to Loretto Academy, El Paso, TX. For new computers for middle school, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Center Against Family Violence, El Paso, TX. For emergency shelter for children, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Diocese of Austin, Austin, TX. For tuition and teachers’ salary supplement, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Incarnate Word Academy, Corpus Christi, TX. For faculty benefits and tuition assistance, payable over 1 year.
$4,000 to El Paso, City of, El Paso, TX. For nonperishable food items, payable over 1 year.
$650,000 to El Paso Community Foundation, El Paso, TX. For Community Development, payable over 1 year.

Limitations

Giving primarily in NM and TX, as well as those portions of Mexico that abut the southern borders of the states of NM and TX.
No grants to individuals. Generally, no grants for large capital campaigns, endowments, or past operating deficits.

Summary

The foundation supports Arts, Catholic agencies & churches, Foundations (community), Human services.

Additional

Type of Grantmaker: Public charity
Incorporated in 1962 in TX

Quick Facts Sheet
URL:

http://www.epcf.org/

Located in:

El Paso,

New Mexico
Texas

United States

Contact Information / Process

Phone: (915) 533-4020

Email: [email protected]

Address:
310 N. Mesa, 10th Fl.
El Paso, TX 79901-1364

Procedure:
All requests from Catholic organizations must be accompanied by a letter from the bishop, addressing the project for which funding is sought. Visit the El Paso Community Foundation’s web site at http://www.epcf.org/grant_guidelines.sstg for additional application information and online letter of inquiry. Application form required. Initial approach: Online letter of inquiry
Copies of proposal: 1
Board meeting date(s): Apr. and Oct.
Deadline(s): Feb. 1 and Aug. 1
Final notification: Four to five months

Donors & Leadership

Donors:
Elizabeth B. Crane

Officers and Directors:
Carl E. Ryan, President
Frank W. Gorman, Jr., Vice President and Treasurer
Gary L. Williams, Secretary
Richard P. Daly, C.S.C.
Marylee Warwick Jurecky
Carolyn L. Mora, C.P.A.

EIN:

746053270