The Burkholder Family Foundation
The Burkholder Family Foundation (Hartville, OH) is a small nonprofit that provides adoption grants, loans, scholarships and orphanage support (mentions building computer labs and orphanage aid). The site lists a P.O. Box in Hartville, contact email and phone, and describes grantmaking to adoptive families.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small or mid-sized adoption agencies, organizations providing adoption assistance to families, or local educational scholarship programs that serve adoptive families or related child-welfare needs.
Good Fit
- • Direct service in adoption assistance or programs supporting adoptive families
- • Requests in the small-to-midsize grant range (roughly $3K–$18K)
- • Ability to accept a rolling application and to apply via email or the foundation contact form
- • Some operational or geographic connection to Ohio (helps but is not required)
Geography
The latest observed year shows grants across three states (Ohio, Florida, California) with a majority of dollars directed to Ohio, indicating a small multi‑state footprint rather than strictly local or national scope.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation funded four distinct recipients (seven grants total) including adoption agencies and an educational scholarship recipient; this represents a moderate spread of independent organizations for a micro private foundation.
New Applicants
Behavioral evidence shows multiple new recipients in the latest year, and the website provides an application form and email route, but the foundation explicitly notes funding is for preselected applicants so openness to wholly unsolicited applicants appears plausible but limited.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
