Burlingame Community for Education Foundation
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation (BCE) helps burlingame school district (BSD) sustain and enhance an exceptional public education for all tk-8th grade students. Working together with parents, the scholl district, and community, we provide BSD with financial resources to create a rich and inspiring education for our children beyond what is possible with public funds.
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation at a glance
In short: Burlingame Community for Education Foundation gave $2.8M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $2.8M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,800,000
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $2,800,000
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,800,000
- Total assets
- $5,907,559
- +21.6% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Burlingame Community for Education Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Burlingame School District ($2.8M).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Burlingame Community for Education Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+12%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2.1M (2019) to $2.8M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $2.8M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Burlingame School District Burlingame, CA | To Fund Educational Programs | $2,800,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,907,559 | $4,197,536 | $3,245,005 | $2,800,000 | 1 | $233,618 |
| 2024 | $4,858,426 | $3,428,003 | $3,068,218 | $2,700,000 | 1 | $107,623 |
| 2023 | $4,354,943 | $3,239,003 | $2,989,083 | $2,650,000 | 1 | $95,666 |
| 2022 | $4,045,505 | $3,439,846 | $2,832,189 | $2,500,000 | 1 | $28,909 |
| 2021 | $3,575,788 | $3,152,916 | $2,710,687 | $2,410,000 | 1 | $20,415 |
| 2020 | $3,089,084 | $2,726,462 | $2,745,558 | $2,514,000 | 1 | $35,187 |
| 2019 | $3,096,595 | $2,787,342 | $2,329,571 | $2,140,000 | 1 | $14,642 |
About Burlingame Community for Education Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Burlingame, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $2.8M. Net investment income was $234K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation is led by Meredith Dunn, Executive Director on every filing since 2024; 1 of 25 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Meredith Dunn
Executive Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$144K (2024) → $177K (2025)
Jennifer Faber
President
Site Director → President-Elect, 2022
President-Elect → President, 2023
On filings since 2021
35 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Meghan Dunne
Site Director
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sharyl Wong
Site Director
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Gieseker
Site Director
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Dow
Site Director
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carmen Petrossian
Site Director
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daphne Howe
Site Director
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jen Polidoroff Fredericks
Site Director
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jenn Buhl
Site Director
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Woody
Site Director
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pamela Hung
Site Director
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Priyanka Jandial
Site Director
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ruchika Julapalli
Site Director
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shantel Weinsheimer
Vice President Community
Site Director → Vice President Site Directors, 2024
Vice President Site Directors → Vice President Community, 2025
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christina Funk
Vice President Business Development
Site Director → Vice President Business Development, 2024
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cindy Wu
Vice President Events
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anthony Jones
Treasurer
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Hopkins
Vice President Marketing
On filings since 2024
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aiko Yamakawa
Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anita Chu Li
Vice President Scholars Circle
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Missildine
Vice President Business Development
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Iona Machado
Vice President New Families
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Carr
Vice President Annual Campaign
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sohan Talwalker
Vice President Scholars Circle
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (48)
- Former: Christine Gutknecht (2021–2024) — Vice President Annual Campaign
- Former: Erica Liang (2022–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Rob Buccieri (2022–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Alana Kleinerman (2023–2024) — Site Director
- Former: Lisa Friedman (2023–2024) — Vice President Scholars Circle
- Former: Chaitanya Bhuskute (2024) — President - Elect
- Former: Melody Valdez (2024) — Site Director
- Former: Nicole Mustafa (2024) — Vice President New Families
- Former: Angela Dubovsky (2019–2023) — Executive Director
- Former: Aric Agresti (2022–2023) — Vice President Business Development
- Former: Carl Hessler (2022–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Helen Foo (2022–2023) — Vice President New Families
- Former: Kendra Calvert (2022–2023) — Vice President Marketing
- Former: Raven Sarnoff (2022–2023) — Vice President Annual Campaign
- Former: Manisha Lakhanpal (2023) — Site Director
- Former: Amy Sukumar (2021–2022) — Vice President Scholars Circle
- Former: Craig Darling (2021–2022) — President
- Former: Dana Howells McFadden (2021–2022) — Site Director
- Former: Jennifer Minihan (2021–2022) — Site Director
- Former: Kathy Kleinbaum (2021–2022) — Site Director
- Former: Petra Campos (2021–2022) — Site Director
- Former: Tricia Tran (2021–2022) — Vice President Site Director
- Former: Marc Ibanez (2022) — Site Director
- Former: Greg Mand (2019–2021) — Vice President Marketing
- Former: Laurie Orosco (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Liz Anderson (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Molly St Clair (2019–2021) — Vice President Site Director
- Former: Shannon Delucchi (2020–2021) — Vice President Annual Campaign
- Former: Vanessa Bass (2020–2021) — Vice President Events
- Former: Victoria Terry (2020–2021) — Vice President New Families
- Former: Vikram Rao (2020–2021) — Vice President Business Development
- Former: Leighton Burgess (2021) — Site Director
- Former: Amy Weil (2019–2020) — Site Director
- Former: Cyndi Wright (2019–2020) — Site Director
- Former: Jamie Burton (2019–2020) — President
- Former: Joan Lafferty (2019–2020) — Site Director
- Former: Lindsay Morris (2019–2020) — Vice President Marketing
- Former: Meredith Thacker (2019–2020) — Site Director
- Former: Mary Leighton Burgess (2020) — Site Director
- Former: Morvarid Ciccolella (2020) — Site Director
- Former: Bethany Hollrah (2019) — Vice President New Families
- Former: Carolyn Way (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Jeff Demartini (2019) — Vice President Business Development
- Former: Jenese Sieben (2019) — Treasurer
- Former: Kate Reed (2019) — Vice President Events
- Former: Lisa Mudd (2019) — Vice President Site Directors
- Former: Sari McConnell (2019) — President
- Former: Vicky Terry (2019) — Site Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $177K, to Meredith Dunn (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Burlingame Community for Education Foundation
How much does Burlingame Community for Education Foundation give each year?
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation gave $2.8M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.7M across 1 grant.
How large is Burlingame Community for Education Foundation?
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation reported $5.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.2M.
What is Burlingame Community for Education Foundation?
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Burlingame, CA. It holds $5.9M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Burlingame Community for Education Foundation operate?
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation has awarded grants in California.
What is Burlingame Community for Education Foundation's EIN?
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-2722072. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 8, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
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