Public charity
Buchanan Friendship Foundation
The foundation devotes its property to funding and developing philanthropic projects that promote social welfare (including for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes) within the meaning of section 501(c)(4) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended (the "code").
- $26M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Buchanan Friendship Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.4M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $5.5M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1.2M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $30M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| K5 Foundation co Pacific Foundation Services | $29,600,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ellis Early Learning Inc | $5,400,000 | 1 | 51% |
| Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc | $1,200,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Her Next Steps | $250,000 | 2 | 83% |
| Caroyacu Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
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About Buchanan Friendship Foundation
- How much does Buchanan Friendship Foundation give?
- Buchanan Friendship Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $25,000, out of $26,485,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Buchanan Friendship Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Education (14%), Environment (3%).
- Who are Buchanan Friendship Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: K5 Foundation co Pacific Foundation Services ($30M), Ellis Early Learning Inc ($5.4M), Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc ($1.2M).
- Does Buchanan Friendship Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
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