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Buckeye Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2023
32
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$145k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$2.0MEducation$1.2MHuman Services$596kFood & Nutrition$299kHousing & Shelter$292kYouth Development$121kCivil Rights$120kReligion$109kOther$0
02FY2023 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $926,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,101,400 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $175,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $471k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $440k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$145,000
The Ohio State University$80,000
Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH)$65,000
The Education Foundation of Collier County$50,000
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc.$50,000
Cincinnati Children's Hospital$50,000
Southampton Youth Services Inc$42,000
Mount Carmel High School$25,000
3 For the Love$25,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc.$25,000
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation$25,000
PACTT Learning Center$25,000
Ohio Wesleyan University$25,000
Guadalupe Center$25,000
Home of The Sparrow$25,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 31 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
20

Total granted

$3.5M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+28%

Still filing today

74%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    4× · 2020–2023 · $485k · revenue +28%
  • PL
    PACTT Learning Center
    4× · 2020–2023 · $385k · revenue +43%
  • GC
    Guadalupe Center Inc
    2× · 2020–2023 · $275k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • TK
    The King's College
    one grant, 2017 · $225k · revenue -101%
  • PF
    PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue +3%
  • CC
    Cincinnati Children's
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
4
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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5
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Prospect Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
33/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PACTT Learning Center: $385,000 · OtherPACTT Learning CenterNorthwest Community Healthcare (NCH): $217,500 · OtherNorthwest Community Healthcare (NCH)Cincinnati Children's: $200,000 · OtherCincinnati Children'sCincinnati Children's Hospital: $200,000 · OtherCincinnati Children's HospitalMOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL: $167,000 · OtherMOUNT CARMEL HIGH SCHOOLThe Ohio State University: $160,000 · OtherThe Ohio State UniversityAdvocate Good Shepherd Hospital: $100,000 · OtherDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $100,000 · OtherNorth 40 Mountain Alliance Inc: $70,000 · Other+19 more: $385,800 · Other+19 moreAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $485,000 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Child…PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $200,000 · HealthPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDAT…ADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $132,000 · HealthADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDA…THE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL F…NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $98,000 · HealthNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND…3 For The Love: $50,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global: $50,000 · HealthThe Childrens Hospital: $50,000 · HealthHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $225,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLE…The King's College: $225,000 · EducationThe King's Coll…THE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $80,000 · EducationTHE NIGHTINGALE…OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $80,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIV…OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $15,000 · EducationGuadalupe Center Inc: $275,000 · Human ServicesGuadalupe …SOUTHAMPTON YOUTH SERVICES INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHAMPTO…LET IT BE US: $50,000 · Human ServicesLET IT BE …+2 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesHome of the Sparrow Inc: $239,250 · Housing & ShelterWINGS PROGRAM INC: $53,000 · Housing & ShelterHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $70,000 · Food & NutritionFISH FOOD PANTRY: $56,800 · Food & NutritionMEALS OF HOPE INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $32,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF COLLIER COUNTY INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropyBARRINGTON AREA COMM FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 · Philanthropy
Other$1,985,300Health$1,165,000Education$675,000Human Services$465,000Housing & Shelter$292,250Food & Nutrition$228,800Philanthropy$131,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $485,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPACTT Learning Center: $385,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $275,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHome of the Sparrow Inc: $239,250 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $225,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe King's College: $225,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $132,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTHAMPTON YOUTH SERVICES INC: $120,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF COLLIER COUNTY INC: $115,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $98,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth 40 Mountain Alliance Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFISH FOOD PANTRY: $56,800 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE EAST END I: $55,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budget3 For The Love: $50,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLET IT BE US: $50,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetMEALS OF HOPE INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Childrens Hospital: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $32,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe League Club Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BLEXIT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBARRINGTON AREA COMM FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN STRING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPROSPECT SCHOOLS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GLOBAL GIVING TREE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…AbbVie FoundationThe Bank of America C…Enterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…
The Chicago Community TrustIL14.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · AbbVie Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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How do I get to Buckeye Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Buckeye Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $1.3M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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