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Buckner Family Char Foundation Tr
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TennGreen Land Conservancy | $10,000 |
| Episcopal Relief and Development | $2,500 |
| Salvation Army of Nashville | $2,000 |
| Salvation Army of St Louis | $2,000 |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $2,000 |
| AFEDJ | $1,700 |
| St Louis Area Food Bank | $1,000 |
| Alive Hospice | $500 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | $500 |
| Hillsdale College | $500 |
| Episcopal City Mission | $400 |
| St Lois Public Radio | $400 |
| Cumberland Trails Conference | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLTENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY4× · 2020–2024 · $28k · revenue +40%
- EREPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT4× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +54%
- NRNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION4× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +2%
Funded once
- SASalvation Army St Louisone grant, 2020 · $2k
- SASalvation Armyone grant, 2020 · $2k
- OFOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INCone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +7%
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.
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.
The mission of heartlands conservancy is to empower and colaborate with the people of southern illinois to advance and protect the health of our distinctive communities and nationally significant natural and cultural resources.
To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.
This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
Greenways for nashville promotes, supports, and enhances a system of greenways and open space in nashville and davidson county.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
We are a community based organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of significant open spaces, natural resources, and our historic heritage.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
The mission of friends is to partner with, promote and preserve georgia state parks & historic sites. statewide, friends works to raise awareness of the economic and intrinsic values of georgia's greatest treasures. we work with state and…
To sustain the vibrancy of nashville's centennial park, home to the historic parthenon, by supporting metro parks in revitalizing & activating this public green space to ensure the park remains a welcoming destination for recreation,…
To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds ALIVE HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN POLICY ROUNDTABLE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF RADNOR LAKE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC ↗
- Who funds Mission Pre-Born Inc ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE PLANTATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CUMBERLAND TRAILS CONFERENCE ↗
- Who funds HARPETH CONSERVANCY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Henry Laird Smith Foundation · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Buckner Family Char Foundation Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Buckner Family Char Foundation Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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