Texas · Public charity
Buckner Foundation Inc
Grantmaking and asset management for the support and benefit of the 501(c)(3) ministries of buckner international.
- $57M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,511,252
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $24,629,187
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $547M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Buckner Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $56M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $44M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $37M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $26M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $29M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $26M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $27M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $22M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckner International | $127,696,814 | 8 | 71% |
| Buckner Children & Family Services Inc | $102,964,968 | 8 | 41% |
| Buckner Retirement Services Inc | $24,564,243 | 8 | 15% |
| Buckner Senior Living Inc | $7,548,252 | 2 | 19% |
| Tarrant County Senior Living Center Inc | $3,175,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Rio Grande Children's Home Inc | $1,140,694 | 8 | 17% |
| Buckner Adoption and Maternity Services Inc | $377,838 | 1 | 63% |
| Mfhl Corporation | $128,791 | 1 | 41% |
| Baptist Memorials Ministries | $74,855 | 2 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Buckner Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Buckner Foundation Inc
- How much does Buckner Foundation Inc give?
- Buckner Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $57,225,615 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Buckner Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (52%), International (48%), Philanthropy (0%).
- Who are Buckner Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Buckner International ($128M), Buckner Children & Family Services Inc ($103M), Buckner Retirement Services Inc ($25M).
- Does Buckner Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Buckner Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Buckner Foundation Inc based?
- Buckner Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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