Nevada · Private foundation
Carol Franc Buck Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations Carol Franc Buck Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $203k 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 | 21 | $1.4M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $1.5M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.7M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $855k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $926k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $818k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $742k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $853k | 88% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Tahoe | $1,325,000 | 9 | 15% |
| Nevada Museum of Art | $1,250,000 | 5 | 4% |
| San Francisco Opera Association | $950,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Houston Grand Opera Association Inc | $710,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Opera San Jose Incorporated | $600,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Afterimage Public Media | $449,000 | 3 | 72% |
| Arizona Opera Company | $310,000 | 5 | 1% |
| San Francisco Ballet Association | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $300,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc | $295,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($488k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Carol Franc Buck Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Ibm International Foundation · The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc · Edna B & Bruno Benna Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · The Bernard Osher Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Five Arts Foundation
How this is measured
About Carol Franc Buck Foundation
- How much does Carol Franc Buck Foundation give?
- Carol Franc Buck Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $1,450,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Carol Franc Buck Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (100%), Education (0%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
- Who are Carol Franc Buck Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Classical Tahoe ($1.3M), Nevada Museum of Art ($1.3M), San Francisco Opera Association ($950k).
- Does Carol Franc Buck Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carol Franc Buck Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carol Franc Buck Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert Z Hawkins Foundation, The E L Cord Foundation, Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation.
- Where is Carol Franc Buck Foundation based?
- Carol Franc Buck Foundation is based in NV.
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