Maryland · Private foundation
David W Buck Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 66
- Grants FY2025
- 69
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 66 to 75
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $125k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations David W Buck Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 66 | $120k | 2% |
| FY2024 | 69 | $119k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 66 | $102k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 69 | $99k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 68 | $96k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 75 | $79k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 73 | $69k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 73 | $66k | 16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americares Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Maryland Food Bank Inc | $63,000 | 9 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation | $19,500 | 6 | 0% |
| National Aquarium Inc | $17,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc | $16,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 67 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($241k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David W Buck Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Kenneth S Battye Charitable Trust · Campbell Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare David W Buck Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
About David W Buck Family Foundation Inc
- How much does David W Buck Family Foundation Inc give?
- David W Buck Family Foundation Inc reported 66 grants totaling $120,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 75 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David W Buck Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (24%), Health (22%), International (17%).
- Who are David W Buck Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Americares Foundation Inc ($75k), The Maryland Food Bank Inc ($63k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($55k).
- Does David W Buck Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David W Buck Family Foundation Inc 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 David W Buck Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, The Kahlert Foundation Inc, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore.
- Where is David W Buck Family Foundation Inc based?
- David W Buck Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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