· Private foundation
Ga Jr and Kathryn M Buder Charitable Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k14 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
- $250k+1 grant · $768k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GEORGE WARREN BROWN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK | $768,000 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW | $52,782 |
| WEBSTER UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS | $12,600 |
| ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN VIOLIN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | $4,450 |
| ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN VIOLIN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | $4,000 |
| BRENDAN'S FRIDAY BACKPACK INC | $3,500 |
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY | $3,500 |
| CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $3,500 |
| MISSOURI WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER | $3,500 |
| NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSN GRANT | $3,500 |
| DUO | $3,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,400 |
| MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC GRANT | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | $2,000 |
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 (FY20–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
How this is measured
4 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. 4 of the 15 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ga Jr and Kathryn M Buder Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ga Jr and Kathryn M Buder Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
- National Indian Child Welfare Association: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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