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George and Sarah Buchanan Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

George and Sarah Buchanan Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
82
Grants FY2025still arriving
23
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.1MHuman Services$1.9MHealth$1.6MRecreation & Sports$710kEmployment$491kInternational$440kAnimals$260kPublic Benefit$200kOther$0
02FY2025 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $990k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $2.6M
$30,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$66M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$150,000
GARY SINESE FOUNDATION$150,000
CALDWELL ACADEMY$150,000
JDRF$150,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$150,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$125,000
DANVILLE LIFE SAVINGS AND FIRST AID CREW$100,000
HOPE ACADEMY$100,000
PRE-BORN$100,000
KIDS AND PROS$100,000
MOUNT JUBILEE MINISTRIES$85,000
CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION$75,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$75,000
ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION$75,000
GUY FIERI FOUNDATION$75,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $490k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION: $75k → 13%YOUTH FOCUS INC: $10k → 16%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $20k → 8%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $20k → 5%ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION: $75k → 13%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $20k → 8%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $15k → 5%SENIOR RESOURCES OF GUILFORD: $50k → 16%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $15k → 8%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $5k → 5%SENIOR RESOURCES OF GUILFORD: $30k → 16%SENIOR RESOURCES OF GUILFORD: $10k → 16%HORSEPOWER INC: $25k → 16%HORSEPOWER INC: $25k → 16%HORSEPOWER INC: $10k → 16%HORSEPOWER INC: $4k → 16%AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $35k → 16%AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $35k → 16%AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $10k → 16%DANVILLE FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 14%DANVILLE FAMILY YMCA: $455 → 14%DANVILLE FAMILY YMCA: $200 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
WI
NY
MA
WY
IN
PA
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.2M · 78 repeat orgs$224k to everyone else

78 repeat relationships: 66 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
14

Total granted

$8.2M
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+19%

Still filing today

76%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CA
    CALDWELL ACADEMY
    6× · 2017–2025 · $436k · revenue +28%
  • DL
    DANVILLE LIFE SAVING AND FIRST AID CREW INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $355k · revenue +93%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $349k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • CH
    COMING HOME FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -21%
  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +19%
  • YF
    YOUTH FOCUS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +80%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
National Veterans Foundation Inc

To serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of america's veterans and their families.

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3
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

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4
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
5
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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6
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
7
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
8
Healing Paws for Warriors Inc

Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…

Human Services
9
Companions for Heroes

To champion public awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and challenges confronting our countrys heroes and rally support for shelter animal adoption by connecting heroes and companions.

Human Services
10
Troops First Foundation Incorporated

To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and…

Public Benefit
11
Soldiers' Angels

Soldiers' angels provides aid, comfort, and resources to the military, veterans, and their families.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Packages From Home

To send care and comfort packages to deployed american military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Operations Warrior Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

81 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. 81 of the 108 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/81
Grantees still filing
49/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $348,500 · OtherWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECTDUKE UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITYHOPE ACADEMY: $205,000 · OtherHOPE ACADEMYMAKE A WISH: $150,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS: $145,000 · OtherWEST MAIN BAPTIST CHURCH: $130,000 · OtherOPERATION COMING HOME FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $220,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSEFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $145,000 · OtherHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $130,000 · Other+56 more: $1,885,551 · Other+56 moreCALDWELL ACADEMY: $436,000 · EducationCALDWELL ACADEMYSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $348,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNE…AVERETT UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · EducationAVERETT UNIVERSITYTHE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION: $125,000 · EducationTHE GUY FIERI FOUNDA…Danville Church and Community Tutorial Program: $100,000 · EducationDanville Church and …Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $100,000 · EducationChildren of Fallen P…SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $80,000 · EducationVIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Education+1 more: $30,000 · EducationDANVILLE LIFE SAVING AND FIRST AID CREW INC: $355,000 · HealthDANVILLE LIFE …Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation: $150,000 · HealthCerebral Palsy…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $125,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPI…HANNAH'S HAVEN INC: $93,000 · HealthHANNAH'S HAVEN…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $91,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES…FELLOWSHIP HALL INC: $90,000 · HealthFELLOWSHIP HAL…SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $70,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AM…WARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 · HealthFRIENDS FOR AN EARLIER BREAST CANCER TEST INC: $39,500 · Health+3 more: $13,050 · HealthMission Pre-Born Inc: $165,000 · Human ServicesROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR RESOURCES OF GUILFORD: $90,000 · Human ServicesAUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $80,000 · Human ServicesHORSEPOWER INC: $63,500 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesJACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $40,000 · Human Services+2 more: $11,655 · Human ServicesGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $340,000 · PhilanthropyHope For The Warriors: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTHE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND: $75,000 · PhilanthropySaving Grace K9s: $40,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMDRC: $295,000 · EmploymentVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EmploymentA SPECIAL BLEND INC: $45,000 · EmploymentKIDS & PROS INC: $190,000 · Recreation & SportsMount Jubilee Ministries Inc: $170,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE TESORI FAMILY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$3,784,051Education$1,529,500Health$1,081,550Human Services$655,155Philanthropy$560,000Employment$490,000Recreation & Sports$420,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALDWELL ACADEMY: $436,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetDANVILLE LIFE SAVING AND FIRST AID CREW INC: $355,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $348,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $340,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMDRC: $295,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAVERETT UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $220,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS & PROS INC: $190,000 over 8y, 28% of budgetOPERATION COMING HOME FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetMount Jubilee Ministries Inc: $170,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetMission Pre-Born Inc: $165,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $145,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $130,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDANVILLE PITTSYLVANIA CANCER ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetDanville Church and Community Tutorial Program: $100,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOperation Second Chance Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHANNAH'S HAVEN INC: $93,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $91,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP HALL INC: $90,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSENIOR RESOURCES OF GUILFORD: $90,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Barnabas Foundation Inc: $76,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetTHE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGODS PIT CREW INC: $71,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHORSEPOWER INC: $63,500 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $60,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $54,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMING HOME FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $49,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA SPECIAL BLEND INC: $45,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budget
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.

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.

Community Foundation …Alexander Berkeley Ca…The Community Foundat…The Stout Family Foun…Jt-Minnie Maude Chari…Lincoln Financial Fou…The Cannon Foundation…Tannenbaum-Sternberge…Reynolds American Fou…Duke Energy FoundationFoundation for the Ca…Betty J and Robert P …
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro IncNC23× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Alexander Berkeley Carrington Jr & Ruth Simpson Carrington Charitable Trust · The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region · The Stout Family Foundation · Jt-Minnie Maude Charitable Trust · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Reynolds American Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization George and Sarah Buchanan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George and Sarah Buchanan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 108 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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