New York · Private foundation
Marjorie and John Buyers 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.
- $910k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $701,677
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 33 | $910k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $241k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $215k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $162k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $161k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $172k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $168k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $206k | 2% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jacobs Institute Inc | $701,677 | 1 | 5% |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | $145,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Erie County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $105,000 | 9 | 0% |
| City Mission Inc | $90,000 | 8 | 100% |
| The Salvation Army | $90,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $60,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Pen Bay Waldo Healthcare Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Freedom Service Dogs Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feedmore Western New York Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cradle Beach Inc | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jacobs Institute Inc | $701,677 | 1 | 5% |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | $145,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Erie County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $105,000 | 9 | 0% |
| City Mission Inc | $90,000 | 8 | 100% |
| The Salvation Army | $90,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $60,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Pen Bay Waldo Healthcare Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Freedom Service Dogs Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feedmore Western New York Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cradle Beach Inc | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center | $29,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Kids Escaping Drugs Inc | $27,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences | $27,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Gateway-Longview Inc | $21,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Buffalo Peace House Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation | $14,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Greater NY Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Buffalo Fine Arts Academy | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Elmwood-Franklin School Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($887k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Frank G Raichle Foundation · E&W G Foundation · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · The Baird Foundation · Buffalo Bills Foundation Inc · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation
- How much does Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation give?
- Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $910,177 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Health (18%), Animals (10%).
- Who are Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Jacobs Institute Inc ($702k), Westminster Presbyterian Church ($145k), Erie County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($105k).
- Does Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marjorie and John Buyers 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 Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, The Frank G Raichle Foundation, E&W G Foundation.
- Where is Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation based?
- Marjorie and John Buyers Foundation is based in NY.
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