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Patricia and Albert C Buehler Jr Foundation at a glance

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Patricia and Albert C Buehler Jr Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$59k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$150kArts & Culture$63kReligion$59kRecreation & Sports$44kEducation$35kYouth Development$31kHealth$7kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $38k
$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$451k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOSEPH AND FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH$15,500
RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$12,500
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN$10,164
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$4,000
FRIENDS OF DARMOUTH GOLF$2,500
LINCOLN PARK ZOO$2,500
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY$2,250
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ST ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,000
CENTER CHURCH$1,000
CENTRO DE INFORMACIN$700
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$550
KENILWORTH GARDEN CLUB$500
SAINT CLEMENT CHURCH$500
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$500
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 (FY20–24, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE: $500 → 9%URBAN INITIATIVES: $25k → 14%URBAN INITIATIVES: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 14%HOWARD AREA COMMUNITY CENTER: $50 → 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

NH
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CA
MO
DC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$434k · 36 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
25

Total granted

$434k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+28%

Still filing today

53%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CH
    CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $130k · revenue +27%
  • RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $66k · revenue +251%
  • Northwestern University
    5× · 2020–2025 · $47k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • WE
    WILDCAT EXCELLENCE FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • RT
    ROOM TO READ
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +11%
  • AO
    ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naples Botanical Garden Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chicago Wind Symphony. 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

43 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. 43 of the 72 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
36/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $130,264 · EnvironmentCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $28,500 · EnvironmentNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC+4 more: $2,500 · EnvironmentVILLAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $25,500 · OtherVILLAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHST JOSEPH AND FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherST JOSEPH AND FRANCIS XAVIER C…ST FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH: $16,000 · OtherST FRANCIS XAVIER PARISHNAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $7,500 · OtherNAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCWILDCAT EXCELLENCE FUND: $7,000 · OtherWILDCAT EXCELLENCE FUNDSAINTS JOSEPH AND FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH: $5,600 · OtherCENTER CHURCH LAKE COUNTY NFP: $5,000 · Other+37 more: $37,100 · Other+37 moreRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $66,000 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVAL …Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $2,400 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $500 · Arts & CultureNorthwestern University: $46,500 · Recreation & SportsNorthwester…+2 more: $150 · Recreation & SportsURBAN INITIATIVES INC: $28,000 · Human Services+3 more: $600 · Human ServicesDePauw University: $13,500 · EducationROOM TO READ: $5,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $1,750 · Education+6 more: $1,350 · EducationLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $5,100 · Animals+1 more: $100 · Animals
Environment$161,264Other$123,700Arts & Culture$68,900Recreation & Sports$46,650Human Services$28,600Education$21,600Animals$5,200

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 budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $130,264 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $66,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $46,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $28,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN INITIATIVES INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDePauw University: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $5,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROOM TO READ: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $2,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKENILWORTH GARDEN CLUB: $1,700 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNORTHBROOK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,550 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetKENILWORTH COMMUNITY FUND INC: $1,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE YEAR IN ATHENS INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO WIND SYMPHONY: $250 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE CORP: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMENS WESTERN GOLF FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND ANIMAL SHELTER NFP: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Central College: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRAINUP INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeaver Island Rural Health Center: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Area Community Center: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPI BETA PHI FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN INITIATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds DePauw University ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ROOM TO READ ↗
  • Who funds Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ↗
  • Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KENILWORTH GARDEN CLUB ↗
  • Who funds NORTHBROOK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds KENILWORTH COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP ↗
  • Who funds ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE YEAR IN ATHENS INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC ↗

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.

The Chicago Community…Baird Foundation IncAbbVie FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
The Chicago Community TrustIL15.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Patricia and Albert C Buehler Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Patricia and Albert C Buehler Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Patricia and Albert C Buehler Jr Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 72 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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