New Jersey · Private foundation
The Bu Family 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
80% of The Bu Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,632
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,632
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $896k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations The Bu Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $600 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 2x4 Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Renaissance Church | $180 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($420), not named here.
About The Bu Family Foundation
- How much does The Bu Family Foundation give?
- The Bu Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $50,632 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does The Bu Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Public Safety & Disaster (4%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are The Bu Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: World Central Kitchen Inc ($10k), 2x4 Foundation Inc ($10k), Renaissance Church ($180).
- Does The Bu Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bu Family 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.
- Where is The Bu Family Foundation based?
- The Bu Family Foundation is based in NJ.
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