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The Buccino Foundation at a glance

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The Buccino Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$100k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$793kHealth$9kHuman Services$5kReligion$2kInternational$1kFood & Nutrition$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kCommunity Improvement$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY$100,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Little Brothers Friends of The Elderly: $100 → 10%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%FILDECO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $100 → 11%THE SEEING EYE: $100 → 4%Marine Corps Heritage Foundation: $150 → 7%Blinded Veterans Association: $150 → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $200 → 14%Marine Corps Heritage Foundation: $150 → 7%BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION: $100 → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $200 → 14%American Foundation For The Blind: $200 → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%WOUNDER WARRIORS PROJECT: $100 → 14%American Foundation For The Blind: $150 → 7%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $100 → 7%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$808k · 37 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
46

Total granted

$808k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+34%

Still filing today

65%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • SH
    SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $793k · revenue +58%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $500 · revenue +90%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $450 · revenue ×12

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN
    one grant, 2017 · $600
  • IM
    Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houstongraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +169%
  • HF
    HOUSTON FORD BANKS
    one grant, 2017 · $500
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
4
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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5
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
6
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
7
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
8
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
9
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
10
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
11
Researchamerica

2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…

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12
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seeing Eye Inc; the most unlike its peers is Texas Diaper Bank. 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

55 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. 55 of the 83 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
40/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $792,510 · OtherSETON HALL UNIVERSITY+40 more: $12,150 · OtherTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,300 · HealthTEXAS DIAPER BANK: $500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $350 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $300 · HealthPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $300 · HealthHELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC: $250 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global: $200 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $200 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $200 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $200 · Health+9 more: $950 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $450 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $450 · Human ServicesMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $400 · Human ServicesBLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION: $250 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $250 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $100 · Human ServicesFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $100 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $100 · Human ServicesSAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $100 · Human ServicesHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $450 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $300 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $300 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 · InternationalMercy Corps: $100 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $100 · InternationalSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $450 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $100 · EducationGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $200 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $200 · Food & NutritionMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $250 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $100 · Philanthropy
Other$804,660Health$4,750Human Services$2,700International$1,700Education$550Food & Nutrition$400Philanthropy$350

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $792,510 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS DIAPER BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES-USA INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of The United States: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PA: $100 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.

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.

Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC9.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Buccino Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Buccino Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 83 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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