Maryland · Private foundation
The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $300k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $73,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $250k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $214k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $196k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $185k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $194k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $128k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $110k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $71k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Contingent | $239,500 | 6 | 1% |
| 100 Black Men of Greater Washington DC | $84,500 | 5 | 7% |
| Refuge for Women Inc | $67,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of the Children-Portland | $56,500 | 6 | 0% |
| National Center for Children and Families | $50,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc | $43,000 | 8 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Oregon Environmental Council | $23,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation | $20,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($530k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Meyer Memorial Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Keeneland Foundation Inc · Gray Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
Compare The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc reported 24 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (23%), Human Services (23%), Community Improvement (16%).
- Who are The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Contingent ($240k), 100 Black Men of Greater Washington DC ($85k), Refuge for Women Inc ($68k).
- Does The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc 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 The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Meyer Memorial Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation, Keeneland Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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