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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 FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$74k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$350kHuman Services$344kCommunity Improvement$240kYouth Development$182kArts & Culture$155kFood & Nutrition$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $124k
$7,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CONTINGENT$73,500
NATURE CONSERVANCY$50,000
LIFEWISE ACADEMY - E&D$20,000
Individual grant recipient$18,000
SIGSC GREEN SPACE CONSERVANCY$15,000
LEXINGTON DREAM FACTORY$15,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$15,000
WOODHILL COMMUNITY CENTER$12,000
LEXINGTON REFUGE FOR WOMEN$10,000
SAFE PLACE FOR WOMEN$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN$8,000
SURGERY ON SUNDAYS$7,500
SEA ISLAND HUNGER AWARENESS FOUNDATION$7,500
CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION$7,500
LEXINGTON HOPE CENTER$6,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $15k → 8%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $10k → 8%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $10k → 8%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $10k → 8%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $5k → 8%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES (NCCF): $500 → 8%LEXINGTON RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 15%LEXINGTON RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 15%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

WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 44 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
21

Total granted

$1.2M
$97k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+10%

Still filing today

57%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionInternationalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TC
    THE CONTINGENT
    6× · 2017–2024 · $240k · revenue +182%
  • 1B
    100 BLACK MEN OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $85k · revenue +67%
  • RF
    REFUGE FOR WOMEN INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $68k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • ES
    ELI SINE -THE CONTINGENT
    one grant, 2022 · $47k
  • WC
    WOODHILL COMMUNITY CENTER - THE MAP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $18k
  • MF
    MAP FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +44%
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
4
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International
7
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
8
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
9
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
10
Nw Energy Coalition

The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…

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11
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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12
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Children and Families; the most unlike its peers is Veterans Park Elementary Pta. 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

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 70 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
27/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $175,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYLEXINGTON DREAM FACTORY: $107,500 · OtherLEXINGTON DREAM FACTORYMY NEIGHBOR - THE CONTINGENT: $65,000 · OtherMY NEIGHBOR - THE CONTINGENTWOODHILL COMMUNITY CENTER: $48,000 · OtherWOODHILL COMMUNITY CENTERELI SINE -THE CONTINGENT: $47,000 · OtherELI SINE -THE CONTINGENTLEXINGTON REFUGE FOR WOMEN: $40,000 · OtherLEXINGTON HOPE CENTER: $32,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $32,500 · Other+46 more: $316,000 · Other+46 moreTHE CONTINGENT: $239,500 · Community ImprovementTHE CONTINGENTNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL R…THE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $43,000 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL…Oregon Environmental Council: $23,500 · EnvironmentOregon En…+3 more: $4,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $56,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $16,000 · Youth DevelopmentKEEN GREATER DC LLC: $10,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $2,500 · Youth Development100 BLACK MEN OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC: $84,500 · EducationREFUGE FOR WOMEN INC: $67,500 · Housing & ShelterNATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $50,500 · Human ServicesLEXINGTON RESCUE MISSION: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$863,000Community Improvement$239,500Environment$131,000Youth Development$85,000Education$84,500Housing & Shelter$67,500Human Services$52,500

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 budgetTHE CONTINGENT: $239,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $175,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC: $84,500 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetREFUGE FOR WOMEN INC: $67,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $60,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $56,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $50,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $43,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Environmental Council: $23,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSURGERY ON SUNDAY INC: $16,500 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD RECOVERY NETWORK INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKEEN GREATER DC LLC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR WOMEN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVETERANS PARK ELEMENTARY PTA: $4,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetC&O CANAL TRUST INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBENEATH THE WAVES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEXINGTON RESCUE MISSION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys To Men Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetThe Blueprint Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbia Riverkeeper: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLARIS PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING LODGE OF THE SEVEN NATIONS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE IS KING INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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 THE CONTINGENT ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds 100 BLACK MEN OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds THE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Environmental Council ↗
  • Who funds Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SURGERY ON SUNDAY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds FOOD RECOVERY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
  • Who funds MAP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KEEN GREATER DC LLC ↗
  • Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR WOMEN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COALITION OF 100 BLACK WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS PARK ELEMENTARY PTA ↗

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.

Meyer Memorial TrustThe Oregon Community …Keeneland Foundation …Gray Family FoundationBaird Foundation IncCharities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …
Meyer Memorial TrustOR15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Buchanan Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Blueprint Foundation: 10% of income from government
  • The Contingent: 5% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
  • National Center for Children and Families: 2% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Columbia Riverkeeper: 1% of income from government
  • Love Is King Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 The Buchanan Family Foundation Inc 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 70 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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