New York · Private foundation
The Buchwald 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.
- $592k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 47
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 62
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Buchwald Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 47 | $592k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $429k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $430k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 58 | $419k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 59 | $458k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 62 | $400k | 34% |
| FY2019 | 49 | $263k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 45 | $341k | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brooklyn College Foundation Inc | $897,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc | $707,280 | 9 | 3% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $131,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Berkshires Bounty Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 14% |
| Gingold Theatrical Group | $106,200 | 9 | 5% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wam Theatre Inc | $60,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Peoples Pantry | $41,000 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 82 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($593k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Buchwald Family Foundation 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: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · The Jane & Martin Schwartz Family Foundation · Shoval Foundation · Berkshire United Way Inc · The Velmans Foundation Inc · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust · Janey Fund Charitable Trust · Claudia K Perles Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Buchwald Family Foundation
- How much does The Buchwald Family Foundation give?
- The Buchwald Family Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $591,890 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Buchwald Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Education (26%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Buchwald Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Brooklyn College Foundation Inc ($897k), Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc ($707k), Citymeals-On-Wheels ($131k).
- Does The Buchwald Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Buchwald 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Buchwald Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc, Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Buchwald Family Foundation based?
- The Buchwald Family Foundation is based in NY.
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