Arkansas · Private foundation
The Buck 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.
- $351k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 72
- Grants FY2025
- 72
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 67 to 72
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Buck Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $133k 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 | 72 | $351k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 72 | $321k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 67 | $272k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 68 | $280k | 59% |
| FY2021 | 68 | $266k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 67 | $284k | 66% |
| FY2019 | 72 | $264k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 72 | $270k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Development Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Northwest Arkansas Food Bank | $54,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Rogers Public Education Foundation | $37,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Beaver Lake Fire Department Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ozark Natural Science Center Inc | $28,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Arkansas Children's Hospital | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Children's Advocacy Center of Pine Bluff | $13,000 | 3 | 1% |
| First Christian Church Youth Programs | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| First Christian Church | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Seven Hills Homeless Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Development Foundation | $55,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Northwest Arkansas Food Bank | $54,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Rogers Public Education Foundation | $37,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Beaver Lake Fire Department Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ozark Natural Science Center Inc | $28,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Arkansas Children's Hospital | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Children's Advocacy Center of Pine Bluff | $13,000 | 3 | 1% |
| First Christian Church Youth Programs | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| First Christian Church | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Seven Hills Homeless Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Excellerate Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avants Group Living Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Rogers Short Film Festival | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Paws of the Ozarks | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 275 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Buck 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: Wal-Mart Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Buck Foundation
- How much does The Buck Foundation give?
- The Buck Foundation reported 72 grants totaling $350,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 67 and 72 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Buck Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (82%), Animals (5%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are The Buck Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rogers Development Foundation ($55k), Northwest Arkansas Food Bank ($54k), Rogers Public Education Foundation ($37k).
- Does The Buck Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Buck 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 Buck Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wal-Mart Foundation, Arvest Foundation, Walton Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Buck Foundation based?
- The Buck Foundation is based in AR.
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