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The Buckelew Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$24k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
52%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$250
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 53
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$27k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 52% of the organizations The Buckelew Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving25$24k36%
FY202327$25k52%
FY202231$25k32%
FY202144$28k39%
FY202041$14k54%
FY201953$30k55%
FY201847$33k70%
FY201739$21kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$67kArts & Culture$33kHealth$27kPhilanthropy$20kYouth Development$17kHuman Services$10kHousing & Shelter$5kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
PA
NJ
NE
MO
VA
AZ
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 63 grantees
All grantees of The Buckelew Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nj Hall of Fame$15,0003n/a
Georgian Court University$10,50040%
The Foundation for the New Jersey Hall of Fame Inc$10,00011%
Ocean's Harbor House Inc$9,00080%
The Cooper Foundation Inc$8,00070%
Count Basie Theatre Inc$5,50040%
Larc School Inc D/B/A the Larc Norcross School$5,08080%
The Emmanuel Cancer Foundation Inc$4,25050%
Ocean County College Foundation$4,01040%
Interfaith Neighbors Inc$3,25030%
Mercy Center Corporation$2,79040%
180 Turning Lives Around$2,32220%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00020%
Jersey Shore Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$1,55030%
The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties Inc D/B/A Fulfill$1,00010%
Patriots' Path Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$1,00010%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$1,00010%
Manasquan Pba Local #284$1,00011%
The Alcove Center for Grieving Children and Families Inc$1,00010%
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc$1,00010%
Family Resource Network Inc$1,00010%
Monmouth University Inc$1,00010%
The Samaritan Center at the Jersey Shore$1,00010%
Toms River Field of Dreams$1,00010%
Ocean County Mayor's Association$70050%
Friendly Sons of St Patrick of The$53521%
Jackson Township High School Scholarship Fund Inc$50010%
Family Promise of Essex County Inc$50010%
Manasquan River Golf Foundation$50010%
Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Inc$40040%
Lakewood High School Alumni Assoc$3502n/a
Ocean Housing Alliance Inc$30020%
Lakewood Historical Society Inc$2752n/a
Lesniak Institute for American Leadership Inc$25010%
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center$2501n/a
Pizzo Family Foundation Inc$25010%
Community Medical Center Foundation$25020%
Heritage Foundation$24530%
The American Legion Department of NJ$23540%
South Wall Fire Company No 1$20020%
21 Plus Foundation Inc$20030%
Hackensack Meridian Health Inc$2001n/a
Goodwill Fire Company No 2$15030%
Wall Community First Aid Squad Inc$15020%
Tiferes Devorah Lkallah Inc$1501n/a
Rutgers Hillel Corporation$10010%
Visiting Nurse Association Health Group Inc$10010%
Dottie's House Inc$10010%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Uni$10020%
Berkeley Township Historical Society Inc$1001n/a
Ocean County Library Foundation Inc$1001n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$10010%
Ocean County Historical Society$10010%
Americans for Prosperity$10010%
Spring Lake Fire Company #1$1001n/a
Big Brothersbig Sisters of Ocean County Inc$7510%
Heritage Action for America$7510%
Preservation Alliance of Spring Lake Inc$702n/a
Beacon of Hope Inc$501n/a
Community Medical Center$5010%
Whyy Inc$5010%
Turning Point USA Inc$2510%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 110 recipients with no EIN on record ($99k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Buckelew Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorgian Court University: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for the New Jersey Hall of Fame Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOcean's Harbor House Inc: $9,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cooper Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCount Basie Theatre Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLarc School Inc D/B/A the Larc Norcross School: $5,080 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Emmanuel Cancer Foundation Inc: $4,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOcean County College Foundation: $4,010 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetInterfaith Neighbors Inc: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Center Corporation: $2,790 over 4y, 0.1% of budget180 Turning Lives Around: $2,322 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJersey Shore Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $1,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties Inc D/B/A Fulfill: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPatriots' Path Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHobart and William Smith Colleges: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManasquan Pba Local #284: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Alcove Center for Grieving Children and Families Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Resource Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMonmouth University Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Samaritan Center at the Jersey Shore: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetToms River Field of Dreams: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOcean County Mayor's Association: $700 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFriendly Sons of St Patrick of The: $535 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJackson Township High School Scholarship Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFamily Promise of Essex County Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetManasquan River Golf Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMonmouth Medical Center Foundation Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Housing Alliance Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLesniak Institute for American Leadership Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPizzo Family Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Medical Center Foundation: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeritage Foundation: $245 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion Department of NJ: $235 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Wall Fire Company No 1: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budget21 Plus Foundation Inc: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGoodwill Fire Company No 2: $150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWall Community First Aid Squad Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRutgers Hillel Corporation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVisiting Nurse Association Health Group Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDottie's House Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of the Uni: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcean County Historical Society: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmericans for Prosperity: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothersbig Sisters of Ocean County Inc: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeritage Action for America: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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.

Oceanfirst FoundationNJ46.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oceanfirst Foundation · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Wintrode Family Foundation Inc · The Ansell Grimm & Aaron Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · The Citta Foundation Inc · The H Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc · Kearnybank Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Provident Bank 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.

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How do I get to The Buckelew Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Buckelew Family Foundation 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.

About The Buckelew Family Foundation

How much does The Buckelew Family Foundation give?
The Buckelew Family Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $23,790 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 53 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Buckelew Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (16%), Health (14%).
Who are The Buckelew Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nj Hall of Fame ($15k), Georgian Court University ($11k), The Foundation for the New Jersey Hall of Fame Inc ($10k).
Does The Buckelew Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Buckelew Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Buckelew Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Oceanfirst Foundation, New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc, The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation.
Where is The Buckelew Family Foundation based?
The Buckelew Family Foundation is based in NJ.

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 176 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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