· Private foundation
The Donald H & Mary Jane Buchanan Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $142k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $173k
- $250k+1 grant · $292k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $291,588 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $86,647 |
| CARDINAL GLENNON HOSPITAL | $86,647 |
| LIFEWISE STL | $43,295 |
| COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS | $28,901 |
| ST LOUIS AREA FOODBANK | $20,197 |
| LEMAY CHILD & FAMILY CENTER | $17,352 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $17,352 |
| THE SMILE TRAIN | $14,451 |
| MEGAN MEIER FOUNDATION | $8,648 |
| ANGELS' ARMS | $8,648 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST MO | $8,591 |
| BOYS & GIRLS TOWN OF MISSOURI | $5,803 |
| SUNSHINE MINISTRIES | $5,803 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KHKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL4× · 2017–2024 · $88k · revenue +29%
- COCOLLEGE OF THE OZARKS5× · 2018–2024 · $69k · revenue +45%
- SLST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC6× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2022 · $6k
- KCKeeter Center for Character Edone grant, 2017 · $5k
- FHFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION OF ST LOUISone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
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.
Light of life transforms lives through the love of christ by providing food, shelter, and hope to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness, poverty, or addiction to restore them as healthy members of our community.
The organization seeks to provide the highest quality of care in ministry to the diverse needs of louisiana's children and families by offering a variety of holistic services which promote personal growth and wholesome family life. the…
Providing a safe home, compassionate care and high-quality mental health services to children and youth who have experienced significant trauma, to restore their childhood and equip them to productive adulthood.
To empower homeless mothers and their children to heal from their trauma and become self-sufficient.
High quality, 24/7 support in neighborhood homes for persons with intellectual disabilities. inclusive educational opportunities for people in st. louis. changing the way persons with disabilities are seen and highlighting their…
The agency's overarching philosophy is based in the neurosequential model of therapeutics (nmt), developed by dr. bruce perry. nmt is a trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive approach to understanding the impact of a child's history on…
Connecting children with families and keeping families connected by providing pregnancy and parenting support, foster care programs and adoption services.
Good Samaritan Boys Ranch is on a mission to confront the forces that push families into foster care and transform the systems that fail youth as they leave it through a spectrum of residential and community-based services that bring…
To provide integrated services such as financial assistance, case management, and referrals to families and individuals of all ages to reduce the propensity for homelessness, abuse and neglect, and to provide the tools to achieve…
City union mission is an evangelical christian ministry committed to sharing the gospel and meeting the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of men, women, and children who are poor and/or homeless in kansas city.
To provide nutritional support and enhance the quality of life of men, women, and children living with hiv/aids or cancer
The mission of the southeast missouri food bank is to promote food recovery; acquire and distribute food and household products; and provide community leadership and education on issues of hunger and poverty in an effort to alleviate…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 KINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds MEGAN MEIER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER ↗
- Who funds ANGELS' ARMS ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SUNSHINE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED SPECIAL SPORTSMAN ALLIANCE I ↗
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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Donald H & Mary Jane Buchanan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donald H & Mary Jane Buchanan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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