South Carolina · Private foundation
The William and Mary Buckley Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $321k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $213k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 30
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations The William and Mary Buckley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 | 18 | $213k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $298k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $320k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $286k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $499k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Fund Inc | $315,703 | 4 | 2% |
| Metanoia | $175,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Figure Skating in Harlem Inc | $116,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Roper St Francis Foundation | $104,100 | 3 | 0% |
| One-Eighty Place | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Charleston High School Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Charleston Collegiate School | $35,500 | 5 | 0% |
| 50can Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($415k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William and Mary Buckley 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: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The William and Mary Buckley Foundation
- How much does The William and Mary Buckley Foundation give?
- The William and Mary Buckley Foundation reported 40 itemized grants totaling $212,800, out of $321,116 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The William and Mary Buckley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (14%), Education (8%), Religion (6%).
- Who are The William and Mary Buckley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Calvary Fund Inc ($316k), Metanoia ($175k), Figure Skating in Harlem Inc ($116k).
- Does The William and Mary Buckley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William and Mary Buckley 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 William and Mary Buckley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The US Charitable Gift Trust.
- Where is The William and Mary Buckley Foundation based?
- The William and Mary Buckley Foundation is based in SC.
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