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The William and Mary Buckley Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
40
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.

Health$481kEducation$271kReligion$216kCommunity Improvement$175kYouth Development$117kInternational$110kHousing & Shelter$75kFood & Nutrition$53kOther$0
02FY2025 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 40 grants below total $212,800, the rows itemized in this filing. The $321,116 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $108,316 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$100
Median grant
9
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cristo Rey Charleston High School Inc$50,000
Sudan Relief Fund$25,000
Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps$25,000
Figure Skating in Harlem$25,000
Mercy Center$10,000
City Meals on Wheels$10,000
Dig Deep Inc$10,000
The Sisters of the Holy Names$10,000
Xaverian Brothers High School$10,000
Catholic Relief Service$10,000
Jesuit Refugee Services$10,000
St Ignatius Loyola Church$5,000
Charleston Collegiate School$5,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College$2,500
College of Charleston - Women's Golf$1,500
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 25 repeat orgs$472k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
28

Total granted

$1.1M
$329k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+50%

Still filing today

52%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23’24’25
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsInternationalCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CF
    CALVARY FUND INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $316k · revenue +18%
  • FS
    FIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $116k · revenue +33%
  • RS
    Roper St Francis Foundation
    3× · 2020–2024 · $104k · revenue +224%

Funded once

  • IV
    Ignatian Volunteer Corps
    one grant, 2020 · $60k
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +50%
  • CA
    Care Alliance Health Center
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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.

03Its field

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.

1
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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2
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital Inc

Healing all people with compassion, faith, and excellence.

Health
3
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
4
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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5
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
6
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
7
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
8
Chs Physician Partners Pc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
Mercy Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
10
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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11
Roper St Francis Healthcare

Healing all people with compassion, faith, and excellence.

Health
12
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 50CAN Inc; the most unlike its peers is The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 62 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Ignatian Volunteer Corps: $60,000 · OtherIgnatian Volunteer CorpsOur Lady of Mercy Community Outreach: $51,500 · OtherOur Lady of Mercy Community OutreachCare Alliance Health Center: $50,000 · OtherCare Alliance Health CenterSt. John's Preparitory School: $50,000 · OtherSt. John's Preparitory SchoolCharleston Collegiate School: $35,500 · OtherCharleston Collegiate SchoolLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $35,000 · OtherLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INCTrustees of Dartmouth College: $27,500 · OtherIgnatian Lay Volunteer Corporation: $25,000 · OtherSt Ignatius Loyola Church: $24,100 · Other+39 more: $223,300 · Other+39 moreCALVARY FUND INC: $315,703 · HealthCALVARY FUND INCRoper St Francis Foundation: $104,100 · HealthRoper St Francis FoundationPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $60,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT COR…+1 more: $10,000 · HealthMETANOIA: $175,000 · Community ImprovementMETANOIATRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationTRUSTEES …CRISTO REY CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationCRISTO RE…50CAN INC: $35,000 · Education50CAN INC+1 more: $1,000 · EducationFIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM INC: $116,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsOne-Eighty Place: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterAfrican Mission Healthcare Foundation: $25,000 · InternationalSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $25,000 · International
Other$581,900Health$489,803Community Improvement$175,000Education$136,000Recreation & Sports$117,000Housing & Shelter$65,000International$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALVARY FUND INC: $315,703 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMETANOIA: $175,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetFIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM INC: $116,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetRoper St Francis Foundation: $104,100 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $65,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCharleston Collegiate School: $35,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budget50CAN INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIgnatian Lay Volunteer Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAfrican Mission Healthcare Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY CENTER CORPORATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALVARY HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Martha and John M Rivers Performance Hall Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 CALVARY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds METANOIA ↗
  • Who funds FIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM INC ↗
  • Who funds Roper St Francis Foundation ↗
  • Who funds One-Eighty Place ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Collegiate School ↗
  • Who funds 50CAN INC ↗
  • Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corporation ↗
  • Who funds African Mission Healthcare Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SUDAN RELIEF FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds MERCY CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CALVARY HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds DIG DEEP ↗
  • Who funds The Martha and John M Rivers Performance Hall Foundation ↗

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.

Coastal Community Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…The US Charitable Gif…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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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Find your warmest path to The William and Mary Buckley 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.

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 62 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2026) is on record and reports $747k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2025, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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