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Buchanan Children's Charities Inc

Buchanan Children's Charities Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CURCI FUND ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$79k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$0
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Buchanan Children's Charities Inc does

Mission

Buchanan children's charities (bcc), a public non-profit organization, was formed to measurably improve the quality of life and educational opportunities for children. The firm's commitment extends to fostering better educational systems, teaching fiscal responsibility, funding research and treatment for autism, supporting the arts and culture, improving the environment and encouraging employee volunteerism.

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.

Program

Buchanan children's charities provided grants to the following charites during the year: padre foundation - supports children that are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes tia's hope - supports youth that are hospitalized by creating special moments for them orange county ronald mcdonald house - provides comfort, care and support to children and families irvine public schools foundation - enriches the edcational experience of each child in every school summer search - gives yound people the opportunity to strengthen the skills they need to succeed in school and in life arthritis foundation - pursue a cure for america's #1 cause of disability and supports people suffering from arthritis aquarium of the pacific/pacific vision - informal learning enviroment that will model ways for communicating about ocean exploration, conveying critical enviromental issues and sparking an interest and a passion for scientific discovery one oc/building block foundation - educating and nurturing at-risk youth orange county council boy scouts of america - prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetime the uci foundation - raises and manages private funds to support philanthropy…

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($132k) Expenses 100 ($160k) Net assets 100 ($98k)2018 Revenue 59 ($79k) Expenses 110 ($176k) Net assets 0 ($0)
20172018
Revenue (59)Expenses (110)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $98k to $0 (−100%).

$98k
$0
20172018
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$28k
’17
−$98k
’18
7.3
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20172018
Listed33
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $8k.

Funder
'18
'19
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of Buchanan Children's Charities Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of Buchanan Children's Charities Inc's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Buchanan Children's Charities Inc?
Buchanan Children's Charities Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being CURCI FUND ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Buchanan Children's Charities Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to Buchanan Children's Charities Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Buchanan Children's Charities Inc?
CURCI FUND is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Buchanan Children's Charities Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing