California · Nonprofit
BUCKELEW PROGRAMS
BUCKELEW PROGRAMS (California) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,624,412 to it, the largest being ONE MIND ($1,350,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $7.6M
- Net assets
- $6.8M
What Buckelew Programs does
Mission
Buckelew Programs' mission is to promote recovery, resilience, and hope by providing behavioral health and support services that enhance quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Supported housing:Buckelew Programs supported housing is built on the belief that safe housing, combined with personalized support, is essential to recovery. Central to our approach is the continuum of care we provide, ensuring clients are supported at every stage - from crisis intervention to recovery and long-term stability. Our flexible service model adapts to the unique needs of each individual, offering everything from intensive care to more independent living with minimal assistance. This continuum empowers clients to rebuild their lives with the necessary level of care at every step.
$14,509,288 spentof which $382,955 as grants$1,366,889 earned by the program65% of program spendingRecovery:Buckelew Programs recovery services help individuals with alcohol and substance use challenges begin and succeed in their recovery journey. Sober-living residences are supportive programs where clients who complete detox and treatment continue developing life skills for recovery and successful transition into the community.
$3,528,033 spent$107,078 earned by the program16% of program spendingSuicide prevention:buckelew's suicide prevention program provides outreach, education and peer-to-peer support for those impacted by suicide loss. We operate one of california's 12 suicide & crisis lifeline call centers, part of the national 988 network. Our 24/7 call center responds to calls from marin, sonoma, lake and mendocino counties, offering free and confidential services to anyone experiencing any level of distress. By calling or texting 988, individuals are connected with highly trained counselors who provide compassionate support, active listening and referrals to life-saving resources, including buckelew's own counseling and substance use treatment programs.
$1,801,199 spent8% of program spendingAll other programs:service navigation:buckelew program's service navigation connects individuals experiencing mental health challenges, and their advocates, with essential resources tailored to their unique needs. Often, untreated mental health needs or substance use impacts the entire support network surrounding an individual. Our service navigation programs provide education, guidance and connection to life-saving services. Counseling:Buckelew Programs counseling services provides individual, group, youth, couples and family counseling, with specialized trauma treatment for both children and adults. Our wide range of services is tailored to meet the unique needs of each person, no matter their stage of life. Sessions are available in the office, in the home or virtually.
$2,402,551 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,241,071.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $11M to $15M (+35%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 78% · 2018 80% · 2019 78% · 2020 74% · 2021 83% · 2022 71% · 2023 67% · 2024 79% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of BUCKELEW PROGRAMS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Chris Kughn
CEO
Board chair
Scott Maclise
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $544k → $806k.
10 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BUCKELEW PROGRAMS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
BUCKELEW PROGRAMS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BUCKELEW PROGRAMS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 56% · 2019 70% · 2020 45% · 2021 23% · 2022 23% · 2023 43% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
53% of BUCKELEW PROGRAMS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
62% of BUCKELEW PROGRAMS's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
BUCKELEW PROGRAMS has grown faster than half of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding BUCKELEW PROGRAMS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$8.5M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BUCKELEW PROGRAMS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Buckelew Community Housing Development Organization Inc · exempt
- Boulevard Apartments Inc · exempt
- Buckelew Housing Inc · exempt
- Henry House · exempt
- Olive Avenue Apartments Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUCKELEW PROGRAMS?
- BUCKELEW PROGRAMS (California) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,624,412 to it, the largest being ONE MIND ($1,350,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUCKELEW PROGRAMS have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $7,624,412 in grants to BUCKELEW PROGRAMS, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUCKELEW PROGRAMS?
- ONE MIND is the largest funder on record, with $1,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUCKELEW PROGRAMS 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 53 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