Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC
PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,066,279 to it, the largest being FRANK R GOODMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($177,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $422k
What Pearl S Buck International Inc does
Mission
Pearl s. Buck international provides opportunities to explore and appreciate other cultures, builds better lives for children around the globe and promotes the legacy of our founder by preserving and interpreting her national historic landmark home.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
International programs: expands opportunities for children and families who would otherwise be denied health care, education, livelihood, and psycho-social support by developing and delivering resources and standards of excellence to affiliates and partner agencies. Beneficiaries of program services in each country include: china 1,400, kenya 114, south korea 21,636 philippines 4,399, taiwan 6,646, thailand 871, vietnam 488. Total children and family members served 50,969.
$532,472 spentof which $296,721 as grants47% of program spendingPearl s. Buck house: promotes the legacy of pearl s. Buck by preserving and interpreting her national historic landmark home to educate the public and develop cross-cultural appreciation, opportunities for children and families, and worldwide partnerships. Beneficiaries by program area include: welcome center/gift shop visitors 38,933, wedding related visitors 20,695, house tours 5,519, cultural center visitors 4,081 and field trips 39.
$599,358 spent$80,983 earned by the program53% of program spendingCultural programs: offers opportunities for international exchange, cultural awareness and diversity appreciation to equip people with the skills necessary to thrive in the 21st century. Beneficiaries of global leadership program 5.
$8,325 spent$6,500 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,140,155.
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 2018 to 2019, from $4.0M to $3.2M (−20%).
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: 2020 10% · 2021 12% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Cheryl Castro
President and CEO
Board chair
Falesha Grasty
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $156k → $96k.
8 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL 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.
How concentrated its funding is
PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% 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
48% 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 PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 44% · 2019 36% · 2020 26% · 2021 22% · 2022 16% · 2023 52% — broadly stable.
“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
50% of PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
72% of PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $231k 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
PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC's revenue fell 52% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 798 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $27k on record — $9k federal, $18k state.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$9k
- GRANT IN AID$18k
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 PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC?
- PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,066,279 to it, the largest being FRANK R GOODMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($177,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,066,279 in grants to PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC?
- FRANK R GOODMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $177,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 27 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing