Funding search · EIN 061547852 · New York, NY

The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck

Name: The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

514
grants reported: $193.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $103,274
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Charter school operations and growth in Connecticut and New York
Teacher pipeline: residencies, recruitment, preparation, retention
Education advocacy and policy shops working in CT and NY
Land conservation, parcel acquisition and trails in NY and CT
Nuclear, particle and astrophysics research at universities
Global health delivery and antimicrobial resistance work

Typical grant

Median grant is $103,274 and the middle half runs $23,820 to $350,000, so most checks are modest. The eight-figure and seven-figure money goes to national or statewide education intermediaries (KIPP Foundation at $10M, The Mind Trust at $9.4M for CharterForwardCT) and to individual land acquisitions; $350,000 is a recurring round number for a single charter school's operating support. With 514 grants to 256 recipients over three years, repeat giving is the norm, and some grantees receive two grants in the same year, one general operating and one project-specific.

Positioning adjacent work

Physics researchers should propose one named, discrete question and ask $200,000 to $600,000 through the university.
Education researchers: mirror MIT Blueprint Labs' $400,000 charter research collaborative and anchor the work in CT or NY.
Name Connecticut explicitly in the title; CT-specific projects draw dollars far above the state's size.
Ask for general operating support if you have institutional standing; otherwise use a concrete project name.

Worth knowing: New York and Connecticut recipients take 348 of 514 grants, and Connecticut charter growth and teacher supply is the clear center of gravity, with several organizations (50CAN, The Mind Trust, TeachOrg, Equable) funded twice in a single year. Science and biomedical giving is real but small and often routed through intermediaries like Scialog, the Hypothesis Fund, the Life Sciences Research Foundation and BBRF rather than direct to individual investigators.tt Land grants frequently name a specific parcel and seller in parentheses, which signals deal-ready acquisitions rather than open program support.tPPORTING.",

1 grant matching “oral health” · $100,000

$100,000
Children'S Oral Health Network of Maine · Yarmouth, ME · 2024
General operating support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Achievement First3 grants · $12.0M
Mind Trust the2 grants · $10.4M
Kipp Foundation2 grants · $10.2M
50can4 grants · $8.0M
Elevate Charter Schools3 grants · $6.5M
Columbia University3 grants · $6.4M
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA4 grants · $5.8M
Success Academy Charter Schools3 grants · $5.5M
Capital Preparatory Schools4 grants · $5.5M
Teachorg6 grants · $5.1M

Giving over time

$38.4M

2022

$48.3M

2023

$106.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 514 grants.

$10.0M
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$9.4M
Mind Trust the · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charterforwardct
$5.0M
Achievement First · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operating support
$4.3M
Zeta Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$3.7M
50can · Washington, DC · 2023
Lead (latinos for educational advocacy and diversity)
$3.6M
New Leaders · New York, NY · 2024
Aspiring teachers accelerator program
$3.5M
Achievement First · New Haven, CT · 2024
General operating support
$3.5M
Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2024
K-12 curriculum redesign and scaling
$3.5M
Achievement First · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operating support
$3.0M
Lake George Land Conservancy · Bolton Lndg, NY · 2024
Pilot knob mountain (whitetail trust)
$2.6M
Teachorg · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$2.5M
Elevate Charter Schools · Hamden, CT · 2024
General operating and danbury charter school support
$2.5M
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · New York, NY · 2024
Antibiogo and antimicrobial resistance (amr) project
$2.5M
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Cprl: strengthening the educator workforce in connecticut and new york
$2.5M
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Cprl: strengthening the educator workforce in connecticut and new york
$2.5M
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities · Hartford, CT · 2024
Excellence in teacher preparation through systemwide teacher residency
$2.3M
50can · Danbury, CT · 2024
Lead (latinos for educational advocacy and diversity)
$2.1M
Leadership for Educational Equity Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$2.1M
Relay Graduate School of Education · New York, NY · 2024
Charter residency consortium
$2.1M
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024
School + state finance project
$2.0M
Elevate Charter Schools · Hamden, CT · 2022
General operating support
$2.0M
Equable Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024
National charter school retirement system
$2.0M
Elevate Charter Schools · Hamden, CT · 2023
General operating support
$2.0M
Northeast Charter Schools Network · Albany, NY · 2022
Connecticut charter schools association
$1.9M
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023
School + state finance project
$1.9M
Capital Preparatory Schools · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General operating support
$1.9M
Capital Preparatory Schools · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
General operating support
$1.9M
Connecticut Land Conservation Council · Middletown, CT · 2024
Land capital grant program
$1.8M
Westchester Land Trust · Bedford Hills, NY · 2024
Lodestone preserve (holly crest realty, inc.)
$1.8M
Northeast Charter Schools Network · Albany, NY · 2023
Connecticut charter schools association
$1.6M
School State Finance Project · Boston, MA · 2022
School + state finance project
$1.5M
Capital Preparatory Schools · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General operating support
$1.5M
Excellence Community Schools · Bronx, NY · 2024
General operating support
$1.5M
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
General operating support
$1.5M
Colab Education · Waterbury, CT · 2023
General operating support
$1.4M
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Cprl: advancing statewide system transformation
$1.3M
50can · Danbury, CT · 2022
Lead (latinos for educational advocacy & diversity)
$1.3M
Champlain Area Trails · Westport, NY · 2024
Twin valleys conservation and trail project (suny plattsburgh's college auxiliary service)
$1.3M
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$1.3M
Winnakee Land Trust · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024
Forestland protection along the roe-jan (popp)
$1.2M
Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2023
K-12 curriculum redesign and scaling
$1.1M
Colab Education · Waterbury, CT · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Mind Trust the · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Connecticut charter school incubator
$1.0M
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2024
Tfa-ct ($300,000) and tfa-ny ($700,000)
$1.0M
Excellence Community Schools · Bronx, NY · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
The Mind Trust · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Connecticut charter school incubator
$1.0M
Excellence Community Schools · Bronx, NY · 2022
General operating support
$1.0M
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$1.0M
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
General operating support
$982,715
Fundacao Clinica Carmem Lucia · 2024
General operating support
$975,000
Community Care Partnership of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2024
Community paramedicine
$950,000
Equable Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024
America's portable teacher pension plan
$950,000
Phi Delta Kappa International · Arlington, VA · 2024
Educators rising program (ct and ny)
$880,000
Mainehealth · Portland, ME · 2024
Maine consortium for healthcare education and training
$800,000
Success Academy Charter Schools · New York, NY · 2022
K-12 curriculum redesign and scaling
$795,500
Teachorg · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Teach ct ($680k) and teach ny ($350k)
$775,000
50can · Washington, DC · 2024
Alliance of connecticut charter schools
$750,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$725,000
Capitol Region Education Council Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2022
Connecticut teacher residency program
$700,000
Columbia Land Conservancy · Chatham, NY · 2024
Taghkanic headwaters community forest (markus)
$700,000
Hypothesis Fund · Mercer Island, WA · 2024
General operating support
$700,000
Educators for Excellence · New York, NY · 2023
E4e-ct ($375,000) and e4e-ny ($325,000)
$700,000
Teachorg · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Teach ct ($300k) and teach ny ($400k)
$675,000
Faithacts for Education · Hamden, CT · 2024
General operating support
$650,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
Tfa ct ($200k) and tfa ny ($450k)
$625,000
Faithacts for Education · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General operating support
$601,500
Brass City Charter School · Waterbury, CT · 2024
General operating support
$600,000
Brass City Charter School · Waterbury, CT · 2023
General operating support
$600,000
Brass City Charter School · Waterbury, CT · 2022
General operating support
$600,000
Educators for Excellence · New York, NY · 2022
E4e-ct ($300,000) and e4e-ny ($300,000)
$590,000
Fundao Clinica Carmem Lucia · 2023
General operating support
$585,607
Regents of the University of California the · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Neutron stars as axion laboratories
$585,000
Odyssey Community School · Manchester, CT · 2024
General operating support
$571,000
Jumoke Academy · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support
$550,000
Jumoke Academy · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support
$550,000
Jumoke Academy Charter Schools · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support
$537,584
Fundacao Clinica Carmen Lucia · 2022
General operating support
$525,000
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Teachers@heart residency program
$511,925
Colab Learning · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2022
General operating support
$500,000
Edfund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Esf College Foundation · Syracuse, NY · 2024
The american chestnut research and restoration project
$500,000
New York City Charter School Center · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Central Queens Academy Charter School · Elmhurst, NY · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Edbuild Dba Edfund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Equable Institute · Queens, NY · 2023
America's portable teacher pension plan
$500,000
Faithacts for Education · Hamden, CT · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Hypothesis Fund · Mercer Island, WA · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Teacher residency program
$475,000
Connecticut Land Conservation Council · Middletown, CT · 2024
General operating support
$475,000
Connecticut Land Conservation Council · Middletown, CT · 2023
General operating support
$450,000
Phi Delta Kappa International · Arlington, VA · 2023
Educators rising connecticut
$450,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022
Teach for america new york
$450,000
Teachorg · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating support
$418,428
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Shedding light on the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe
$410,000
Capitol Region Education Council Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2024
Connecticut teacher residency program
$410,000
Capitol Region Education Council Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2023
Connecticut teacher residency program

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