Funding search · EIN 061547852 · New York, NY

The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck

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 20222024. 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.",

4 grants matching “parsons · $55,377

  • $22,055

    New School the - Parsons School of · New York, NY · 2024

    C2 2024-25 scholarship e. Kaline

  • $7,477

    The New School - Parsons School of · New York, NY · 2023

    C2 2023-24 scholarship e. Kaline

  • $7,476

    The New School - Parsons School of · New York, NY · 2023

    C2 2023-24 scholarship e. Kaline

  • $18,369

    New School the - Parsons School of · New York, NY · 2022

    C2 2022-23 scholarship

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.