Funding search · EIN 237693437 · Philadelphia, PA

The Helen R Buck Foundation 0739-26-12

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

97
grants reported
$935,044
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

benefitdivisionhonorinfectiousoskouiparkstreetbattle

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Funding pattern

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4 grants matching “oskoui · $25,000

  • $10,000

    Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    In honor of dr oskoui

  • $5,000

    Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    In honor of dr oskoui

  • $5,000

    Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    In honor of dr oskoui

  • $5,000

    Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    In honor of dr oskoui

Top recipients

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

  • Somerset County Park Foundation4 grants · $324,044
  • Blithewold4 grants · $57,000
  • Botanical Garden of the Piedmont4 grants · $47,000
  • North Carolina Botanical Foundation3 grants · $46,000
  • Johns Hopkins University7 grants · $42,000
  • Dutchess Land Conservancy4 grants · $40,000
  • District of Columbia Green Spaces3 grants · $32,000
  • Our Lady of Victory Church4 grants · $27,000
  • Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation4 grants · $25,000
  • Community Food Bank of New Jersey4 grants · $24,000

Giving over time

$251,000
2022
$203,000
2023
$238,500
2024
$242,544
2025

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

  • $90,000

    Somerset County Park Foundation · North Branch, NJ · 2022

    For the benefit of the

  • $87,544

    Somerset County Park Foundation · North Branch, NJ · 2025

    For the benefit of the

  • $85,500

    Somerset County Park Foundation · North Branch, NJ · 2024

    For the benefit of the

  • $61,000

    Somerset County Park Foundation · North Branch, NJ · 2023

    For the benefit of the

  • $20,000

    Triangle Land Conservancy · Durham, NC · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $20,000

    Botanical Garden of the Piedmont · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $20,000

    District of Columbia Green Spaces · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the benefit of w street

  • $20,000

    North Carolina Botanical Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

    Battle park infrastructure

  • $18,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    Division of infectious

  • $17,000

    Blithewold · Bristol, RI · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $17,000

    North Carolina Botanical Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023

    Battle park infrastructure

  • $15,000

    Blithewold · Bristol, RI · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $15,000

    District of Columbia Green Spaces Allian · Washington, DC · 2025

    W street park

  • $15,000

    Blithewold · Bristol, RI · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Botanical Garden of the Piedmont · Charlottesville, VA · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Cultivate Charlottesville · Charlottesville, VA · 2025

    City schoolyard garden

  • $10,000

    Dutchess Land Conservancy · Millbrook, NY · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    In honor of dr oskoui

  • $10,000

    Dutchess Land Conservancy · Millbrook, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Blue Hill Heritage Trust · Blue Hill, ME · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Dutchess Land Conservancy · Millbrook, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Blithewold · Bristol, RI · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Botanical Garden of the Piedmont · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · Boothbay, ME · 2022

    One-time unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Dutchess Land Conservancy · Millbrook, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    St George'S School · Newport, RI · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $9,000

    Blue Hill Heritage Trust · Blue Hill, ME · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $9,000

    North Carolina Botanical Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022

    Battle park

  • $9,000

    Preservation Society of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2022

    The breakers landscape

  • $7,000

    Our Lady of Victory Church · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $7,000

    Botanical Garden of the Piedmont · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $7,000

    District of Columbia Green Spaces · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the benefit of w street

  • $7,000

    Our Lady of Victory Church · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $7,000

    Our Lady of Victory Church · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Historic Morven · Princeton, NJ · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Npr Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Our Lady of Victory Church · Washington, DC · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Historic Morven · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Shelburne Museum · Shelburne, VT · 2023

    In honor of nonnie

  • $6,000

    Community Food Bank of New Jersey · Hillside, NJ · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Historic Morven · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Npr Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Safe Children Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Newport Tree Conservancy · Newport, RI · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Benedictine Congregation Regina Laudis · Bethlehem, CT · 2024

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Newport Tree Conservancy · Newport, RI · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Npr Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    In honor of dr oskoui

  • $5,000

    American Folk Art Museum · Long Island City, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Benedictine Congregation Regina Laudis · Bethlehem, CT · 2023

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Npr Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    In honor of dr oskoui

  • $5,000

    American Folk Art Museum · Long Island City, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Benedictine Congregation Regina Laudis · Bethlehem, CT · 2022

    General operating purposes

  • $5,000

    Delbarton School · Morristown, NJ · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    District of Columbia Green Spaces · Washington, DC · 2022

    For the benefit of w street

  • $5,000

    North Carolina Wesleyan College · Rocky Mountain, NC · 2022

    To support the landscaping

  • $5,000

    Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    In honor of dr oskoui

  • $4,000

    Hudson Valley Clubhouse · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025

    General

  • $4,000

    Delbarton School · Morristown, NJ · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $4,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Division of infectious

  • $4,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Division of psoriatic

  • $4,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Division of psoriatic

  • $4,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Division of infectious

  • $4,000

    Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies · Millbrook, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $4,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Division of psoriatic

  • $4,000

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Division of infectious

  • $3,500

    Peapack Gladstone Police Department · Peapack, NJ · 2024

    For the charitable purposes

  • $3,500

    Peapack Gladstone Police Department · Peapack, NJ · 2023

    For the charitable purposes

  • $3,500

    Peapack Gladstone Police Department · Peapack, NJ · 2022

    For the charitable purposes

  • $3,000

    Project Healing Waters Fly · La Plata, MD · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $3,000

    Safe Children Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $3,000

    Project Healing Waters Fly · La Plata, MD · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $3,000

    Safe Children Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Mendham Borough Police Department · South Mendham, NJ · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Peapack Gladstone Fire Company · Gladstone, NJ · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Peapack Gladstone Police Department · Peapack, NJ · 2025

    For the charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Peapack-Gladstone First Aid & Rescue · Peapack, NJ · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Mendham Borough Police Department · South Mendham, NJ · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Peapack Gladstone Fire Company · Gladstone, NJ · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Peapack-Gladstone First Aid & Rescue · Peapack, NJ · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Mendham Borough Police Department · South Mendham, NJ · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Peapack Gladstone Fire Company · Gladstone, NJ · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Peapack-Gladstone First Aid & Rescue · Peapack, NJ · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Mendham Borough Police Department · South Mendham, NJ · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Peapack Gladstone Fire Company · Gladstone, NJ · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,500

    Peapack-Gladstone First Aid & Rescue · Peapack, NJ · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    Project Healing Waters Fly · La Plata, MD · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    St George'S School · Newport, RI · 2025

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies · Millbrook, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    Historic Morven · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    St George'S School · Newport, RI · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies · Millbrook, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    St George'S School · Newport, RI · 2023

    General charitable purposes

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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.