Funding search · EIN 426122182 · Chicago, IL
Melva Bucksbaum Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 31
- grants reported
- $13.3M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $250,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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31 grants matching “intention” · $13.3M
- $1.0M
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $835,335
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $750,000
Argonautica Fidelity Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $335,335
Preventative Medicine Research Institute · Sausalito, CA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $335,334
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $300,000
Quahog Bay Conservation · Harpswell, ME · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Our Regenerative Future Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $200,000
Second Amendment Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $1.0M
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $750,000
Argonautica Fidelity Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $300,000
Second Amendment Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Our Regenerative Future Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $150,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $125,000
Quahog Bay Conservation · Harpswell, ME · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $125,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $125,000
Community Foundation of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $125,000
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation · Torrington, CT · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $50,000
Nevada Northern Railway Foundation · Ely, NV · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $1.0M
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $750,000
Argonautica Fidelity Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $650,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Our Regenerative Future Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Nevada Northern Railway Foundation · Ely, NV · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Second Amendment Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $1.0M
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $750,000
Argonautica Fidelity Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $500,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Our Regenerative Future Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation · Torrington, CT · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $150,000
Quahog Bay Conservancy · Harpswell, ME · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
Grant history
All 31 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.0M
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $1.0M
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $1.0M
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $1.0M
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $835,335
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $750,000
Argonautica Fidelity Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $750,000
Argonautica Fidelity Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $750,000
Argonautica Fidelity Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $750,000
Argonautica Fidelity Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $650,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $500,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $335,335
Preventative Medicine Research Institute · Sausalito, CA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $335,334
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $300,000
Quahog Bay Conservation · Harpswell, ME · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $300,000
Second Amendment Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Our Regenerative Future Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Our Regenerative Future Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Nevada Northern Railway Foundation · Ely, NV · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Our Regenerative Future Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Second Amendment Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation · Torrington, CT · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $250,000
Our Regenerative Future Donor Advised Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $200,000
Second Amendment Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $150,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $150,000
Quahog Bay Conservancy · Harpswell, ME · 2022
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $125,000
Community Foundation of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $125,000
Maine Community Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $125,000
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation · Torrington, CT · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $125,000
Quahog Bay Conservation · Harpswell, ME · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
- $50,000
Nevada Northern Railway Foundation · Ely, NV · 2024
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities
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