Funding search · EIN 522264894 · Potomac, MD

The Buchanan Family Foundation

Name: The Buchanan Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

82
grants reported: $750,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

The Contingent2 grants · $125,500
Nature Conservancy3 grants · $90,000
100 Black Men of Greater Washington3 grants · $48,000
Eli Sine -the Contingent1 grant · $47,000
Lexington Dream Factory3 grants · $45,000
Lexington Refuge for Women3 grants · $40,000
Woodhill Community Center3 grants · $36,000
National Center for Children and Families3 grants · $35,000
Rocky Mountain Institution2 grants · $28,000
Lifewise Academy - E&D1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$216,000

2022

$234,000

2023

$300,000

2024

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$73,500
The Contingent · Portland, OR · 2024
Charitable
$52,000
The Contingent · Portland, OR · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Nature Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Charitable
$47,000
Eli Sine -the Contingent · Portland, OR · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
100 Black Men of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$22,000
100 Black Men of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Lifewise Academy - E&D · Hilliard, OH · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Nature Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Nature Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Charitable
$18,000
Rocky Mountain Institution · Basalt, CO · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Lexington Dream Factory · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
National Center for Children and Families · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Sigsc Green Space Conservancy · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Lexington Dream Factory · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Lexington Refuge for Women · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Lexington Dream Factory · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Lexington Refuge for Women · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$12,000
Woodhill Community Center · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$12,000
Woodhill Community Center · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$12,000
Woodhill Community Center · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Lexington Refuge for Women · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Safe Place for Women · Littleton, CO · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
National Center for Children and Families · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Rocky Mountain Institution · Basalt, CO · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
World Cental Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
National Center for Children and Families · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$8,500
Friends of the Children - Portland · Portland, OR · 2022
Charitable
$8,000
Friends of the Children · Portland, OR · 2024
Charitable
$8,000
Friends of the Children · Portland, OR · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Coral Restoration Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Surgery On Sundays · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
$7,000
Coral Restoration Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
Lexington Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
Lexington Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
Lexington Hope Center · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$5,500
Oregon Environmental Council · Portland, OR · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Safe Place for Women · Littleton, CO · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Surgery On Sundays · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Coral Restoration Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Gods Pantry Lexington · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Manna Food Bank · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Basalt, CO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Sea Islands Hunger Awareness Foundation · Johns Island, SC · 2022
Charitable
$4,000
Oregon Environmental Council · Portland, OR · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
Oregon Environmental Council · Portland, OR · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Planned Parenthood - Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Sigsc Green Space Conservancy · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
National Coalition of 100 Black Women · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
World Cental Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Bluegrass Miracle League (Rotary Club of Lexington) · Lexington, KY · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Sutro Stewards · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Bluegrass Miracle League (Rotary Club of Lexington) · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Bluegrass Miracle League (Rotary Club of Lexington) · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Code Tenderloin · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Surgery On Sundays · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
100 Black Men of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Food Lifeline Hunger Awareness · Boulevard Park, WA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy - Or · Portland, OR · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Columbia River Keeper · Portland, OR · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Girls Inc Dc · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Hope Lodge · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Sutro Stewards · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy - Or · Portland, OR · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Nest · Lexington, KY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Beneath the Waves · Herndon, VA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Hope Lodge · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy - Or · Portland, OR · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
The Nest · Lexington, KY · 2022
Charitable
$500
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Charitable
$500
The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations · Spokane Valley, WA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Kairos · Ft Wayne, IN · 2022
Charitable
$500
Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2022
Charitable

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