Funding search · EIN 880163505 · Incline Village, NV

Carol Franc Buck Foundation

Name: Carol Franc Buck Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

69
grants reported: $5.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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Top recipients

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Nevada Museum of Art4 grants · $1.1M
Classical Tahoe4 grants · $650,000
San Francisco Opera3 grants · $600,000
Houston Grand Opera3 grants · $450,000
San Francisco Ballet2 grants · $300,000
Orpheus Pdx2 grants · $225,000
Pbs Reno4 grants · $210,000
The Santa Fe Opera3 grants · $200,000
Grand Teton Music Festival3 grants · $160,000
School of American Ballet Sab3 grants · $151,400

Giving over time

$855,000

2021

$1.7M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

All 69 reported grants, largest first.

$750,000
Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2023
2nd, 3rd & 4th installment of grant for bldg. Campaign in memory of carol franc buck
$250,000
Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2022
1st installment of 4 for building campaign fund in memory of carol franc buck
$250,000
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Mere mortals & carmen
$250,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2022
The magic flute
$250,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Anthony & cleopatra fall
$200,000
Classical Tahoe · Incline Village, NV · 2024
Ongoing support for arts programming
$200,000
Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2024
100k toward each of options
$200,000
Orpheus Pdx · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Monteverdi's l'orfeo
$150,000
Classical Tahoe · Incline Village, NV · 2023
3rd installment of 3 in support of 10th anniversary festival
$150,000
Classical Tahoe · Incline Village, NV · 2022
2nd of 3 installments for music festivals
$150,000
Classical Tahoe · Incline Village, NV · 2021
1st of 3 installments for music festivals
$125,000
Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2023
2nd installment of 2 in support of jake heggie's world premiere of "intelligence"
$125,000
Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2022
1st installment of intelligence
$100,000
Grand Teton Music Festival · Jackson Hole, WY · 2024
Ongoing support for arts programming
$100,000
Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2024
Dorothea lange & when langston hughes came to town exhibits
$100,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To underwrite 2025-26 opera program- the turn of the screw & cendrillon
$100,000
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2024
100k in support of monkey king opera
$100,000
The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
In support of "antony & cleopatra" premiering may 12 2025
$100,000
Dallas Opera · Dallas, TX · 2022
Das rheingold
$100,000
The Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
The righteous
$90,000
School of American Ballet Sab · New York, NY · 2024
90 k per year for three years
$75,000
Arizona Opera · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Mcdougall red series
$60,000
Sierra Nevada Ballet · Reno, NV · 2023
Renovation of new location & support of 2024 performance season
$60,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2021
Collaboration w/classical tahoe to bring series of concerts to audiences worldwide
$50,000
Arizona Opera · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
50k toward zorro opera
$50,000
Carlisle Floyd Centennial · Greenville, SC · 2024
Ongoing support for arts programming
$50,000
Dallas Opera · Dallas, TX · 2024
Over 3 years for little prince, turandot & a potential 3rd production.
$50,000
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Kamalehua: the sheltering tree
$50,000
Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Broken wings program 2025/26-triple bill, jiri kylian's petite mort, broken wings, world priere by staiton welch am
$50,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2024
To support all programs including season 5 of classical tahoe, live at the kennedy center, great performances, arteffects, etc.
$50,000
San Francisco Ballet · San Francisco, CA · 2024
$250,000 per year for five years, starting in fy 2026, totaling 1.25 million to support live music performances each repertory season
$50,000
The Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
50k toward die walkure
$50,000
Carlisle Floyd Centennial · Greenville, SC · 2023
1st installment of 3 in support of carlisle floyd centennial 2024-2026
$50,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
"carmen" & "l'enfant et les sortileges"
$50,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2023
In support of ongoing arts programming locally & nationwide
$50,000
School of American Ballet Sab · New York, NY · 2023
Sponsorship "scenes de ballet" tschaikovsky piano concerto no. 2
$50,000
Institute for Young Dramatic Voices · Reno, NV · 2022
Verdi voice project & american wagner project
$50,000
Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2022
Sagebrush & solitude maynard dixon in nevada
$50,000
Pbs Reno · Reno, NV · 2022
Classic tahoe arts content arteffects & art views
$50,000
Roco River Oaks Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2022
In concert magnetic
$50,000
Livermore Valley Opera · Pleasanton, CA · 2021
Verdi's otello
$50,000
The Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
M. Butterfly
$45,000
Livermore Valley Opera · Pleasanton, CA · 2022
Of mice & men
$40,000
Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2024
40th anniversary-2025-2026 season
$40,000
Grand Teton Music Festival · Jackson Hole, WY · 2022
3rd installment of 3 for music festivals
$32,000
West Edge Opera · Berkeley, CA · 2023
2nd Installment of 2 in support of premiere of "Dolores"
$30,000
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Handel's tolomeo summer 2026
$30,000
Utah Symphonyutah Opera · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Donizetti's the elixir of love presented in an early 20th century orange groce- march 2026
$30,000
Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023
In support of world premieres
$30,000
Utah Symphonyutah Opera · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Thais
$25,000
Noe Valley Chamber Music · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support for arts programming
$25,000
Sierra Nevada Ballet · Reno, NV · 2024
25k per request toward performances
$25,000
Anchorage Opera · Anchorage, AK · 2023
In support of puccini's "madam butterfly" feb 6,8,9 2025
$25,000
Noe Valley Chamber Music · San Francisco, CA · 2023
1st installment of 2 to help fund artist fees for 2024-2025 & 2025-2026 seasons
$25,000
Orpheus Pdx · New Orleans, LA · 2023
In support of mozart's ii sogno di scipione august 2nd & 3rd 2025
$25,000
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Pagliacci
$25,000
Anchorage Opera · Anchorage, AK · 2021
Bizet's carmen
$25,000
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2021
The tragedy of carmen
$25,000
Noe Valley Chamber Music · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Artist fees for 30th anniversary season
$20,000
Grand Teton Music Festival · Jackson Hole, WY · 2021
2nd installment of 3 for music festivals
$18,000
West Edge Opera · Berkeley, CA · 2022
1st installment of 2 dolores
$15,000
Sierra Nevada Ballet · Reno, NV · 2022
2023 season programs
$11,400
School of American Ballet Sab · New York, NY · 2022
Expenses for conterporary classes for the 2023-2024 winter term
$10,000
Granite Education Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Ongoing support for arts programming
$10,000
Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2023
In support of community engagements & outreach programs
$10,000
Tahoe Symphony Orchestra Toccata · Incline Village, NV · 2023
In support of 20th season feb 2025 - december 2025
$10,000
Arts for All Nevada · Reno, NV · 2022
Artist in residence program 2023/2024 school year
$10,000
Studio East Training for the Perfor · Kirkland, WA · 2022
Storybook theatre program
$2,500
San Jose Choral Project · San Jose, CA · 2023
Participation at the "gala choruses festival"

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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.