Funding search · EIN 522275104 · Sparks, MD

David W Buck 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.

272
grants reported
$441,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$500
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Americares4 grants · $60,000
  • World Central Kitchen4 grants · $45,000
  • Maryland Food Bank4 grants · $40,000
  • Team Rubicon3 grants · $27,000
  • Gilchrist Hospice Care4 grants · $20,000
  • Direct Relief3 grants · $20,000
  • Lung Cancer Research Foundation4 grants · $16,000
  • Jdrf-Mid-Atlantic Chapter2 grants · $10,000
  • Breakthrough T1d - Mid-Atlantic Chapter2 grants · $10,000
  • Meals On Wheels of Central Maryland4 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$100,000
2022
$103,000
2023
$118,500
2024
$120,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 272 grants.

  • $15,000

    Americares · Stamford, CT · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    Americares · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Americares · Stamford, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Americares · Stamford, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Maryland Food Bank · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Maryland Food Bank · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Maryland Food Bank · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Maryland Food Bank · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $10,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $7,000

    Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $7,000

    Team Rubicon - Covid-19 Relief · El Seguendo, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Breakthrough T1d - Mid-Atlantic Chapter · Hagerstown, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Gilchrist Hospice Care · Hunt Valley, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Ladew Topiary Gardens - Fund for Ladew · Monkton, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Lung Cancer Research Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Breakthrough T1d - Mid-Atlantic Chapter · Hagerstown, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Direct Relief (Hurricane Milton) · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Gilchrist Hospice Care · Hunt Valley, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Ladew Topiary Gardens - Fund for Ladew · Monkton, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Lung Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    World Central Kitchen (Helene and Milton) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Gilchrist Hospice Care · Hunt Valley, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Jdrf-Mid-Atlantic Chapter · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Ladew Topiary Gardens · Monkton, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Gilchrist Hospice Care · Hunt Valley, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Jdrf-Mid-Atlantic Chapter · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $3,000

    Lung Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $3,000

    Ladew Topiary Gardens · Monkton, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $3,000

    Lung Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Gbmc Foundation (Gbmc Philanthropy Dept) · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    Meals On Wheels of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    National Aquarium in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    Gbmc Foundation (Gbmc Philanthropy Dept) · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Meals On Wheels of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    National Aquarium in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $2,500

    Gbmc Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Meals On Wheels of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Gbmc Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Meals On Wheels of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    Hopewell Cancer Support · Brooklandville, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    National Aquarium in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $2,000

    Direct Releif - Covid-19 Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    National Aquarium in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1,500

    Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Butler Volunteer Fire Company · Butler, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company · Cockeysville, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Global Refuge · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Maryland Public Television Foundation · Owings Mills, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Maryland Science Center · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Nature Conservancy (Mddc Chapter) · Alrlington, VA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Butler Volunteer Fire Company · Butler, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company · Cockeysville, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Global Refuge · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Hopewell Cancer Support · Brooklandville, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Maryland Science Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Nature Conservancy (Mddc Chapter) · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Butler Volunteer Fire Company · Butler, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company · Cockeysville, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Hopewell Cancer Support · Brooklandville, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Maryland Science Center · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Nature Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Butler Volunteer Fire Company · Butler, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company · Cockeysville, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Hereford High School Ptsa Direct Donation · Parkton, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service-Ukraine · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Maryland Science Center · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Nature Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    York Suburban Dollars F Scholars (S Trump Endowment) · York, PA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Alzheimers Association - Greater Maryland Chapter · Towson, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Babe Ruth Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Calm Acres (Comm Foundation of Carroll Co) · Hampstead, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Canine Companions for Independence (Ne Region) · Medford, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Casey Cares Foundation · Columbia, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Community Projects of Havre De Grace · Havre De Grace, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Crohns & Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Cromwell Valley Park Council · Parkville, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Maryland Chapter · Cockeysville, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Fisher House Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library · Towson, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Hampstead Volunteer Fire Company · Hampstead, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Hereford Volunteer Fire Company · Monkton, MD · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Hire Heroes USA · Alpharetta, GA · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    House of Ruth Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General support

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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.