Funding search · EIN 831897377 · New York, NY
Deborah Buck 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.
- 40
- grants reported
- $763,800
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture3 grants · $90,000
- The Brooklyn Rail3 grants · $85,000
- Pen and Brush3 grants · $80,000
- On This Spot Nyc3 grants · $45,000
- Trinity College2 grants · $40,800
- Moma Ps12 grants · $39,000
- Every Woman Biennial2 grants · $35,000
- Scoa2 grants · $35,000
- New Art Publications2 grants · $35,000
- Clyfford Still Museum2 grants · $30,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $40,000
The Brooklyn Rail · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $30,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
To preserve ocean life
- $30,000
Pen and Brush · New York, NY · 2024
To support female artists & writers
- $30,000
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture · New York, NY · 2024
To support painting educational programs
- $30,000
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture · New York, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $30,000
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture · New York, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $25,000
Heckscher Museum · Huntington, NY · 2024
To support the museum
- $25,000
Site Sante Fe · Sante Fe, NM · 2024
To support contemporary creative expression
- $25,000
The Brooklyn Rail · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support independent forum for arts
- $25,000
The Sculpture Center · Long Island City, NY · 2024
To support the commission and exhibition of contemporary sculpture.
- $25,000
Pen and Brush · New York, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $25,000
National Museum of Women in the Arts · Washington, DC · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $25,000
Pen and Brush · New York, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $24,000
Moma Ps1 · Queens, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $20,400
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $20,400
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $20,000
Clyfford Still Museum · Denver, CO · 2024
To advance clyfford still's art and legacy
- $20,000
New Art Publications · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support bomb magazine.
- $20,000
On This Spot Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
To support pioneering women artists
- $20,000
Madison Square Park Conserv · New York, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $20,000
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $20,000
Scoa · Southampton, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $20,000
The Brooklyn Rail · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $17,500
Every Woman Biennial · New York, NY · 2024
To support the world's largest female and non-binary art festival
- $17,500
Every Woman Biennial · New York, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $15,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
Eisenman art deinstallation
- $15,000
New Art Publications · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $15,000
On This Spot Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $15,000
Scoa · Southampton, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $15,000
Moma Ps1 · Queens, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $10,000
Project for Empty Space · Newark, NJ · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $10,000
The Parrish Art Museum · Water Mill, NY · 2023
To further its charitable purposes
- $10,000
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield, CT · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $10,000
Clyfford Still Museum · Denver, CO · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $10,000
On This Spot Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $10,000
The Heckscher Museum of Art · Huntington, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $10,000
The Parrish Art Museum · Water Mill, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $7,000
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $5,000
The Madoo Conservancy · Sagaponack, NY · 2022
To further its charitable purposes
- $2,000
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2024
To support artist education
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