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The Helen R Buck Foundation: 21 grants to organizations, $242,544 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Helen R Buck Foundation, a private foundation in Philadelphia, PA, paid 21 grants to organizations totaling $242,544 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 11, 2026. The largest was $87,544 to Somerset County Park Foundation in North Branch, NJ for for the benefit of the.
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- EIN
- 237693437
- Based in
- Philadelphia, PA
- Assets
- $5,672,094
- Grants paid
- $242,544
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 11, 2026, IRS object ID 202631319349100143. It reported $242,544 in grants paid; 21 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset County Park Foundation | North Branch, NJ | For the benefit of the | $87,544 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Triangle Land Conservancy Inc | Durham, NC | General charitable purposes | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Division of infectious | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blithewold | Bristol, RI | General charitable purposes | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| District of Columbia Green Spaces Allian | Washington, DC | W street park | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Botanical Garden of the Piedmont | Charlottesville, VA | General charitable purposes | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cultivate Charlottesville | Charlottesville, VA | City schoolyard garden | Youth development | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc | Millbrook, NY | General charitable purposes | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation | Washington, DC | In honor of dr oskoui | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Food Bank of New Jersey | Hillside, NJ | General charitable purposes | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Historic Morven | Princeton, NJ | General charitable purposes | Arts, culture and humanities | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| NPR Foundation | Washington, DC | General charitable purposes | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Our Lady of Victory Church | Washington, DC | General charitable purposes | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Newport Tree Conservancy | Newport, RI | General charitable purposes | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hudson Valley Clubhouse Inc | Poughkeepsie, NY | General | Mental health and crisis intervention | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mendham Borough Police Department | South Mendham, NJ | General charitable purposes | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peapack Gladstone Fire Company No 1 Inc | Gladstone, NJ | General charitable purposes | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peapack Gladstone Police Department | Peapack, NJ | For the charitable purposes | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peapack-Gladstone First Aid & Rescue Squad | Peapack, NJ | General charitable purposes | Health care | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc | La Plata, MD | General charitable purposes | Health care | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St George's School | Newport, RI | General charitable purposes | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed March 19, 2025, IRS object ID 202500789349100900. It reported $238,500 in grants paid; 24 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset County Park Foundation | North Branch, NJ | For the benefit of the | $85,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Botanical Garden of the Piedmont | Charlottesville, VA | General charitable purposes | Environment | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| District of Columbia Green Spaces Alliance | Washington, DC | For the benefit of w street | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Carolina Botanical Foundation Garden Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | Battle park infrastructure | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Blithewold | Bristol, RI | General charitable purposes | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc | Millbrook, NY | General charitable purposes | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Our Lady of Victory Church | Washington, DC | General charitable purposes | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Food Bank of New Jersey | Hillside, NJ | General charitable purposes | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Benedictine Congregation Regina Laudis of the Strict Observance | Bethlehem, CT | General operating purposes | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NPR Foundation | Washington, DC | General charitable purposes | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Newport Tree Conservancy | Newport, RI | General charitable purposes | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation | Washington, DC | In honor of dr oskoui | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Delbarton School | Morristown, NJ | General charitable purposes | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Division of infectious | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Division of psoriatic | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peapack Gladstone Police Department | Peapack, NJ | For the charitable purposes | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc | La Plata, MD | General charitable purposes | Health care | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Safe Children Foundation | Fairfax, VA | General charitable purposes | Human services | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mendham Borough Police Department | South Mendham, NJ | General charitable purposes | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peapack Gladstone Fire Company No 1 Inc | Gladstone, NJ | General charitable purposes | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peapack-Gladstone First Aid & Rescue Squad | Peapack, NJ | General charitable purposes | Health care | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies | Millbrook, NY | General charitable purposes | Environment | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Historic Morven | Princeton, NJ | General charitable purposes | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St George's School | Newport, RI | General charitable purposes | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $82,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $38,000 |
| Health care | $25,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $12,000 |
| Youth development | $10,000 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $4,000 |
| Human services | $3,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | $218,044 |
| District of Columbia | $74,000 |
| Rhode Island | $44,000 |
| Virginia | $43,000 |
| North Carolina | $40,000 |
| Maryland | $31,000 |
| New York | $26,000 |
| Connecticut | $5,000 |
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Updated May 11, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.