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The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc: 160 grants to organizations, $105.9 million (tax year ended June 2025)
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 160 grants to organizations totaling $105,930,618 in its tax year ended June 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 14, 2025. The largest was $10,000,000 to Kipp Foundation in San Francisco, CA for general operating support.
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- EIN
- 061547852
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $2,838,832,516
- Grants paid
- $106,347,044
- Tax year ended
- June 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended June 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202543189349105474. It reported $106,347,044 in grants paid; 160 grants to organizations are listed, and 22 grants to individuals are left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipp Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Education | $10,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mind Trust the | Indianapolis, IN | Charterforwardct | Education | $9,400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Zeta Charter Schools | New York, NY | General operating support | $4,250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Leaders | New York, NY | Aspiring teachers accelerator program | Education | $3,600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Achievement First | New Haven, CT | General operating support | Education | $3,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Success Academy Charter Schools | New York, NY | K-12 curriculum redesign and scaling | Education | $3,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lake George Land Conservancy | Bolton LNDG, NY | Pilot knob mountain (whitetail trust) | Environment | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teachorg | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $2,630,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Elevate Charter Schools | Hamden, CT | General operating and danbury charter school support | Education | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA | New York, NY | Antibiogo and antimicrobial resistance (amr) project | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | Cprl: strengthening the educator workforce in connecticut and new york | $2,493,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Connecticut State Colleges and Universities | Hartford, CT | Excellence in teacher preparation through systemwide teacher residency | $2,480,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| 50can | Danbury, CT | Lead (latinos for educational advocacy and diversity) | $2,256,900 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Leadership for Educational Equity Foundation | New York, NY | General operating support | $2,100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Relay Graduate School of Education | New York, NY | Charter residency consortium | Education | $2,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Third Sector New England | Boston, MA | School + state finance project | Community improvement and capacity building | $2,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Equable Institute | Atlanta, GA | National charter school retirement system | Community improvement and capacity building | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Connecticut Land Conservation Council | Middletown, CT | Land capital grant program | Environment | $1,850,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Westchester Land Trust | Bedford Hills, NY | Lodestone preserve (holly crest realty, inc.) | Environment | $1,800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Capital Preparatory Schools | Bridgeport, CT | General operating support | Education | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Excellence Community Schools | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Education | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Scenic Hudson | Poughkeepsie, NY | General operating support | Environment | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Champlain Area Trails | Westport, NY | Twin valleys conservation and trail project (suny plattsburgh's college auxiliary service) | Recreation and sports | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA | New York, NY | General operating support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Winnakee Land Trust | Rhinebeck, NY | Forestland protection along the roe-jan (popp) | Environment | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Colab Education | Waterbury, CT | General operating support | $1,100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mind Trust the | Indianapolis, IN | Connecticut charter school incubator | Education | $1,025,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach for America | New York, NY | Tfa-ct ($300,000) and tfa-ny ($700,000) | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fundacao Clinica Carmem Lucia | Vila Velha, BR | General operating support | $982,715 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Care Partnership of Maine | Bangor, ME | Community paramedicine | $975,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Equable Institute | Atlanta, GA | America's portable teacher pension plan | Community improvement and capacity building | $950,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Phi Delta Kappa International | Arlington, VA | Educators rising program (ct and ny) | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $950,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mainehealth | Portland, ME | Maine consortium for healthcare education and training | Health care | $880,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 50can | Washington, DC | Alliance of connecticut charter schools | Education | $775,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Land Trust Alliance | Washington, DC | General operating support | Environment | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Columbia Land Conservancy | Chatham, NY | Taghkanic headwaters community forest (markus) | Environment | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hypothesis Fund | Mercer Island, WA | General operating support | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Faithacts for Education | Hamden, CT | General operating support | Education | $675,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brass City Charter School | Waterbury, CT | General operating support | Education | $601,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regents of the University of California the | Berkeley, CA | Neutron stars as axion laboratories | $585,607 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Odyssey Community School | Manchester, CT | General operating support | Education | $585,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jumoke Academy | Hartford, CT | General operating support | Education | $571,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sacred Heart University | Fairfield, CT | Teachers@heart residency program | Education | $525,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edfund | Washington, DC | General operating support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Esf College Foundation | Syracuse, NY | The american chestnut research and restoration project | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York City Charter School Center | New York, NY | General operating support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute | Berkeley, CA | General operating support | Science and technology | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Connecticut Land Conservation Council | Middletown, CT | General operating support | Environment | $475,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Shedding light on the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe | Employment | $418,428 | apps.irs.gov |
| Capitol Region Education Council Foundation | Hartford, CT | Connecticut teacher residency program | $410,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Today's Students Tomorrow's Teachers | White Plains, NY | Today's students, tomorrow's teachers (bridgeport) | $405,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Blueprint labs: charter school research collaborative | Education | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Center for Grow Your Own | Plymouth, MI | Ct k-12 teacher apprenticeships | Education | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut the | Danbury, CT | Community food rescue | Community improvement and capacity building | $395,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Educators for Excellence | New York, NY | E4e-ct ($195,000) and e4e-ny ($195,000) | Education | $390,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bold Charter School | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Education | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Classical Charter Schools | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Education | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| East Side House | Bronx, NY | Haven charter high school | Recreation and sports | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Education Reform Now | New York, NY | Education reform now - new york | Education | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | Hypothesis fund | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nuasin Next Generation Charter | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Education | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Studentsfirstny Institute | New York, NY | General operating support | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Integrated Day Charter School Foundation | Norwich, CT | General operating support | Education | $348,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Haven Ecology Project | New Haven, CT | General operating support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $331,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Livermore Lab Foundation | Livermore, CA | Calibrating the new physics discovery potential of the pear-shaped protactinium-229 nucleus (llf/llnl) | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $330,965 | apps.irs.gov |
| Research Corporation for Science Advancement | Tucson, AZ | Scialog | $330,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | Understanding what processes are responsible for the formation of the heaviest elements (ncsu) | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $280,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fund for Public Schools | New York, NY | Empire state teacher residency program | $275,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $262,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mesa Links | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Education | $262,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bridge Academy the | Bridgeport, CT | General operating support | Education | $260,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| CCM'S Foundation for Youth | New Haven, CT | Informational and educational advocacy and stakeholder support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation | Charlotte, NC | General operating support | $240,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teachorg | San Francisco, CA | Teach ct ($680k) and teach ny ($350k) | $234,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harlem Rbi Dba Dream | New York, NY | General operating support | $233,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Learner Equity | New York, NY | Advocacy for ct charter sped reimbursements | Education | $215,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Bridgeport the | East Hartford, CT | Teacher residency program | Education | $206,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Civic Builders | New York, NY | Connecticut and new york city charter facilities ownership entity | Housing and shelter | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dutchess Land Conservancy | Millbrook, NY | General operating support | Environment | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hudson Highlands Land Trust | Garrison, NY | General operating support | Environment | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jericho Partnership | Danbury, CT | Out of school programming | Community improvement and capacity building | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Myositis center discovery fund | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Understanding what processes are responsible for the formation of the heaviest elements (mit) | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Trust for Public Land | New Haven, CT | Tpl-ct ($125,000) and tpl-ny ($75,000) | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut | Danbury, CT | Danbury senior programs | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $195,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | New York, NY | Bbrf young investigator grants program | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aspetuck Land Trust | Westport, CT | General operating support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbia Land Conservancy | Chatham, NY | General operating support | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hudson Taconic Lands | Averill Park, NY | General operating support | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ilearn Schools | Fair Lawn, NJ | New charter schools for ct | Education | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Orange County Land Trust | Mountainville, NY | General operating support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Proud Academy | New Haven, CT | New charter schools for ct | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Westchester Land Trust | Bedford Hills, NY | General operating support | Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ccsu Foundation | New Britain, CT | Teacher residency development | Education | $140,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Central Queens Academy Charter School | Elmhurst, NY | General operating support | Education | $130,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Agricultural Stewardship Association | Greenwich, NY | General operating support | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hebrew Public | New York, NY | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy | Albany, NY | General operating support | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Academy of Sciences | New York, NY | Building the teacher pipeline from scientist to teacher | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northeast Wilderness Trust | Montpelier, VT | General operating support | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy | Kent, CT | General operating support | Environment | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Proud Academy | New Haven, CT | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Saratoga Plan | Saratoga Springs, NY | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Scouting America - Greater New York Councils | New York, NY | Camping | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez | Carolina, PR | Casa pinero operations | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut | Brookfield, CT | Age well council and out of school programming | Human services | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Associacao Beneficente de Recuperacao Da Alegria E Saude (abras) | Mantena, BR | General operating support | $100,503 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Adirondack Land Trust | Keene, NY | General operating support | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Oral Health Network of Maine | Yarmouth, ME | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Expanded Schools | New York, NY | Educator development center | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fresh Air Fund | New York, NY | Camping | Recreation and sports | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut | Hartford, CT | Camping | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Girl Scouts of Greater New York | New York, NY | Camping | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maine Council On Aging | Brunswick, ME | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maine Primary Care Association | Augusta, ME | General operating support | Health care | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mainehealth | Portland, ME | Center for health improvement for perinatal care | Health care | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | Calibrating the new physics discovery potential of the pear-shaped protactinium-229 nucleus (msu) | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Scouting America - Connecticut Rivers Council | East Hartford, CT | Camping | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shelter of the Cross Dba Renewal House | Danbury, CT | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of New England | Biddeford, ME | Maine area health education center | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| MCD Global Health | Hallowell, ME | Community health worker initiative | $95,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City of Danbury | Danbury, CT | Department of elderly services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Danbury Grassroots Academy | Danbury, CT | General operating support | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Highville Charter School | New Haven, CT | General operating support | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Incarnation Center | Ivoryton, CT | Camping | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | Understanding what processes are responsible for the formation of the heaviest elements (und) | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | Maternal center of excellence, sierra leone | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services Maine | Augusta, ME | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Daily Bread - An Ecumenical Food Pantry | Danbury, CT | General operating support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Danbury & New Milford Hospital Foundation | Danbury, CT | Goldstone caregiver center | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hillside Food Outreach | Danbury, CT | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lake Champlain Land Trust | Burlington, VT | General operating support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Woods Land Conservancy | East Hartland, CT | General operating support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy | Bloomfield, CT | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Westchester Parks Foundation | Mount Kisco, NY | Camping | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wyndham Land Trust | Pomfret Center, CT | Belt: merger between wyndham and new roxbury land trusts | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Our Lady of Fatima Church | Waterbury, CT | General operating support | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Publicolor | New York, NY | General operating support | Education | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Connecticut | Hartford, CT | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund | New York, NY | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stowe Land Trust | Stowe, VT | General operating support | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund | Montpelier, VT | General operating support | Employment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | General operating support | Animal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Green Mountain Club | Waterbury Center, VT | General operating support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mater Christi School | Burlington, VT | Music and performing arts program support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Connecticut Foundation | Storrs, CT | Nursing scholarships and undergraduate psychology mini-grant research program | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Joseph Church | Danbury, CT | Carmen lucia buck religious education building renovation | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boulder Community Broadcast Association (kgnu) | Boulder, CO | General operating support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boulder Pride | Boulder, CO | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Glsen | New York, NY | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manitoga | Garrison, NY | General operating support | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Town of Woodbury | Woodbury, CT | Woodbury senior center | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | Wtju radio station | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Boating | Boston, MA | General operating support | Recreation and sports | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Esopus Foundation the | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Malden Warming Center | Malden, MA | General operating support | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amizade | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | General operating support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Susan L Curtis Foundation | Portland, ME | General operating support | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $48,763,500 |
| Environment | $12,960,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $5,645,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $3,750,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $1,705,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,500,965 |
| Health care | $1,080,000 |
| Science and technology | $500,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $42,036,500 |
| Connecticut | $23,234,900 |
| California | $14,281,072 |
| Indiana | $10,490,000 |
| Massachusetts | $3,120,000 |
| Georgia | $2,950,000 |
| Maine | $2,500,500 |
| District of Columbia | $2,025,000 |
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Updated November 14, 2025. 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.