Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation

Analysis

Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation reported income of $62.1m and spending of $55.3m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $53.5m to $62.1m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Federation of Jewish Communities of the C I S Inc ($61.7m), Anabaptist Foundation ($63.2m) and William and Ruth Scott Family Foundation Inc ($61.2m).

At year end it held assets of $1.06bn against liabilities of $16.9m, net assets of $1.04bn.