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Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation
Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation reported $62.8 million in revenue and $42.6 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $95.40 went to program services, $4.60 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was investment income: 100.0% of the total. Revenue rose 12% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $43MFor context, the median across 1,001 covered philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking charities: $91.65 programs, $6.50 management, $1.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $63MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 95.4% | 90.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 4.6% | 6.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | Not reported | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 79.9% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | Not reported | $325,675 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | Not reported | 1.56% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 311.1 | 56.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 0 of 2 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseWells fargo bank ("wfb"), as investment trustee, administers the trust and manages the trust's investments. As required by the court orders, the investment trustee made direct distributions to the buck institute for research on aging, alcohol justice, and the buck institute for education (dba pbl works), which totaled in the amount of $10,233,343 for the 2025 fiscal year. Marin community foundation ("mcf"), as distribution trustee, distributed trust funds to charitable recipients, which totaled in the amount of $17,477,270 for the 2025 fiscal year. Grants by the distribution trustee were made…
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b2 · 0 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13No
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
- Employees Part I, line 50
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Of every $100 Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation spent in FY2025, $95.40 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
Questions people ask
How much of Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation reported that 95.4% of its $42.6 million in expenses went to program services, 4.6% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
Where does Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation get its money?
Of $62.8 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 0.0% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 94-6485668 as a 501(c)(3) organization (supporting organization (509(a)(3))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202621349349312922 · read the filing
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202541229349302764 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202421319349304417 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202341359349313119 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202221319349306097 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202141349349303769 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 94-6485668: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.