Buckley Family Endowment Incorporated
The organization is a private foundation focused on providing general contributions to various charitable causes. Its mission centers on supporting religious institutions, educational nonprofits, community service initiatives, and health-related charities. The foundation primarily serves organizations that promote youth development and historical preservation, reflecting a commitment to community enrichment and social welfare. While it does not have a specified geographic focus, it has made grants to recipients across multiple states, with a notable concentration in the District of Columbia and New York.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small-to-mid sized charity with an existing connection or credible local/regional introduction—particularly faith-based organizations, education or youth programs, community-service groups, or historic-preservation nonprofits operating in the states the foundation has funded.
Good Fit
- • Past or facilitated introduction to the trustees or current grantees
- • Mission aligned with faith-based, education, youth development, community service, or historic preservation work
- • Located in one of the six states the foundation has supported (notably the dominant state and DC/NY/CT/VA/MD)
- • Project or operating-request sized to the foundation's typical grant amounts (many grants under $5K, median around $1K, with occasional larger awards up to $30K)
Geography
The foundation funded recipients in six different states (including DC, NY, CT, VA and others) in the latest year, showing a multi-state footprint even though one state captured about 32% of dollars.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 30 distinct recipients (and historical yearly counts of 24–36), with many independent organizations across faith, education, youth and community service sectors despite dollar concentration toward a few large grantees.
New Applicants
The foundation declares it funds only preselected recipients and the observed pattern shows few new entrants (five new recipients in the latest year and 25 repeating grantees across years), with no public application path visible; direct evidence of turnover is limited but the behavior and stated policy point toward low likelihood for an unfamiliar applicant to enter without an introduction.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
