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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 38-7171837

The Buckley Foundation

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 15 grants and $3 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Oct 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $3,050,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $43,884,636
  • Tax year 2023

    $2,400,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $38,659,592
  • Tax year 2022

    $2,215,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $40,040,691
  • Tax year 2021

    $2,100,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $40,841,093
  • Tax year 2020

    $1,400,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $31,437,731
  • Tax year 2019

    $1,250,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $32,923,315

Grants paid in 2024

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Trinity Episcopal ChurchBethlehem, PA

    Charitable operations support

    $500,000
  2. St Benedict's Preparatory SchoolNewark, NJ

    Charitable operations support

    $400,000
  3. Cristo Rey New York High SchoolNew York, NY

    Charitable operations support

    $350,000
  4. La Salle College High SchoolWyndmoor, PA

    Charitable operations support

    $350,000
  5. Independence Missions SchoolsPhiladelphia, PA

    Charitable operations support

    $325,000
  6. Girard CollegePhiladelphia, PA

    Charitable operations support

    $250,000
  7. Mercy Vocational High School Sisters of MercyPhiladelphia, PA

    Charitable operations support

    $200,000
  8. Good Samaritan Ministries IncJohnson City, TN

    Charitable operations support

    $150,000
  9. Orion Military Scholarship Fund IncJamestown, RI

    Charitable operations support

    $150,000
  10. El EducationNew York, NY

    Charitable operations support

    $100,000
  11. St James Episcopal SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    Charitable operations support

    $100,000
  12. The Church of St AsaphBala Cynwyd, PA

    Charitable operations support

    $60,000
  13. Open Discourse CoalitionLewisburg, PA

    Charitable operations support

    $50,000
  14. Building 21Plymouth MTNG, PA

    Charitable operations support

    $45,000
  15. Team Seymour Spouses ClubGoldsboro, NC

    Charitable operations support

    $20,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education6 grants $1,095,00087% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $150,00012% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $20,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania9 grants $1,880,000
  2. New York2 grants $450,000
  3. New Jersey1 grant $400,000
  4. Rhode Island1 grant $150,000
  5. Tennessee1 grant $150,000
  6. North Carolina1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Marjorie B BuckleyCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Walter W Buckley IIICO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Alexandra B VorisCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert Ef BuckleyCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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