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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 43-1933644

Buckner Foundation

A private foundation in Prairie Village, KS. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 18 grants and $359,613 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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

    $359,613

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $5,131,024

  • Tax year 2023

    $244,785

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $5,217,118

  • Tax year 2022

    $320,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $4,989,050

  • Tax year 2021

    $391,318

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $5,296,238

  • Tax year 2020

    $321,850

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $5,423,262

  • Tax year 2019

    $323,086

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $4,870,926

Grants paid in 2024

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Saline County Historical SocietyMarshall, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $50,000
  2. Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $44,094
  3. Sweet Springs Community Food PantrySweet Springs, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $40,000
  4. Missouri Valley CollegeMarshall, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $36,200
  5. District III Area Agency on AgingMarshall, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $27,338
  6. Food Bank of Central and Ne MissouriColumbia, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $25,000
  7. Missouri River Valley Steam Engine AssociationBoonville, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $25,000
  8. Marshall Philharmonic OrchestraMarshall, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $21,981
  9. Marshall Community ChorusMarshall, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $20,000
  10. First United Methodist Church - EslMarshall, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $13,200
  11. Slater Healthcare Facilities CorpSlater, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $12,000
  12. Tri-County OutreachWaverly, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $12,000
  13. Grow Pediatric Therapy ServicesBlackburn, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $11,000
  14. Friends of Arrow RockArrow Rock, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operationsto provide funds for organization's operations

    $10,000
  15. Community Food PantryMarshall, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $5,000
  16. Fitzgibbon Hospital Auxiliary VolunteersMarshall, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $3,800
  17. Taking ShapeCarrollton, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $2,000
  18. Hearts with Hooves IncMatthews, MO

    To provide funds for organization's operations

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $82,00035% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $55,09424% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture2 grants $45,00019% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $36,20016% of the total
  5. Religion1 grant $12,0005% of the total
  6. Youth development1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri18 grants $359,613

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Joseph KessingerTRUSTEE Hours 16Pay $15,000
  • Charles D Van DykeADVISOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • James CoeADVISOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Thomas B HallADVISOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jane HuffADVISOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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