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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-6793594

The Buchan Foundation

A private foundation in Palm Beach, FL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $89,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 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 2025

    $89,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $543,617
  • Tax year 2024

    $49,580

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $607,698
  • Tax year 2023

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $625,190
  • Tax year 2022

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $539,824
  • Tax year 2021

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $543,604
  • Tax year 2020

    $37,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $549,819

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Trump-Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsWashington, DC

    To support the center

    $50,000
  2. Dutchess Land ConservancyMillbrook, NY

    To preserve the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area.

    $10,000
  3. Harvard Business SchoolDorchester, MA

    To support the harvard business school HBS fund

    $10,000
  4. Univ of N Carolina Chapel Hill Arts & Sciences FDNChapel Hill, NC

    To support the university's arts & sciences foundation

    $10,000
  5. Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation IncPalm Beach, FL

    To support the town of palm beach first responders and the community at large

    $9,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $10,000
  3. North Carolina1 grant $10,000
  4. New York1 grant $10,000
  5. Florida1 grant $9,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Hannah F BuchanCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Allan B Rappleyea EsqCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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