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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 59-7250952

James & Catherine Buck Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $1.1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2026), 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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,074,378

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $16,059,262

  • Tax year 2024

    $993,833

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $15,934,905

  • Tax year 2023

    $912,240

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $15,422,387

  • Tax year 2022

    $823,385

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $15,660,360

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,123,135

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $16,040,841

  • Tax year 2020

    $797,202

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $16,331,819

  • Tax year 2019

    $833,795

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $15,898,705

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Wichita State University FoundationWichita, KS

    Scholarships (95%) & french

    $752,064
  2. Friends UniversityWichita, KS

    Unrestricted general

    $193,388
  3. Newman UniversityWichita, KS

    Unrestricted general

    $64,463
  4. Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado, KS

    Unrestricted general

    $64,463

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $1,009,915100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas4 grants $1,074,378

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Bank of AmericaTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $173,127

The return

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