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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 63-6171340

Carl Buck Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Birmingham, AL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $195,000 paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Regions Bank Trust Dept Attn Mar
1900 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 326-5382
Form and materials
No forms
Deadlines
No deadlines
Restrictions
Public charities in al to buy equipment and to pay for other capital expenditure for eye care, treatment of vision related illness and research. No distributions shall be used for operating expenses.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $195,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,745,787

  • Tax year 2024

    $187,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,717,803

  • Tax year 2023

    $166,959

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,514,475

  • Tax year 2022

    $172,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,589,812

  • Tax year 2021

    $188,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,635,536

  • Tax year 2020

    $156,070

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,563,214

  • Tax year 2019

    $156,105

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,605,544

  • Tax year 2018

    $159,419

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,616,025

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. UAB Department of OphthalmologyBirmingham, AL

    General operating

    $123,226
  2. Eyesight Foundation of AlabamaBirmingham, AL

    General operating

    $71,774

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $71,774100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama2 grants $195,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Regions BankTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $29,933

The return

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