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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 73-1519009

Buford Family Foundation

A private foundation in Wichita, KS. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $55,000 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $849,489

  • Tax year 2024

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $816,195

  • Tax year 2023

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $789,853

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $771,728

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $728,311

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $653,713

  • Tax year 2019

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $631,372

  • Tax year 2018

    $51,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $631,637

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The University of TulsaTulsa, OK

    Scholarships

    $25,000
  2. Envision IncWichita, KS

    Diminished vision

    $10,000
  3. The Kansas Humane SocietyWichita, KS

    Animal cruelty

    $10,000
  4. The Salvation ArmyWichita, KS

    Assistance to underprivileged

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $25,00071% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $10,00029% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas3 grants $30,000
  2. Oklahoma1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • C Robert BufordDIRECTOR PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • R C BufordDIRECTOR - VICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Anne S BufordDIRECTOR-SECRETARY & TREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Beth BufordDIRECTOR-VICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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