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Form 990-PFTax year 2018EIN 75-2791126

Buford Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2018 lists 5 grants and $750,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2018 (period ending Dec 31, 2018), 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2018 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2018

    $750,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $733,139

Grants paid in 2018

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Halftime InstituteIrving, TX

    General support

    $250,000
  2. Leadership NetworkCarolina Beach, NC

    General support

    $250,000
  3. Church Planting NetworkCarolina Beach, NC

    Expansion of the LCs to reach Young Emerging Leaders; Development of New Leader Multiplication Pipeline Process; Development of New Online Assessment Tools; and Development of a New Content Distribution Site

    $100,000
  4. MultipliersBrentwood, TN

    For the creation and operation of the Buford Online Library

    $100,000
  5. Downline Little RockLittle Rock, AR

    For the completion of Downline Espanol and the development of the Downline Multiplication Process

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion2 grants $150,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas2 grants $500,000
  2. North Carolina1 grant $100,000
  3. Tennessee1 grant $100,000
  4. Arkansas1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

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

  • Bob BufordChairman Hours 32Pay $5,568
  • Tom LuceVice Chairman Hours 1Pay $0
  • Linda BufordBoard Member Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert LewisBoard Member Hours 1Pay $0
  • Vance MaultsbyBoard Member Hours 1Pay $0
  • B J Engle-WilliamsonCorporate Secretary Hours 40Pay $99,996
  • Diane ReynoldsCorporate Treasurer Hours 8Pay $0

The return

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