The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc
Invitation OnlyNew York, New York · EIN 06-1547852 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$106.3M
Organizations funded178
Typical grant$150,000
Total assets$2.8B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $50,000 and $500,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
62% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipp Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $10,000,000 |
| Mind Trust the | Indianapolis, IN | Charterforwardct | $9,400,000 |
| Zeta Charter Schools | New York, NY | General operating support | $4,250,000 |
| New Leaders | New York, NY | Aspiring teachers accelerator program | $3,600,000 |
| Achievement First | New Haven, CT | General operating support | $3,500,000 |
| Success Academy Charter Schools | New York, NY | K-12 curriculum redesign and scaling | $3,500,000 |
| Lake George Land Conservancy | Bolton Lndg, NY | Pilot knob mountain (whitetail trust) | $3,000,000 |
| Teachorg | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $2,630,000 |
| Elevate Charter Schools | Hamden, CT | General operating and danbury charter school support | $2,500,000 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA | New York, NY | Antibiogo and antimicrobial resistance (amr) project | $2,500,000 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | Cprl: strengthening the educator workforce in connecticut and new york | $2,493,500 |
| Connecticut State Colleges and Universities | Hartford, CT | Excellence in teacher preparation through systemwide teacher residency | $2,480,000 |
| 50Can | Danbury, CT | Lead (latinos for educational advocacy and diversity) | $2,256,900 |
| Leadership for Educational Equity Foundation | New York, NY | General operating support | $2,100,000 |
| Relay Graduate School of Education | New York, NY | Charter residency consortium | $2,100,000 |
| Third Sector New England | Boston, MA | School + state finance project | $2,100,000 |
| Equable Institute | Atlanta, GA | National charter school retirement system | $2,000,000 |
| Connecticut Land Conservation Council | Middletown, CT | Land capital grant program | $1,850,000 |
| Westchester Land Trust | Bedford Hills, NY | Lodestone preserve (holly crest realty, inc.) | $1,800,000 |
| Capital Preparatory Schools | Bridgeport, CT | General operating support | $1,500,000 |
| Excellence Community Schools | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $1,500,000 |
| Scenic Hudson | Poughkeepsie, NY | General operating support | $1,500,000 |
| Champlain Area Trails | Westport, NY | Twin valleys conservation and trail project (suny plattsburgh's college auxiliary service) | $1,250,000 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA | New York, NY | General operating support | $1,250,000 |
| Winnakee Land Trust | Rhinebeck, NY | Forestland protection along the roe-jan (popp) | $1,250,000 |
| Colab Education | Waterbury, CT | General operating support | $1,100,000 |
| Mind Trust the | Indianapolis, IN | Connecticut charter school incubator | $1,025,000 |
| Teach for America | New York, NY | Tfa-Ct ($300,000) and tfa-ny ($700,000) | $1,000,000 |
| Fundacao Clinica Carmem Lucia | Vila Velha, BR | General operating support | $982,715 |
| Community Care Partnership of Maine | Bangor, ME | Community paramedicine | $975,000 |
| Equable Institute | Atlanta, GA | America's portable teacher pension plan | $950,000 |
| Phi Delta Kappa International | Arlington, VA | Educators rising program (ct and NY) | $950,000 |
| Mainehealth | Portland, ME | Maine consortium for healthcare education and training | $880,000 |
| 50Can | Washington, DC | Alliance of connecticut charter schools | $775,000 |
| Land Trust Alliance | Washington, DC | General operating support | $750,000 |
| Columbia Land Conservancy | Chatham, NY | Taghkanic headwaters community forest (markus) | $700,000 |
| Hypothesis Fund | Mercer Island, WA | General operating support | $700,000 |
| Faithacts for Education | Hamden, CT | General operating support | $675,000 |
| Brass City Charter School | Waterbury, CT | General operating support | $601,500 |
| Regents of the University of California the | Berkeley, CA | Neutron stars as axion laboratories | $585,607 |
| Odyssey Community School | Manchester, CT | General operating support | $585,000 |
| Jumoke Academy | Hartford, CT | General operating support | $571,000 |
| Sacred Heart University | Fairfield, CT | Teachers@heart residency program | $525,000 |
| Edfund | Washington, DC | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Esf College Foundation | Syracuse, NY | The american chestnut research and restoration project | $500,000 |
| New York City Charter School Center | New York, NY | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute | Berkeley, CA | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Connecticut Land Conservation Council | Middletown, CT | General operating support | $475,000 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Shedding light on the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe | $418,428 |
| Capitol Region Education Council Foundation | Hartford, CT | Connecticut teacher residency program | $410,000 |
| Today's Students Tomorrow's Teachers | White Plains, NY | Today's students, tomorrow's teachers (bridgeport) | $405,000 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Blueprint labs: charter school research collaborative | $400,000 |
| National Center for Grow Your Own | Plymouth, MI | Ct K-12 teacher apprenticeships | $400,000 |
| Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut the | Danbury, CT | Community food rescue | $395,000 |
| Educators for Excellence | New York, NY | E4e-Ct ($195,000) and e4e-ny ($195,000) | $390,000 |
| Bold Charter School | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $350,000 |
| Classical Charter Schools | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $350,000 |
| East Side House | Bronx, NY | Haven charter high school | $350,000 |
| Education Reform Now | New York, NY | Education reform now - new york | $350,000 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | Hypothesis fund | $350,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 178 grants to organizations.
The return also lists 4 grants to individuals ($46,856). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipp Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | $40,000,000 |
| Zeta Charter Schools | New York, NY | General operating support | $12,800,000 |
| New Leaders | New York, NY | Aspiring teachers accelerator program | $10,000,000 |
| Success Academy Charter Schools | New York, NY | K-12 curriculum redesign and scaling | $4,500,000 |
| Leadership for Educational Equity Foundation | New York, NY | General operating support | $4,400,000 |
| Third Sector New England | Boston, MA | School + state finance project | $4,400,000 |
| Relay Graduate School of Education | New York, NY | Charter residency consortium | $3,250,000 |
| Equable Institute | Atlanta, GA | National charter school retirement system | $3,000,000 |
| Mind Trust the | Indianapolis, IN | Charterforwardct | $2,985,833 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA | New York, NY | Antibiogo and antimicrobial resistance (amr) project | $2,500,000 |
| Mainehealth | Portland, ME | Maine consortium for healthcare education and training | $2,450,000 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA | New York, NY | General operating support | $1,250,000 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Shedding light on the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe | $1,181,572 |
| Regents of the University of California | Berkeley, CA | Neutron stars as axion laboratories | $1,127,108 |
| Esf College Foundation | Syracuse, NY | The american chestnut research and restoration project | $1,000,000 |
| Community Care Partnership of Maine | Bangor, ME | Community paramedicine | $945,000 |
| Classical Charter Schools | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $700,000 |
| Nuasin Next Generation Charter | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $700,000 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | Understanding what processes are responsible for the formation of the heaviest elements (ncsu) | $600,000 |
| East Side House | Bronx, NY | Haven charter high school | $522,000 |
| Edfund | Washington, DC | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Stamford Big Picture Learning Academy | Stamford, CT | General operating support | $500,000 |
| Central Queens Academy Charter School | Elmhurst, NY | General operating support | $420,000 |
| Kwenda Collegiate Girls Charter School | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $420,000 |
| Livermore Lab Foundation | Livermore, CA | Calibrating the new physics discovery potential of the pear-shaped protactinium-229 nucleus (llf/llnl) | $419,035 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Understanding what processes are responsible for the formation of the heaviest elements (MIT) | $400,000 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Blueprint labs: charter school research collaborative | $400,000 |
| Colab Education | Waterbury, CT | General operating support | $375,000 |
| Mesa Links | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $260,000 |
| Bold Charter School | Bronx, NY | General operating support | $233,000 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | Calibrating the new physics discovery potential of the pear-shaped protactinium-229 nucleus (msu) | $200,000 |
| Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | $174,000 |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac | Notre Dame, IN | Understanding what processes are responsible for the formation of the heaviest elements (und) | $130,000 |
| North Woods Land Conservancy | East Hartland, CT | General operating support | $100,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $106,347,044 | 217 |
| 2023 | $48,328,822 | 195 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 15, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202543189349105474
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 06-1547852
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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