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JOHN BUCK COMPANY FOUNDATION

EIN 02-0569830 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2023
$592,454
Expenses 2023
$419,421

Program services were 94.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
33 NORTH LASALLE STREET SUITE 1010

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE JOHN BUCK COMPANY FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CHICAGO AREA ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE PROGRAMS ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, AND HAVE A STRONG EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CHICAGO AREA ORGANIZATIONS TO ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES.

  • COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT: 12 GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT PURPOSES AND INTENTIONS FOR GRANTS.

    Expenses $63,414 · Grants $63,414

  • EDUCATION: 16 GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND INTENTIONS FOR GRANTS.

    Expenses $301,470 · Grants $301,470

  • CHILD WELFARE: 12 GRANT WAS DISTRIBUTED FOR CHILD WELFARE PURPOSES AND INTENTIONS FOR GRANTS.

    Expenses $28,542 · Grants $28,542

  • Family Care: 1 Grant was distributed for Family Care Purposes and intentions for grants.

    Expenses $2,500 · Grants $2,500

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • John A Buck II

    Director/CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Charles Wagener

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Will Press

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $592,454
    Expenses
    $419,421
    Contributions
    $485,027
    Grants paid
    $395,926
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $528,407
    Expenses
    $366,956
    Contributions
    $511,686
    Grants paid
    $347,565

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $622,813
    Expenses
    $519,598
    Assets (EOY)
    $161,836

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,216
    Expenses
    $69,899
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,269

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $778,647
    Expenses
    $759,046
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,204

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $732,992
    Expenses
    $766,744
    Assets (EOY)
    $150,260

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $751,438
    Expenses
    $774,182
    Assets (EOY)
    $101,647

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $760,174
    Expenses
    $731,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,822

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $642,676
    Expenses
    $664,997
    Assets (EOY)
    $122,594

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $638,552
    Assets (EOY)
    $303,273

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.