About Buckner Foundation
Protects vulnerable children, strengthens families, transforms lives for generations and serves senior adults through Christ-centered values.
Focus Areas
Foster care & adoptionFamily Hope CentersFamily PathwaysSenior livingInternational ministriesShoes for Orphan Souls (humanitarian aid)Camp BucknerMaternity servicesFamily support servicesHumanitarian aidVolunteer programsLegacy & planned giving
Funding Style
general operating support
About Buckner Foundation
Buckner Foundation Inc channels most of its recent giving into a family of related organizations in Dallas, with general support recurring across Buckner International, Buckner Children and Family Services Inc, Buckner Retirement Services Inc, and Buckner Senior Living Inc. That pattern points to a foundation funding the core capacity of its own operating ecosystem rather than a broad external grant portfolio. The largest recent grant in the file was $24,629,187 to Buckner International in 2025 for general support, followed by $22,705,755 in 2024 and $20,905,905 in 2023 to the same organization, showing a multi-year commitment at a very large scale. Other major grants supported children and family services, retirement services, and senior living, all through unrestricted support. The foundation’s stated work includes foster care and adoption, family hope centers, family pathways, senior living, maternity services, family support services, humanitarian aid, and legacy and planned giving. Recent grant records also include Rio Grande Children's Home Inc and Baptist Memorials Ministries, extending support into other mission-aligned organizations in Texas.
What Buckner Foundation Funds
Family and child welfare is a central theme in the recent record. Buckner Foundation Inc gave $13,644,293 in 2023 and $10,849,085 in 2024 to Buckner Children and Family Services Inc, both for general support, and also supported Rio Grande Children's Home Inc with $281,819 in 2024 and $160,483 in 2025. Senior services are another clear priority: the foundation awarded $10,465,046 in 2025 to Buckner Retirement Services Inc and $7,511,252 in 2025 to Buckner Senior Living Inc, again as general support. It also made smaller general-support grants to Tarrant County Senior Living Center Inc and Baptist Memorials Ministries, indicating attention to senior living and related ministry work. Across these areas, the common thread is unrestricted support for organizations tied to care, housing, and family stability.
How Buckner Foundation Gives
The grant-size profile is wide. Typical awards sit at a median of $1,604,654, with a lower quartile of $220,061 and an upper quartile of $12,246,689. Recent giving is heavily recurring: Buckner International appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Buckner Children and Family Services Inc appears in all three years as well; and Buckner Retirement Services Inc also appears across multiple years. The foundation appears to be an operating family foundation or institutional funder tied to the Buckner network, and the recent grants are consistently listed as general support, unrestricted funding, or core support. No application process is shown in the data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$57.2M
Total Assets
$547.1M
Total Revenue
$56.1M
Total Expenses
$57.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $220K and $12.2M, with a median of $1.6M.
25th Percentile
$220K
Median
$1.6M
75th Percentile
$12.2M
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DR ALBERT REYES
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