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Bucknell University

Grantmaking foundation in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania · EIN 24-0772407

Total giving
$97MTax year 2025
Total assets
$1.9BLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2025Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

Bucknell is a unique national university where liberal arts and professional programs complement each other. Bucknell educates students for a lifetime of critical thinking and strong leadership characterized by continued intellectual exploration, creativity, and imagination. A Bucknell education enables students to interact daily with faculty who exemplify a passion for learning and a dedication to teaching and scholarship. Bucknell fosters a residential, co-curricular environment in which students develop intellectual maturity, personal conviction and strength of character, informed by a deep understanding of different cultures and diverse perspectives. Bucknell seeks to educate our students to serve the common good and to promote justice in ways sensitive to the moral and ethical dimensions of life.Bucknells rich history and heritage will influence its planning for the future. Bucknells potential as an institution of higher learning extends beyond that of a traditional liberal arts c

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$63M2020
$71M2021
$75M2022
$82M2023
$91M2024
$97M2025

Totals by tax year, rounded to two significant figures. Years without a reported total show the sum of grants itemized on the filing.

Top recipients

RecipientAmountTax year
Geisinger Clinic$59K2021
Arizona State University$47K2021
Fauna and Flora$33K2021
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Unv$19K2021
University of California$19K2021

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list is available with a free account.

Website: www.bucknell.edu

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Source: IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings, tax year 2025. Also see this organization on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.