Private foundation · EIN 52-1786778
The Butler Family Fund
Washington, DC
The Butler Family Fund is a private foundation based in Washington, DC. On its Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, it reported $990K in grants and contributions paid across 34 grants, with $10.9M in assets (fair market value). It reports that it gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Its largest grants went to HouseUS, Just Futures Inititiative - Community Transforming Policing Fund and Act 4 Sa.
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Gives only to preselected organizations. On its Form 990-PF, this foundation checked the box saying it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Relationships and invitations usually come first.
As reported on the foundation's Form 990-PF for tax year 2025. Requirements change; confirm with the foundation before applying.
Largest grants, tax year 2025
Historical data · not a prediction| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| HouseUS | Washington, DC | HouseUs supports tenant organizing and tenant power as a pathway towards achieving safe, affordable, sustainable housing for all. | $100,000 |
| Just Futures Inititiative - Community Transforming Policing Fund | Minneapolis, MN | Just Futures is a donor collaborative housed at Borealis Philanthropy that supports groups working to build power, increase police accountability and create tra | $75,000 |
| Act 4 Sa | San Antonio, TX | ACT 4SA is a grassroots organization striving to center the well-being of their community without a reliance on police or prisons. | $50,000 |
| Bozeman Tenants Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | BTU is a city-wide tenant union dedicated to building a world in which safe, dignified housing is available to all, regardless of race, income, or any other ide | $50,000 |
| CAAAV- Organizing Asian Communities | New York, NY | CAAAV organizes Asian immigrants in New York City to ensure that working class people make decisions over their own homes and neighborhoods. | $50,000 |
| CHISPA OC Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | CHISPA OC is a Latinx organizing ecosystem in Orange County dedicated to harnessing the power of young people through organizing, policy advocacy, and electoral | $50,000 |
| Equity and Transformation | Chicago, IL | EAT is a community-led organization seeking to build social and economic equity for Black workers engaged in the informal economy. | $50,000 |
| For the Many | Washingont, DC | For the Many is a grassroots, multiracial, intergenerational, and bi-lingual movement in rural upstate New York centering the needs of working-class people in m | $50,000 |
| Free DC | Washington, DC | Free DC is a grassroots organizing campaign to fight for noninterference in home rule for DC. | $50,000 |
| Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | HRCSF is a multiracial, multilingual tenant rights organization working to stop the displacement of working-class communities of color in San Francisco. | $50,000 |
| Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia | Minneapolis, MN | IX organizes Minneapolis low-income, BIPOC, and immigrant tenants to strategize, advocate and mobilize for safe and affordable housing. | $50,000 |
| Miami Workers Center | Miami, FL | Miami Workers Center organizes and mobilizes working-class families, predominately Black and brown immigrant women-headed households in Miami Dade to build the | $50,000 |
| National Homelessness Law Center | Washington, DC | For the Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign | $50,000 |
| North Carolina Tenants Union | Chapel Hill, NC | North Carolina Tenants Union is a statewide union of local tenant unions aiming to democratize housing in NC and build a housing system that prioritizes people | $50,000 |
| SOS Fund | Oakland, CA | Directed to the Emergent Fund and the Immigrant Frontlines Fund within the Four Freedons Fund | $50,000 |
| Tenant Union Federation | San Francisco, CA | TUF is a union of unions dedicated to establishing tenants as a powerful political class to preserve affordable housing, win tenant protections, and develop alt | $50,000 |
| Vocal-Ny | Brooklyn, NY | Restricted to VOCAL-KY which builds power among low-income people affected by the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness to create healthy and just comm | $50,000 |
| Global Impact | Washington, DC | The Alabama Solution Impact Campaign seeks to amplify the documentary The Alabama Solution and its expose of the deadliest state prison system in the country. | $25,000 |
| Crisis | London | for general support | $5,400 |
| MamaSuze | London | for general operating support | $5,400 |
| Alma Backyard Farms | Los Angeles, CA | for general operating support | $5,000 |
| Communities Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | For the Foundation for Brain Health Advances | $5,000 |
| Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation | Brookline, MA | for general operating support | $3,000 |
| Fresh Start Edinburgh | Edinburgh | for general operating support | $2,700 |
| Smart Works Scotland | Edinburgh | for general operating support | $2,700 |
The 25 largest of 34 grants listed on the return. Names and purposes as reported to the IRS.
Where its grants went
Quick answers
Does The Butler Family Fund accept grant applications?
According to its Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, The Butler Family Fund makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
How much does The Butler Family Fund give each year?
For tax year 2025, it reported $990,450 in grants and contributions paid (34 grants). Giving can change from year to year.
What organizations has The Butler Family Fund funded?
Its largest grants in tax year 2025 went to HouseUS (DC), $100K, Just Futures Inititiative - Community Transforming Policing Fund (MN), $75K, Act 4 Sa (TX), $50K, Bozeman Tenants Education Fund (CA), $50K and CAAAV- Organizing Asian Communities (NY), $50K.