Grants paid in 2025
34 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| HouseusWashington, DC | HouseUs supports tenant organizing and tenant power as a pathway towards achieving safe, affordable, sustainable housing for all. | $100K |
| Just Futures Inititiative - Community Transforming Policing FundMinneapolis, MN | Just Futures is a donor collaborative housed at Borealis Philanthropy that supports groups working to build power, increase police accounta… | $75K |
| Act 4 SaSan Antonio, TX | ACT 4SA is a grassroots organization striving to center the well-being of their community without a reliance on police or prisons. | $50K |
| Bozeman Tenants Education FundLos 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, inc… | $50K |
| Caaav- Organizing Asian CommunitiesNew York, NY | CAAAV organizes Asian immigrants in New York City to ensure that working class people make decisions over their own homes and neighborhoods. | $50K |
| Chispa Oc Education FundLos Angeles, CA | CHISPA OC is a Latinx organizing ecosystem in Orange County dedicated to harnessing the power of young people through organizing, policy ad… | $50K |
| Equity and TransformationChicago, IL | EAT is a community-led organization seeking to build social and economic equity for Black workers engaged in the informal economy. | $50K |
| For the ManyWashingont, DC | For the Many is a grassroots, multiracial, intergenerational, and bi-lingual movement in rural upstate New York centering the needs of work… | $50K |
| Free DCWashington, DC | Free DC is a grassroots organizing campaign to fight for noninterference in home rule for DC. | $50K |
| Housing Rights Committee of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA | HRCSF is a multiracial, multilingual tenant rights organization working to stop the displacement of working-class communities of color in S… | $50K |
| Inquilinxs Unidxs Por JusticiaMinneapolis, MN | IX organizes Minneapolis low-income, BIPOC, and immigrant tenants to strategize, advocate and mobilize for safe and affordable housing. | $50K |
| Miami Workers CenterMiami, FL | Miami Workers Center organizes and mobilizes working-class families, predominately Black and brown immigrant women-headed households in Mia… | $50K |
| National Homelessness Law CenterWashington, DC | For the Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign | $50K |
| North Carolina Tenants UnionChapel 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 tha… | $50K |
| SOS FundOakland, CA | Directed to the Emergent Fund and the Immigrant Frontlines Fund within the Four Freedons Fund | $50K |
| Tenant Union FederationSan Francisco, CA | TUF is a union of unions dedicated to establishing tenants as a powerful political class to preserve affordable housing, win tenant protect… | $50K |
| Vocal-NyBrooklyn, NY | Restricted to VOCAL-KY which builds power among low-income people affected by the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness to create… | $50K |
| Global ImpactWashington, DC | The Alabama Solution Impact Campaign seeks to amplify the documentary The Alabama Solution and its expose of the deadliest state prison sys… | $25K |
| CrisisLondon, UK | for general support | $5,400 |
| MamasuzeLondon, UK | for general operating support | $5,400 |
| Alma Backyard FarmsLos Angeles, CA | for general operating support | $5,000 |
| Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TX | For the Foundation for Brain Health Advances | $5,000 |
| Facing History and Ourselves National FoundationBrookline, MA | for general operating support | $3,000 |
| Fresh Start EdinburghEdinburgh, UK | for general operating support | $2,700 |
| Smart Works ScotlandEdinburgh, UK | for general operating support | $2,700 |
| First Friends of New Jersey and New YorkKearney, NJ | for general operating support | $2,500 |
| Make the Road By WalkingBrooklyn, NY | For Make the Road NJ | $2,500 |
| Congregation Shearith IsraelDallas, TX | For the Ladder Project | $1,000 |
| Institute to End Mass IncarceratonCambridge, MA | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| Smart Justice CaliforniaSan Francisco, CA | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| The Last MileSan Francisco, CA | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| The TraceCharlottesville, VA | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| World Central KitchenWashington, DC | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| Misc Charitable DonationWashington, DC | for general operating support | $250 |
By state: District of Columbia 7 · California 8 · Minnesota 2 · New York 3 · Texas 3 · Illinois 1
About this foundation
Butler Family Fund is a private grantmaking foundation in Washington, District of Columbia, administered in care of Martha Toll, tax-exempt since 1992. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
Does Butler Family Fund accept grant applications?
No. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation checked that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations. Look for an introduction through a current grantee.
How much does Butler Family Fund give each year?
In tax year 2025 it paid $990K across 34 grants, a median of $38K.
Where does Butler Family Fund give?
District of Columbia (7 grants), California (8 grants), Minnesota (2 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.
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