Private foundation · EIN 52-1786778 · Washington, DC · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where The Butler Family Fund's grants went
It reported $954,250 in grants paid across 51 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 64.1% of those dollars to 29 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $612K 31 lines
- No confident match $343K 20
What its filing says about applications
Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
- Website on filing
- https://www.butlerfamilyfund.org/
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 47 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| African American Roundtable Milwaukee, WI · EIN 85-4148042 | $50,000 | OAK Grant: African American Roundtable organizes to reduce the funds in the Milwaukee city budget for harmful police practices and realloca… | Same address 1.00 |
| Austin Justice Coalition Austin, TX · EIN 81-3138826 | $50,000 | Oak grant: to Austin Justice Coalition organize for affordable housing and against increased investment in the police and criminal legal sy… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Justice Funders Oakland, CA · EIN 85-3980966 | $50,000 | OAK GRANT: Funders for Justice is updating and launching a toolkit for grantmakers, donors, and funder affinity groups, to divest from the… | Distinctive name 0.99 |
| Nashville Organized for Action and Hope Nashville, TN · EIN 62-1448188 | $50,000 | OAK grant: to conduct outreach, organizing, and advocacy to build community power and advance community goals. | Same city 1.00 |
| We Are Down Home Greensboro, NC · EIN 83-1247155 | $50,000 | OAK Grant: or leadership development, civic engagement, and multiracial movement building across rural and urban areas in North Carolina. | Same address 1.00 |
| Community Resource Hub Philadelphia, PA · no confident EIN match | $50,000 | OAK Grant: Community Resource Hub provides resources and tools to increase the capacity of local organizers to win their campaigns | Unmatched Help match |
| Faith in Indiana Inidianapolis, IN · no confident EIN match | $50,000 | OAK grant: A joint project of Faith in Indiana and the Iman Center to advance housing justice and win a fully funded statewide non-police crisis response system. | Unmatched Help match |
| Women on the Rise East point, GA · no confident EIN match | $50,000 | Oak Grant: Women on the Rise, through the Communities over Cages campaign, works to close an Atlanta jail and repurpose the building for community-identified programs. | Unmatched Help match |
| Detroit Justice Center Detroit, MI · EIN 82-2295339 | $30,000 | Detroit Justice Centers community lawyering program works alongside the community to transform the criminal legal system, create economic o… | Same city 1.00 |
| Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute (ACRE Institute) Chicago, IL · no confident EIN match | $30,000 | for research and support to campaigns at the intersection of Housing Justice and Criminal Legal reform. | Unmatched Help match |
| Action St Louis Saint Louis, MO · EIN 32-0634890 | $25,000 | Action St. Louis advocates for policies that expand affordable housing and protect tenants from landlords abuse and neglect. | Same city 1.00 |
| African Communities Together New York, NY · EIN 46-1689772 | $25,000 | To expand organizing among African immigrant tenants in Northern Virginia against displacement and loss of affordable housing units. | Same address 1.00 |
| The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth Washington, DC · EIN 27-3761788 | $25,000 | General operating support to end the extreme sentencing of youth and for re-entry programs for former juvenile lifers. | Same address 1.00 |
| Community Resource Initiative San Francisco, CA · EIN 26-0564961 | $25,000 | Community Resource Initiative works to support mitigation efforts that challenge the death penalty and its adverse impacts on community and… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia- United Renters for Justice Minneapolis, MN · EIN 47-4987940 | $25,000 | IX organizes Minneapolis low-income, BIPOC, and immigrant tenants to strategize, advocate and mobilize for a safe and affordable housing. | Same street 0.80 |
| Kc Tenants Kansas City, MO · EIN 84-5137189 | $25,000 | KC Tenants organizes to ensure that everyone in Kansas City has a safe, accessible, and genuinely affordable home. | Same address 1.00 |
| Life After Release Clinton, MD · EIN 82-3690001 | $25,000 | Life After Release seeks to build a post-conviction movement aimed at getting people out of prison and off parole and probation. | Exact name 1.00 |
| Miami Workers Center Miami, FL · EIN 65-0942224 | $25,000 | Miami Workers Center organizes and mobilizes working-class families, predominately Black and brown immigrant women-headed households in Mia… | Same city 1.00 |
| Peoples Advocacy Institute Jackson, MS · EIN 82-2700169 | $25,000 | to incubate community driven, designed and led criminal legal reform policy, practice and programs in Mississippi. FS Highlander Center | Same city 1.00 |
| Public Advocates San Francisco, CA · EIN 23-7103042 | $25,000 | General operating support for Alliance for Housing Justice, a network of grassroots organizing groups centering housing as a human right. | Same address 1.00 |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund San Antonio, TX · EIN 27-1481855 | $25,000 | Texas Organizing Project organizes community-led campaigns to stabilize housing in low income Black and Latino communities. | Same address 0.72 |
| Law for Black Lives New York, NY · no confident EIN match | $25,000 | L4BL organizes, conducts budget analysis, supports capacity development, and creates new narratives with the goal of moving money out of the criminal legal system and into community investments. | Unmatched Help match |
| MHAction Los Angeles, CA · no confident EIN match | $25,000 | MHAction works to organize manufactured home communities and protect tenants economic security and health. | Unmatched Help match |
| Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK · no confident EIN match | $20,000 | BLM OKCs Death Penalty Moratorium Project is working to end the death penalty in Oklahoma. | Unmatched Help match |
| Justice 4 Housing Jamaica Plain, MA · no confident EIN match | $20,000 | for outreach, organizing and advocacy to build community power, advance community goals and increase housing options for justice-involved individuals. | Unmatched Help match |
| People's Action Institute Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2755109 | $15,000 | The Homes Guarantee Campaign works towards safe, accessible, sustainable, and permanently affordable housing for everyone. | Same address 1.00 |
| Texas Center for Justice and Equity Austin, TX · EIN 74-2969471 | $15,000 | TCJE conducts community outreach, organizing, and advocacy to shrink the criminal punishment system and foster safer communities. | Same city 1.00 |
| Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project Philadelphia, PA · EIN 47-1153595 | $15,000 | General support for resentencing and reentry for former youth sentenced to life in prison. | Same address 1.00 |
| Democratizing Justice Innovation Fund New York, NY · no confident EIN match | $10,000 | FS Goodnation Foundation | Unmatched Help match |
| Texas Freedom Network Education Fund Austin, TX · EIN 74-2788317 | $2,500 | For general operating support | Same address 1.00 |
| Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation Brookline, MA · no confident EIN match | $2,500 | For general operating support | Unmatched Help match |
| Miles of Freedom Dallas, TX · EIN 45-4959062 | $1,500 | Charitable Contributions | Same address 0.98 |
| Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute Atlanta, GA · no confident EIN match | $1,500 | For general operating support | Unmatched Help match |
| TX Center for Equity and Justice Austin, TX · no confident EIN match | $1,500 | Charitable Contributions | Unmatched Help match |
| Bonton Farms Dallas, TX · no confident EIN match | $1,500 | Charitable Contributions | Unmatched Help match |
| Cornerstone Community Development Corporation Petersburg, VA · no confident EIN match | $1,500 | Charitable Contributions | Unmatched Help match |
| Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2681212 | $1,250 | For the John B. Hirsch Legacy Fund | Same city 1.00 |
| Tacoma-Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium Tacoma, WA · EIN 38-3670012 | $1,250 | For general operating support | Same address 1.00 |
| Altamed Health Services Corporation Commerce, CA · EIN 95-2810095 | $1,000 | For the La Linterna program | Same address 0.74 |
| Bennington College Corporation Bennington, VT · EIN 03-0179414 | $1,000 | for the Prison Education Initiative | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America New York, NY · EIN 13-1644147 | $1,000 | For general operating support | Known alias 1.00 |
| New Voices for Reproductive Justice Pittsburgh, PA · no confident EIN match | $1,000 | For general operating support | Unmatched Help match |
| Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2681212 | $500 | For the John B. Hirsch Legacy Fund | Same city 1.00 |
| Freedom Reads Hamden, CT · EIN 87-3023665 | $500 | For general operating support | Same address 1.00 |
| The Summer Camp Denmark, ME · EIN 13-3341224 | $500 | For general operating support | Exact name 1.00 |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund San Antonio, TX · EIN 27-1481855 | $500 | Charitable Contributions | Same address 1.00 |
| Housing Plus New York, NY · no confident EIN match | $500 | For general operating support | Unmatched Help match |
4 more lines ($52.8K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.