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Private foundation (trust)EIN 366101775Est. 1956-07

BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION

LAKE FOREST, IL 60045

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$35.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

65

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$25K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$165K

Typical

Deadlines

There are no submission deadlines.

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.9M

Total Expenses

$1.9M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.7M

Distributable Amount

$1.7M

Min. Investment Return

$1.7M

Undistributed Income

$158K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

65 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $15K to maximum $165K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $1.6M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

274 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
$327K
4 grants
GREAT LAKES ADAPTIVE SPORTS ASSOC
$272K
4 grants
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
$205K
4 grants
JACKSON LABORATORY
$180K
4 grants
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
$170K
3 grants
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
$160K
3 grants
THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
$150K
4 grants
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
$140K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

274 grants

<$10K
127
grants
$10–50K
125
grants
$50–250K
21
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

21 states

Illinois
$4.9M
69% of total
Arizona
$548K
8% of total
New York
$310K
4% of total
Maine
$180K
3% of total
Virginia
$180K
3% of total
Indiana
$131K
2% of total
Kentucky
$125K
2% of total
Kansas
$120K
2% of total
District of Columbia
$120K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$104K
1% of total

+11 more states

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