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Private foundation (trust)EIN 421429940Est. 1996-07

THE BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION

DUBUQUE, IA 520040028

Total Assets

$65.1M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$1.8M

FY 2023

Grants Made

66

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$28K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$100–$500K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$1.8M

Total Expenses

$2.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.8M

Distributable Amount

$3.0M

Min. Investment Return

$3.0M

Payout rate 62%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.62%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

66 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100 through median $5K to maximum $500K, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $4.6M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

265 grants

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$4.8M
2 grants
NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM & AQUARIUM (DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOC
$1.5M
1 grant
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO
$1.2M
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE
$772K
4 grants
LAUREL SCHOOL
$510K
5 grants
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO --PLEDGE 2021-2025
$500K
1 grant
DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART
$428K
5 grants
NOBLE NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
$315K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

265 grants

<$10K
193
grants
$10–50K
54
grants
$50–250K
9
grants
$250K–1M
6
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

14 states

Ohio
$5.3M
43% of total
Iowa
$3.6M
29% of total
Illinois
$2.5M
20% of total
District of Columbia
$426K
3% of total
Massachusetts
$140K
1% of total
Colorado
$131K
1% of total
Minnesota
$103K
1% of total
Virginia
$90K
1% of total
Texas
$70K
1% of total
Pennsylvania
$17K
0% of total

+4 more states

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