The Butler Family Fund
Invitation OnlyWashington, District of Columbia · EIN 52-1786778 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$990K
Organizations funded34
Typical grant$25,000
Total assets$10.9M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $2,500 and $50,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
76% of grants went outside District of Columbia.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| 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… | $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,… | $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… | $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… | $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… | $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… | $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… | $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… | $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… | $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… | $25,000 |
| Crisis | London, UK | for general support | $5,400 |
| MamaSuze | London, UK | 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, UK | for general operating support | $2,700 |
| Smart Works Scotland | Edinburgh, UK | for general operating support | $2,700 |
| First Friends of New Jersey and New York | Kearney, NJ | for general operating support | $2,500 |
| Make the Road by Walking | Brooklyn, NY | For Make the Road NJ | $2,500 |
| Congregation Shearith Israel | Dallas, TX | For the Ladder Project | $1,000 |
| Institute to End Mass Incarceraton | Cambridge, MA | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| Smart Justice California | San Francisco, CA | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| The Last Mile | San Francisco, CA | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| The Trace | Charlottesville, VA | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | for general operating support | $1,000 |
| Misc charitable donation | Washington, DC | for general operating support | $250 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $990,450 | 34 |
| 2024 | $809,000 | 32 |
| 2023 | $954,250 | 51 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Apr 16, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202631069349100433
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 52-1786778
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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