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Butler Family Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 36-6101775 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$3.5M
Grants reported
128
Typical grant
$14.7K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact
Karen B Connell
Deadlines
There are no submission deadlines.
Application materials
There are no standard application forms. A letter requesting a contribution is sufficient.
Restrictions
Organizations must be educational, religious, or charitable as defined under irc section 170(c).
Original filing text
Contact
KAREN B CONNELL
Address
825 S WAUKEGAN RD SUITE A8 PMB 218 LAKE FOREST, IL, 60045
Phone
9176019652
Deadlines
THERE ARE NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES.
Application materials
THERE ARE NO STANDARD APPLICATION FORMS. A LETTER REQUESTING A CONTRIBUTION IS SUFFICIENT.
Restrictions
ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, OR CHARITABLE AS DEFINED UNDER IRC SECTION 170(C).

Reported organization name: BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202563$1.8M
202465$1.6M

Where Butler Family Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Illinois$1.7MNew York$698.8KArizona$317.5KMaine$208.3KMassachusetts$152.4K

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc - Metro NY Region Now Blood Care United

RYE BROOK, NY

$451.7KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General charitable, religious, educational or scientific purpose of the donee organization

Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Assoc

LAKE FOREST, IL

$165KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General charitable, religious, educational or scientific purpose of the donee organization

Ravinia Festival Association

HIGHLAND PARK, IL

$160KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General charitable, religious, educational or scientific purpose of the donee organization

Jackson Laboratory

BAR HARBOR, ME

$158.3KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General charitable, religious, educational or scientific purpose of the donee organization

The Church of the Holy Spirit

LAKE FOREST, IL

$156.5KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General charitable, religious, educational or scientific purpose of the donee organization

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (128 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Butler Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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