The Butler Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Springfield, NH · EIN 22-2701588 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
The Butler Foundation is a private foundation based in Springfield, NH (EIN 22-2701588). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $3M paid in 21 grants, with a median grant of $50K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $12.7M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
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- Total grants paid
- $3M
- Grants reported
- 21
- Typical grant
- $50K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $12.7M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- The Butler Foundation Cynthia Wentw
- Phone
- (603) 369-7224
- Deadlines
- There is no formal submission deadline
- Application materials
- For scholarships only - there is no formal submission deadline. The applicant submits the application to the board of trustees of the butler foundation. The applicant is required to write an essay and supply high school grades in addition to other information.
- Restrictions
- Us applicants are limited to the children of employees of nes labs. The trust is currently working with earth university foundation to give a scholarship to an indigenous child from ecuador to attend the university. There is no restriction on this grant other than that the child come from a poorer community within certain areas of ecuador. Earth university foundation does the selection process for this ecuadorian scholarship.
Original filing text
- Contact
- THE BUTLER FOUNDATION CYNTHIA WENTW
- Address
- PO BOX 430 SPRINGFIELD, NH, 03284
- Phone
- 6033697224
- CYNTHIA@ALMASJUNTAS.COM
- Deadlines
- THERE IS NO FORMAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE
- Application materials
- FOR SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY - THERE IS NO FORMAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE. THE APPLICANT SUBMITS THE APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BUTLER FOUNDATION. THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO WRITE AN ESSAY AND SUPPLY HIGH SCHOOL GRADES IN ADDITION TO OTHER INFORMATION.
- Restrictions
- US APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO THE CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES OF NES LABS. THE TRUST IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION TO GIVE A SCHOLARSHIP TO AN INDIGENOUS CHILD FROM ECUADOR TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY. THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON THIS GRANT OTHER THAN THAT THE CHILD COME FROM A POORER COMMUNITY WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS OF ECUADOR. EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION DOES THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THIS ECUADORIAN SCHOLARSHIP.
Reported organization name: THE BUTLER FOUNDATION C/O CYNTHIA WENTWORTH EXEC DIR
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.
Where The Butler Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-butler-foundation-c-o-cynthia-wentworth-exec-dir-222701588
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass Eye & Ear Associates | Boston, MA | Upgrade of the ogi's high performance compute cluster | Tax year 20252025 | $1.7M |
| Jocotoco Conservation Foundation | Baltimore, MD | Grant for parques condor infrastructure maintenancepurchase of 132 hectares for buenaventura preserve in ecuadorgrant for parque condor for bird acquision, telemetry and connection and conference | Tax year 20252025 | $340.3K |
| Jocotoco Conservation Foundation | Baltimore, MD | Grant for parques condor infrastructure maintenancepurchase of 132 hectares for buenaventura preserve in ecuadorgrant for parque condor for bird acquision, telemetry and connection and conference | Tax year 20242024 | $196.3K |
| Capital Land Trust | Lacey, WA | Infrastructure of bay shore preserve | Tax year 20252025 | $100K |
| Mass Eye & Ear Associates | Boston, MA | Upgrade of the ogi's high performance compute cluster | Tax year 20242024 | $100K |
Showing 5 of the 21 largest grants (21 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Butler 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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