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Lake Forest, IL · 2025 filing

Butler Family Foundation

Accepts applications

Butler Family Foundation accepts grant applications.

Its most recent filing reports $1.8M given across sixty-three grants.

A typical grant is around $10K.

It funds education, arts, culture & humanities, environment.

What they give

$1.8M
Total giving
63
Grants made
$10K
Typical grant
$452K
Largest grant

From their 2025 Form 990-PF. Foundations file annually, so these figures describe a year that has already closed.

What their grants run

The sixty-three grants itemized on their 2025 filing, by size. Half of them landed between $5K and $20K, which is the range to judge your own ask against.

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1
48
9
5
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Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Itemized grants on the 2025 filing, bucketed by grant size.

Where the money went

Grants on the 2025 filing reached fifteen states. The largest destinations, with each state’s wider funding picture linked:

Illinois$761K
New York$527K
Maine$158K
Arizona$120K
Massachusetts$83K
Itemized grant dollars by recipient state, 2025 filing.

What they fund

Based on where their grants went.

  • Education
  • Arts, Culture & Humanities
  • Environment

Recent giving reached Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York.

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