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Private Foundation
The Butler Family Fund
The Butler Family Fund, of Washington, DC, is a Private Foundation tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $126K in revenue, $1.4M in expenses, $10.9M in total assets. IRS filings disclose 249 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $8.0M.
EIN: 521786778
Washington, DC
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$126K
Total Expenses$1.4M
Total Assets$10.9M
Grants Given249
Grant Total$8.0M
Filing Years2021–2025
Sample Grants Given
HouseUS
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
Just Futures is a donor collaborative housed at Borealis Philanthropy that supports groups working to build power, increase police accountability and create transformative community-based safety.
$75,000
Miami Workers Center
Miami Workers Center organizes and mobilizes working-class families, predominately Black and brown immigrant women-headed households in Miami Dade to build the power and capacity of renter communities.
$50,000
Free DC
Free DC is a grassroots organizing campaign to fight for noninterference in home rule for DC.
$50,000
For the Many
For the Many is a grassroots, multiracial, intergenerational, and bi-lingual movement in rural upstate New York centering the needs of working-class people in multi-issue campaigns.
$50,000
Showing up to 5 of 249 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
Trustee
Colette Hirsch
Trustee
Eleanor Leyden Dunbar
President
Eve Wildrick
Trustee
Jennifer Gavin
Treasurer
Joanne Snider
Vice President
Lisa Siegel
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $126K | $1.4M | $10.9M |
| 2024 | $2.8M | $1.2M | $10.8M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $10.9M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.4M | $10.2M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $913K | $14.2M |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.4M to $126K (-91%), with total assets most recently reported at $10.9M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.
Grant Geography
Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, and 4 other states.
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Full geographic grant map with state-by-state breakdown available with membership.