· Private foundation
Merle E & Patricia a Butler Family Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $165k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $130k
- $250k+1 grant · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $300,000 |
| MISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | $130,000 |
| ST PETERS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST | $20,000 |
| GREATER ST LOUIS HONOR FLIGHT | $20,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $20,000 |
| ASTHMA & ALLERGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA | $20,000 |
| OPERATION FOOD SEARCH | $17,500 |
| ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK | $17,500 |
| ROSSMAN SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| MARY INSTITUTE AND SAINT LOUIS COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| ST JOHN UCC MISSION TEAM | $10,000 |
| TOYS FOR TOTS | $10,000 |
| CHURCHILL SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| ORCHARD FARM HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $205k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MBMISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION6× · 2018–2025 · $774k · revenue +223%
VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT2× · 2022–2023 · $466k · revenue +59%- NFNURSES FOR NEWBORNS6× · 2018–2023 · $205k · revenue +65%
Funded once
- SCSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +12%
- AAASTHMA & ALLERGY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $20k
- VPVFW POST 6632one grant, 2024 · $15k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Jewish federation of st. louis mobilizes the jewish community and its human and financial resources to preserve and enhance jewish life in st. louis, in israel and around the world.
To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.
Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…
Based on a conviction that an educated society is essential to a healthy democracy, the scholarship foundation of st. louis supports students with financial need to and through higher education by providing scholarship grants,…
To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children
To enhance the quality of life for the people of the siouxland region by obtaining funds in support of the health-care mission of st. luke's health system.
An exceptional education that inspires a deep love of learning, a strong moral compass, the commitment to serve, and the confidence to lead.
In partnership with donors and volunteers, le bonheur children's hospital foundation promotes philanthropic investment to support le bonheur children's hospital's mission of providing high qualitypatient care, research and advocacy.
To eliminate underlying causes of health inequities, transform systems and enable individuals and communities to thrive
The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…
To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.
La salle middle school is a public charter school located in st. louis. la salle is committed to transforming children and our community through innovative education. students at la salle are pushed to achieve excellence academically,…
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds NURSES FOR NEWBORNS ↗
- Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds ROSSMAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER SAINT LOUIS HONOR FLIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds THE ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S CHOIRS ↗
- Who funds LOVE ENOUGH 4 U FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Ladue Education Foundation ↗
- Who funds PATRIOT TRAINING FOUNDATION ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · August a Busch III Charitable Trust · World Wide Technology Foundation · Dotopia · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Merle E & Patricia a Butler Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Merle E & Patricia a Butler Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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