Texas · Private foundation
Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $542k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $542k | 70% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $236k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $61k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leakey Isd | $290,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $114,499 | 6 | 0% |
| Retina Research Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Special Pals Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avda | $35,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of Dallas | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Small Steps Nurturing Center | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Junior Brahman Association | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leakey Isd | $290,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $114,499 | 6 | 0% |
| Retina Research Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Special Pals Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avda | $35,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of Dallas | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Small Steps Nurturing Center | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Junior Brahman Association | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Houston Food Bank | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| iEDUCATE | $26,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Justice Forward | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Daya Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tree of Promise | $7,950 | 6 | 3% |
| Leakey Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Frio Canyon EMS Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Humane Society | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Library Association | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Frio Canyon Park Association | $250 | 2 | n/a |
| Viola's Huge Heart Foundation | $250 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($117k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation
- How much does Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation give?
- Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $541,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Health (26%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Leakey Isd ($291k), Texas Children's Hospital ($114k), Retina Research Foundation ($80k).
- Does Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, H E Butt Foundation, Houston Endowment Inc.
- Where is Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation based?
- Rhett Butler Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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