Virginia · Private foundation
Richard T Button 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.
- $113k
- Granted FY2019
- 39
- Grants FY2019
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 79%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 8
- Total assets, FY2019
- $12k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 79% of the organizations Richard T Button Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 38 | $110k | 79% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $9k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development in Gardening | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ice Dance International | $16,000 | 2 | 4% |
| North Salem Open Land Foundation Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Shore Animal League America Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Royal Oak Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Putnam County Land Trust Save Open Space Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northern Westchester Hospital Center Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard T Button 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 Richard T Button Foundation
- How much does Richard T Button Foundation give?
- Richard T Button Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $112,750 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Richard T Button Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Environment (15%).
- Who are Richard T Button Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Development in Gardening ($20k), Ice Dance International ($16k), North Salem Open Land Foundation Inc ($9k).
- Does Richard T Button Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 79% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard T Button 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 Richard T Button Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, Jewish Communal Fund, Greater Hudson Heritage Network.
- Where is Richard T Button Foundation based?
- Richard T Button Foundation is based in VA.
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