Wisconsin · Private foundation
Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund
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.
- $66k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,623
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,492
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $66k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $67k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $68k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Germain Foundation | $113,335 | 5 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $29,555 | 5 | 0% |
| Florentine Opera Company Inc | $29,555 | 5 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $29,555 | 5 | 0% |
| I Am Temple of Chicago Inc | $29,555 | 5 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc | $14,777 | 5 | 0% |
| Pabst Mansion Inc | $14,777 | 5 | 0% |
| Skylight Music Theatre Corp | $14,777 | 5 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
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: Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund
- How much does Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund give?
- Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund reported 9 grants totaling $66,228 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Arts & Culture (45%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Saint Germain Foundation ($113k), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc ($30k), Florentine Opera Company Inc ($30k).
- Does Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund 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 Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund based?
- Shirley Butzin Charitable Fund is based in WI.
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