Wyoming · Private foundation
The Buttonwood Family 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.
- $620k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Buttonwood Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $620k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $400k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $315k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $285k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $225k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upland Country Day School | $460,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Taft School Corporation | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stroud Water Research Center | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Chester County Hospital | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chester County Food Bank | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| LCH Health and Community Services | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chester County Hospital Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mental Health & Recovery Services of Jackson Hole | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($335k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Buttonwood Family 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.
Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · Fjc · Wa Speakman Family Foundation · The Roemer Foundation · Sharp Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Buttonwood Family Foundation
- How much does The Buttonwood Family Foundation give?
- The Buttonwood Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $620,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Buttonwood Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (52%), Health (23%), Environment (15%).
- Who are The Buttonwood Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Upland Country Day School ($460k), The Taft School Corporation ($350k), Stroud Water Research Center ($200k).
- Does The Buttonwood Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Buttonwood Family 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 The Buttonwood Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chester County Community Foundation, Fjc, Wa Speakman Family Foundation.
- Where is The Buttonwood Family Foundation based?
- The Buttonwood Family Foundation is based in WY.
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