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The Kathryn Brown Butler Family Foundation C/O Cw Butler III Trustee at a glance

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The Kathryn Brown Butler Family Foundation C/O Cw Butler III Trustee

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$79k
Granted FY2021
8
Grants FY2021
5
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.

Health$41kEducation$25kPhilanthropy$19kEnvironment$15kArts & Culture$10kFood & Nutrition$10kInternational$10kHuman Services$7kOther$0
02FY2021 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k3 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $59k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF TULSA$15,000
THE TREZEVANT FOUNDATION$13,867
LANDMARK SCHOOL$10,000
LAMB INSTITUTE$10,000
RHODES COLLEGE$10,000
CARTI FOUNDATION$8,000
MAKE-A-WISH$7,000
MIFA$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LANDMARK SCHOOL: $10k → 10%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF TULSA: $15k → 15%METMIN: $10k → 12%OPERA MEMPHIS: $5k → 17%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF TULSA: $10k → 15%RHODES COLLEGE: $10k → 17%RHODES COLLEGE: $5k → 17%OVERTON PARK CONSERVANCY: $15k → 17%THE TREZEVANT FOUNDATION: $14k → 17%THE TREZEVANT FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS: $5k → 17%THE MEMPHIS HUMANE SOCIETY: $3k → 17%MAKE-A-WISH: $7k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$75k · 4 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
6

Total granted

$75k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+31%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21
HealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    2× · 2020–2021 · $25k · revenue +42%
  • TT
    THE TREZEVANT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $19k
  • CF
    CARTI Foundation Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $16k · revenue -38%

Funded once

  • OP
    OVERTON PARK CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +2%
  • CF
    CHATT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -1%
  • M
    METMIN
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
2
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
5
University of Memphis Foundation

The foundation accepts, manages, and disburses private support to the university of memphis.

Education
6
Rollins College

Education and Public Service Mission: Rollins College educates students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. We are committed to liberal arts ethos and…

Education
7
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
8
Michigan Biotechnology Institute

Bridging the gap between early-stage innovation and commercial application. partnering to de-risk, develop and scale-up discoveries into commercially-viable technology packages.

Education
9
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
10
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chatt Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mifa Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 14 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TREZEVANT FOUNDATION: $18,867 · OtherTHE TREZEVANT FOUNDATIONCHATT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCHATT FOUNDATIONMETMIN: $10,000 · OtherMETMINMAKE-A-WISH: $7,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISHBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $25,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DCARTI Foundation Inc: $16,295 · HealthCARTI Foundation IncRhodes College: $15,000 · EducationRhodes CollegeLANDMARK SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationLANDMARK SCHOOL IN…OVERTON PARK CONSERVANCY: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsOVERTON PA…LAMB INSTITUTE: $10,000 · ReligionDixon Gallery and Gardens: $5,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA MEMPHIS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMIFA CORPORATION: $5,000 · Community ImprovementHumane Society of Memphis & Shelby County: $3,294 · Animals
Other$45,867Health$41,295Education$25,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Religion$10,000Arts & Culture$10,000Community Improvement$5,000Animals$3,294

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARTI Foundation Inc: $16,295 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRhodes College: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOVERTON PARK CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLAMB INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLANDMARK SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHATT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDixon Gallery and Gardens: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERA MEMPHIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHumane Society of Memphis & Shelby County: $3,294 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Community Foundation …Self FoundationThomas W Briggs Found…Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Self Foundation · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Kathryn Brown Butler Family Foundation C/O Cw Butler III Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kathryn Brown Butler Family Foundation C/O Cw Butler III Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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