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The Mark Butler 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.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$206kHealth$126kYouth Development$115kEducation$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$53kPhilanthropy$50kAnimals$50kHousing & Shelter$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA YOUTH BALLET$10,000
WHITAKER CENTER$6,095
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $84k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%JAKE OWEN FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%HOPE STATION OPPORTUNITY AREA COUNCIL: $26k → 8%DAUPHIN COUNTY CASA: $5k → 12%BRETHREN COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $2k → 12%CARLISLE DAY CARE CENTER DBA CARLISLE EARLY EDUCATION CENTER: $950 → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
TN
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$453k · 14 repeat orgs$283k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
21

Total granted

$453k
$273k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+30%

Still filing today

57%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TH
    THE HAROLD AND CAROLE PUMP FOUNDATION (FKA THE HAROLD PUMP FOUNDATION)
    3× · 2017–2019 · $100k · revenue +78%
  • SW
    SCOTT WILLIS LEGACY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $45k · revenue +10% · 28% of their budget
  • CR
    CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $28k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +80%
  • FO
    Friends of Pima Animal Care Centergraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +30%
  • JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +22%
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
The Center That Cares

The mission of the center that cares is to deliver services to the people of the hill district community in pittsburgh, pa that enriches and empowers their lives academically, socially, culturally and recreationally. we service over 100…

Human Services
2
The Young Women's Christian Association of Carlisle Pa

The young women's christian association of carlisle, pennsylvania is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and girls and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. ywcas across the country are distinguished by…

Human Services
3
Crispus Attucks Association of York Pa

The crispus attucks association of york, pennsylvania is a comprehensive non-profit entity that provides education services, human services, community development and affordable housing that enhances the quality of life for a diverse…

Housing & Shelter
4
Corporate Alliance for Drug Education

Organization's mission: the mission of cadekids is to promote children's potential for growth through comprehensive, school-based and community-based youth development and support programs that are begun at an early age and are designed to…

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5
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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6
Caris Foundation International
International
7
Caris Foundation
Philanthropy
8
The Young Women's Christian Association of York Pa

Ywca york is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

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9
Chase the Victory Corporation

Our mission is to strengthen the support of families grieving the loss of a child, fighting childhood cancer, and inspire hope and kindness.

Human Services
10
Upmc Carlisle

Upmc carlisle's mission is to serve the community by providing access to outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health care system through clinical and technological innovation, research and education.

Health
11
HOPE4YOUTH Cancer Foundation
Health
12
Karli Short Better Tomorrow Foundation

We started the karli short better tomorrow scholarship fund to provide financial security to students who are grappling with the fallout from gun violence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Diakon Child Family & Community Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Jake Owen Foundation. 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

26 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. 26 of the 36 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARLISLE KIWANIS FOUNDATION: $151,000 · OtherCARLISLE KIWANIS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPENN STATE HERSHEY MED CENTER: $16,700 · OtherCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $27,503 · OtherCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INCSAFE HARBOUR INC: $26,000 · OtherSAFE HARBOUR INCWHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS: $13,273 · OtherYATIMA GROUP FUND: $15,000 · Other+15 more: $65,824 · Other+15 moreTHE HAROLD AND CAROLE PUMP FOUNDATION (FKA THE HAROLD PUMP FOUNDATION): $100,000 · HealthTHE HAROLD AND …BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $3,500 · HealthJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesJOYFUL HEART…HOPE STATION OPPORTUNITY AREA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL: $26,000 · Human ServicesHOPE STATION…Jake Owen Foundation: $20,000 · Human ServicesJake Owen Fo…DAUPHIN COUNTY CASA: $5,000 · Human ServicesDAUPHIN COUN…+2 more: $2,625 · Human ServicesSUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUTH: $61,113 · Youth DevelopmentSUMMER PRO…CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN: $4,815 · Youth DevelopmentCHAMPIONS …ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $50,000 · Public Safety & DisasterNORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY 1: $3,345 · Public Safety & DisasterFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $50,000 · AnimalsSCOTT WILLIS LEGACY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Philanthropy
Other$335,300Health$103,500Human Services$83,625Youth Development$65,928Public Safety & Disaster$53,345Animals$50,000Philanthropy$45,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HAROLD AND CAROLE PUMP FOUNDATION (FKA THE HAROLD PUMP FOUNDATION): $100,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetSUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUTH: $61,113 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSCOTT WILLIS LEGACY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $27,503 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HARBOUR INC: $26,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHOPE STATION OPPORTUNITY AREA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL: $26,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetJake Owen Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYATIMA GROUP FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetWHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS: $13,273 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSIENA UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAUPHIN COUNTY CASA: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSECTION 16H GROUP: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN: $4,815 over 2y, 14% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HARRISBURGINC: $3,997 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY 1: $3,345 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLEADERSHIP CUMBERLAND: $2,250 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBRETHREN COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $1,675 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE BISON FOUNDATION: $1,061 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCARLISLE DAY CARE CENTER: $950 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIAKON CHILD FAMILY & COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $136 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Foundation for En…Partnership for Bette…Schwab-Silfen Foundat…The Donald B and Doro…United Way of Carlisl…Anne & Philip Glatfel…Community Aid IncUnited Way of the Cap…Ppl FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…
The Foundation for Enhancing CommunitiesPA19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Partnership for Better Health · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation · Community Aid Inc · United Way of the Capital Region · Ppl Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Mark Butler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mark Butler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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How do I get to The Mark Butler Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Mark Butler Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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