· Private foundation
William Butterworth Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY | $2,500 |
| WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| AUGUSTANA COLLEGE | $2,500 |
| BLACK HAWK COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| SCOTT COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $2,500 |
| MOLINE HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT | $2,000 |
| QUAD CITIES CANINE ASSISTANCE NETWORK | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 63% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ACAUGUSTANA COLLEGE6× · 2019–2024 · $17k · revenue +27%
- WIWestern Illinois University Foundation5× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +78%
- SAST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY5× · 2019–2024 · $11k · revenue +104%
Funded once
- SCSCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2019 · $3k
- WIWESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY - QUAD CITIES CAMPUSone grant, 2019 · $3k
- BHBLACK HAWK COLLEGE - QUAD CITIES CAMPUSone grant, 2019 · $1k
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.
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.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Scu is a christ-centered liberal arts institution equipping students for a life of learning, leadership, and service; integrating faith, learning, and living; and empowering graduates to excel and to positively impact their world for jesus…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Briar cliff university is a community committed to higher education within a liberal arts and catholic perspective. in the franciscan tradition of service, caring and openness to all, briar cliff emphasizes quality education for its…
Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 28 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds AUGUSTANA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Western Illinois University Foundation ↗
- Who funds ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BLACK HAWK COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds QUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE 180 ZONE ↗
- Who funds YOUTHHOPE ↗
- Who funds RESCUED INC ↗
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: Quad Cities Community Foundation · Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Grant & Virginia Brissman Foundation Nfp · United Way Quad Cities · Scott County Regional Authority · Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William Butterworth Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Butterworth Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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