Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BUTLER FOUNDATION INC
BUTLER FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,342 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC ($24,092). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $40k
What Butler Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Butler Foundation, formed in memory of Kevin & Jay Butler, works to improve awareness,education, research, treatments and family support for Mesothelioma. It was originally formed in memory of Kevin J. Butler (1957 2006) who lost his battle with the disease in 2006. In 2009, Kevins older brother, John E. "Jay" (1949-2009), who had been fighting the disease for over 12 years, also succumbed to Mesothelioma. The Foundation works tirelessly to honor the legacies that both Jay and Kevin leave behind. Our goal is, and always will be, to remember Kevin and Jay while helping to find a cure for this rare and aggressive form of cancer.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
We organize and run an annual fundraiser-the Butler Foundation Kentucky Derby Part every May. From our proceeds, we give an annual donation to University of Vermont's Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine to Dr. Brian Cuniff for Mesothelioma Research.
$23,932 spentof which $35,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $23,932.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Patricia D Butler
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BUTLER FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BUTLER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BUTLER FOUNDATION INC.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of BUTLER FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BUTLER FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUTLER FOUNDATION INC?
- BUTLER FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,342 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC ($24,092). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BUTLER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $29,342 in grants to BUTLER FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BUTLER FOUNDATION INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC is the largest funder on record, with $24,092 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUTLER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing