The Butler Family Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521786778
IRS 990-PF coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024638288
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,620
Expenses
$1,387,065

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

The Butler Family Fund is a nonprofit. Location: Washington, DC. EIN 521786778. Tax year 2025 Form 990-PF reports $126K revenue and $1.4M expenses.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 34 filed grant rows totaling $990,450. The stated grant purposes included act 4sa is a grassroots organization striving to center the well-being of their community without a reliance on police or prisons., btu is a city-wide tenant union dedicated to building a world in which safe, dignified housing is available to all, regardless of race, income, or any other identity., and caaav organizes asian immigrants in new york city to ensure that working class people make decisions over their own homes and neighborhoods., plus 20 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 78% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 19

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 11; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 19th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 36 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 19/100.