Funding search · EIN 043032409 · Great Neck, NY
Butler Conservation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 52
- grants reported
- $9.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- Cobscook Shores3 grants · $6.6M
- Penobscot River Trails3 grants · $2.4M
- Banco Des Bosques3 grants · $371,600
- Black River Environmental Improvement Association1 grant · $42,098
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust3 grants · $30,000
- Natural Resources Council of Maine3 grants · $27,500
- Natural Resources Defense Council1 grant · $25,000
- Connecticut River Conservancy1 grant · $20,000
- Friends of Acadia3 grants · $15,000
- Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust3 grants · $15,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 52 reported grants, largest first.
- $2.8M
Cobscook Shores · Great Neck, NY · 2023
Environmental
- $2.1M
Cobscook Shores · Great Neck, NY · 2022
Environmental
- $1.7M
Cobscook Shores · Great Neck, NY · 2024
Environmental
- $887,311
Penobscot River Trails · Great Neck, NY · 2023
Environmental
- $777,602
Penobscot River Trails · Great Neck, NY · 2024
Environmental
- $698,000
Penobscot River Trails · Great Neck, NY · 2022
Environmental
- $170,000
Banco Des Bosques · 2024
Environmental
- $128,000
Banco Des Bosques · 2023
Environmental
- $73,600
Banco Des Bosques · 2022
Environmental
- $42,098
Black River Environmental Improvement Association · Great Neck, NY · 2023
Environmental
- $25,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental
- $22,500
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2022
Environmental
- $20,000
Connecticut River Conservancy · Greenfield, MA · 2024
Environmental
- $15,000
Mid-Coast Conservancy · Wiscasset, ME · 2024
Environmental
- $10,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
Environmental
- $10,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental
- $10,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Environmental
- $10,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
Environmental
- $7,000
Trees for Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Environmental
- $7,000
Trees for Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Environmental
- $6,000
Greenutica · Utica, NY · 2024
Environmental
- $6,000
Greenutica (Formerly Central New York Conservancy) · Utica, NY · 2023
Environmental
- $6,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
Environmental
- $5,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
Environmental
- $5,000
Galveston Bay Foundation · Kemah, TX · 2024
Environmental
- $5,000
Pee Dee Land Trust · Florence, SC · 2024
Environmental
- $5,000
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust · Watertown, NY · 2024
Environmental
- $5,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Environmental
- $5,000
Galveston Bay Foundation · Kemah, TX · 2023
Environmental
- $5,000
Pee Dee Land Trust · Florence, SC · 2023
Environmental
- $5,000
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust · Watertown, NY · 2023
Environmental
- $5,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
Environmental
- $5,000
Galveston Bay Foundation · Kemah, TX · 2022
Environmental
- $5,000
Pee Dee Land Trust · Florence, SC · 2022
Environmental
- $5,000
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust · Watertown, NY · 2022
Environmental
- $4,680
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental
- $2,600
Tompkins Conversation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Environmental
- $2,500
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2024
Environmental
- $2,500
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2023
Environmental
- $2,120
Downeast Coastal Conservancy · Machias, ME · 2022
Environmental
- $2,000
Town of Lubec · Lubec, ME · 2023
Environmental
- $2,000
Town of Lubec · Lubec, ME · 2022
Environmental
- $1,000
Conservation Voters of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2024
Environmental
- $1,000
Indian River Land Trust · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
Environmental
- $1,000
Lubec Fire Department · Lubec, ME · 2024
Social welfare
- $1,000
Town of Lubec · Lubec, ME · 2024
Social welfare
- $1,000
Conservation Voters of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2023
Environmental
- $1,000
Hobcaw Barony- Belle W Baruch Foundation · Georgetown, SC · 2023
Environmental
- $1,000
Indian River Land Trust · Vero Beach, FL · 2023
Environmental
- $1,000
Conservation Voters of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2022
Environmental
- $1,000
Indian River Land Trust · Vero Beach, FL · 2022
Environmental
- $500
Hobcaw Barony - Belle W Baruch Foundation · Georgetown, SC · 2024
Environmental
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