Funding search · EIN 810730704 · Oakland, CA
Cestra Butner Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 40
- grants reported
- $3.5M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $27,500
- 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Oakland Symphony3 grants · $525,000
- Ok Program of Oakland3 grants · $375,000
- Children'S Fairyland1 grant · $375,000
- Childrens Fairyland1 grant · $375,000
- Hidden Genius Project3 grants · $375,000
- Peace Corps Foundation1 grant · $250,000
- Eoydc2 grants · $250,000
- Oakland Promise1 grant · $220,000
- Oral Lee Brown Foundation3 grants · $150,000
- Oakland Zoo1 grant · $125,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $375,000
Children'S Fairyland · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $375,000
Childrens Fairyland · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $250,000
Peace Corps Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $220,000
Oakland Promise · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $175,000
Oakland Symphony · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $175,000
Oakland Symphony · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $175,000
Oakland Symphony · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $125,000
Hidden Genius Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Oakland Zoo · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Ok Program of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Eoydc · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $125,000
Hidden Genius Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $125,000
Ok Program of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $125,000
Eoydc · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $125,000
Hidden Genius Project · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $125,000
Ok Program of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Oral Lee Brown Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Oral Lee Brown Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Oral Lee Brown Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $30,000
Oakland Rotary Endowment · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
100 Black Men of America · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Scholarships
- $25,000
Alpha Gamma Boule Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Als Therapy Development Institute · Watertown, MA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Boule Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Kids for the Bay · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
- $25,000
100 Black Men of America · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Scholarships
- $25,000
Alpha Gamma Boule Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Boule Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Kids for the Bay · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
- $25,000
100 Black Men of America · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Scholarships
- $25,000
Alpha Gamma Boule Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Boule Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Rotary Club of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Lend a Hand Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Lend a Hand Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Lend a Hand Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $20,000
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Oakland Rotary Endowment · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
- $15,000
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
- $15,000
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
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