Funding search · EIN 166019785 · Buffalo, NY

The Edward H Butler Foundation

Name: The Edward H Butler Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

81
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education campaign designation capital special butler exhibit expansion

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Elmwood Franklin School4 grants · $196,000
One Symphony Circle3 grants · $150,000
Water Compass3 grants · $85,000
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens3 grants · $60,000
West Side Community Services4 grants · $47,000
Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology1 grant · $40,000
Boys & Girls Club of Buffalo3 grants · $35,000
Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center2 grants · $31,000
Grassroots Garden Wny3 grants · $30,000
Buffalo Zoological Gardens1 grant · $27,000

Giving over time

$272,000

2022

$242,000

2023

$240,500

2024

$270,000

2025

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Education
$50,000
One Symphony Circle · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General fund
$50,000
Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Education
$50,000
One Symphony Circle · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General fund
$50,000
Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Education
$50,000
One Symphony Circle · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General fund
$46,000
Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Education
$40,000
Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology · Buffalo, NY · 2025
To support the opportunity within reach capital campaign
$30,000
Water Compass · Boston, MA · 2025
General fund
$30,000
Water Compass · Boston, MA · 2023
General fund
$27,000
Buffalo Zoological Gardens · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$26,000
West Side Community Services · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Nardin Academy - Montessori Early Childhood Program · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Construction of outdoor montessori education facility
$25,000
Water Compass · Boston, MA · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Capital campaign - expansion project
$20,000
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Capital campaign - expansion project
$20,000
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Capital campaign - expansion project
$16,000
Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Butler mitchell house renovation
$15,000
Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2025
To support the modern city builders program
$10,000
Gigi'S Playhouse · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Grassroots Garden Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Aid for food insecurity
$10,000
Leveling the Playing Field · Washington, DC · 2025
Support of western ny chapter
$10,000
The Tool Library · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Designation - to support capacity-building projects to improve operational efficiency
$10,000
West Side Community Services · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2024
To support the modern city builders program
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Butler mitchell house renovation
$10,000
Grassroots Garden Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Aid for food insecurity
$10,000
The Tool Library · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Designation - to support capacity-building projects to improve operational efficiency
$10,000
West Side Community Services · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Butler mitchell house renovation
$10,000
Grassroots Garden Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Aid for food insecurity
$10,000
Library of American Landscape History · Amherst, MA · 2022
Olmsted fund
$8,000
Danceability · Depew, NY · 2024
To complete and facilitate new curriculum in their special needs dance studio
$6,000
Roswell Park Cancer Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
716 Squash · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Old Forge Fire Department · Old Forge, NY · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corps · Old Forge, NY · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Spca of Erie County · West Seneca, NY · 2025
General fund
$5,000
The Zoological Society of Buffalo Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General fund
$5,000
716 Squash · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Adirondack Historical Association · Blue Mountain Lake, NY · 2024
Special exhibit designation
$5,000
Buffalo City Mission · Buffalo, NY · 2024
To support rescue and restorative programming
$5,000
Old Forge Fire Department · Old Forge, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corps · Old Forge, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
The Summit Center · Getzville, NY · 2024
To assist the removal and replacement of their playground rubber surface
$5,000
The Zoological Society of Buffalo Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
716 Squash · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Adirondack Historical Association · Blue Mountain Lake, NY · 2023
Special exhibit designation
$5,000
Buffalo Museum of Science · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Buffalo State College Butler Library · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Education
$5,000
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Old Forge Fire Department · Old Forge, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corps · Old Forge, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
The Zoological Society of Buffalo Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Town of Webb Health Center Fund · Old Forge, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
716 Squash · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Adirondack Historical Association · Blue Mountain Lake, NY · 2022
Special exhibit designation
$5,000
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital · Springville, NY · 2022
Nuclear camera
$5,000
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Buffalo Museum of Science · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Buffalo State College Butler Library · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Education
$5,000
First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Lupus Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2022
Mesenchymal stem cell study
$5,000
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Old Forge Fire Department · Old Forge, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corps · Old Forge, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Richardson Center Corporation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Renaissance campaign
$5,000
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
"release the breakthroughs" campaign
$5,000
Spca of Erie County · West Seneca, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
The Zoological Society of Buffalo Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Town of Webb Health Center Fund · Old Forge, NY · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Via (Formerly Olmstead Center for Sight) · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Low vision clinic
$5,000
West Side Rowing Club · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund
$4,000
Cardigan Mountain School · Canaan, NH · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks · Tupper Lake, NY · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2024
To support hurricane helene relief
$1,000
West Side Community Services · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General fund

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