Funding search · EIN 226043630 · Newark, NJ

Gertrude Butts Memorial Fund

Name: Gertrude Butts Memorial Fund grants, 2022–2024
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.

90
grants reported: $538,500
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $7,000
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.

What they fund

scholarship

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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.

Anna Benjamin3 grants · $21,000
Demille Townes3 grants · $21,000
Natalia Quintero3 grants · $21,000
Nakayla Johnson3 grants · $21,000
Nakara Johnson3 grants · $21,000
Donald Davis Jr3 grants · $21,000
Victoria Reese Knight Durham3 grants · $21,000
Ky'Zirah Townes3 grants · $21,000
Nicholas a King3 grants · $20,000
Shanelle Chamblis3 grants · $18,000

Giving over time

$165,000

2022

$182,000

2023

$191,500

2024

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$7,000
Akeem Kaswarra · East Orange, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Alissa Phill · East Orange, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Anna Benjamin · East Orange, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Demille Townes · Paterson, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Donald Davis Jr · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Emely Armas · Newark, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Ky'Zirah Townes · Paterson, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Michael D Benjamin · East Orange, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Miheaven Reid · Paterson, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Nakara Johnson · Montclair, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Nakayla Johnson · Montclair, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Natalia Quintero · Newton, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Nicholas a King · Bay Head, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Nicole Davis · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Ravyan Hamer · Newark, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Rebecca Mercadat · Union, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Ryan Joseph · Patterson, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Victoria Reese Knight Durham · Montclair, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
Abigail Allport · Eaglewood, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Alisha Phil · East Orange, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Alyssa Stone · West Orange, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Anna Benjamin · East Orange, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Demille Townes · Paterson, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Donald Davis Jr · Jersey City, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
John-Paul Harris · Newark, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Ky'Zirah Townes · Paterson, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Matthew Kordonsky · Oakland, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Mi Heaven Reid · Paterson, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Michael D Benjamin · East Orange, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Nakara Johnson · Montclair, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Nakayla Johnson · Montclair, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Natalia Quintero · Newton, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Nicholas a King · Bay Head, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Nicole Davis · Jersey City, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Nyada Bryant · West Orange, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Ramiro Reynaga · West Orange, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Ravyan Hamer · Newark, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Rebecca Mercedat · Millburn, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Victoria Reese Knight Durham · Montclair, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$7,000
Alyssa Stone · West Orange, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Anna Benjamin · East Orange, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Demille Townes · Paterson, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Donald Davis Jr · Jersey City, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Kwesi Archer · West Orange, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Ky'Zirah Townes · Paterson, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Matthew Kordonsky · Oakland, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Nakara Johnson · Montclair, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Nakayla Johnson · Montclair, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Natalia Quintero · Newton, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Nyada Bryant · West Orange, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Ramiro Reynaga · West Orange, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$7,000
Victoria Reese Knight Durham · Montclair, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$6,000
Glenda Galloway · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$6,000
Isaiah Patterson · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$6,000
Jullian Desormes · Orange, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$6,000
Na'Jaya Desormes · Orange, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$6,000
Shanelle Chamblis · West Orange, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$6,000
Alicia Rodriguez · Livingston, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$6,000
Na'Jaya Desormes · Orange, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$6,000
Shanelle Chamblis · West Orange, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$6,000
Amir Julien · Orange, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$6,000
John-Paul Harris · Newark, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$6,000
Na'Jaya Desormes · Orange, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$6,000
Nicholas a King · Bay Head, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$6,000
Shanelle Chamblis · West Orange, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$6,000
Tarique Morgan · Irvington, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$6,000
Therese Patrosio · New Milford, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Alicia Rodriguez · Livingston, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Nora'a Armstrong · Newark, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Tarique Morgan · Irvington, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Rebecca Mercedat · Millburn, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$4,000
Lillian Smith · Teaneck, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
Margaret Smith · Teaneck, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
Olivia Solomon · Bloomfield, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
Tyler Degnan · Harrington Park, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
Tyler Degnan · Harrington Park, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$4,000
Alejandro Rodriguez-Monge · Livingston, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$4,000
Alicia Rodriguez · Livingston, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$4,000
Trevor Young · Paterson, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$3,500
Ramiro Reynaga · East Orange, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$3,000
Jodi Velez · Belleville, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$3,000
Sean Parks · Sparta, NJ · 2024
Scholarship
$3,000
Lillian Smith · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$3,000
Sean Parks · Sparta, NJ · 2023
Scholarship
$3,000
Caeley Philhower · Pompton Plains, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$3,000
Heather McCulloch · Madison, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$3,000
Jillian Parks · Sparta, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$3,000
Lillian Smith · Teaneck, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$3,000
Sean Parks · Sparta, NJ · 2022
Scholarship
$2,000
Jodi Velez · Belleville, NJ · 2023
Scholarship

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