Butler Foundation

Analysis

Butler Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1956, 70 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2023, Butler Foundation reported income of $216k and spending of $0, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income grew from $193k to $216k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 354%. Over the whole period it spent 3.4% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Butler Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunshine School Inc ($216k), Communities in Schools of Milledgeville-Baldwin County Inc ($216k) and TKG Academy Inc ($216k).

At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $2.0m.