Butler Family Foundation Announces Fall Grants
The Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation is pleased to announce its grants for fall 2024. Grants were awarded through the foundation's Special Projects and Community Grants Programs and supported organizations working in the arts, environment, and human services.
On behalf of the Butler Family Foundation, congratulations to our grantees. We are proud to support your work!
Special Projects Grants
Special Projects Grants provide major support for capital campaigns, program innovations, and systems-change initiatives.
- Catholic Charities Twin Cities: $110,000 for the Northside Child Development Center.
- Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota: $120,000 for the Center for Changing Lives: Frogtown and Rondo.
- The Nature Conservancy: $120,000 for efforts to address climate change through peatland restoration in Minnesota.
Community Grants
Community grants are two-year grants for general operating support or for specific projects or programs.
Arts
- COMPAS: $70,000 for general operating support.
- Highpoint Center for Printmaking: $65,000 for general operating support.
- Juxtaposition Arts: $60,000 for general operating support.
- Loft Literary Center: $70,000 for general operating support.
- MacPhail Center for Music: $60,000 for North Minneapolis Music Education.
- Minnesota Center for Book Arts: $65,000 for general operating support.
- Northern Clay Center: $65,000 for general operating support.
- Saint Paul Conservatory of Music: $50,000 for the Music for All Program.
- Science Museum of Minnesota: $80,000 for access programs.
- Springboard for the Arts: $60,000 for general operating support.
- Textile Center of Minnesota: $65,000 for general operating support.
- The Schubert Club: $40,000 for Project CHEER.
- Walker Art Center: $60,000 for Public Engagement, Learning, and Impact Programs.
- Walker West Music Academy: $70,000 for general operating support.
Environment
- Dodge Nature Center: $60,000 for general operating support.
- Eagle Bluff ELC: $65,000 for general operating support.
- Friends of the Mississippi River: $100,000 for general operating support.
- Great River Greening: $70,000 for general operating support.
- Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy: $70,000 for general operating support.
- Minnesota Land Trust: $75,000 for general operating support.
- Mississippi Park Connection: $60,000 for general operating support.
- Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota: $70,000 for general operating support.
- The Conservation Fund: $75,000 for Minnesota land and water conservation.
- The Nature Conservancy: $75,000 for forest strategy and stewardship.
- The Trust for Public Land: $60,000 for general operating support.
- Wolf Ridge ELC: $60,000 for general operating support.