Open Foundations · New Hampshire

The Butler Foundation

Springfield, New Hampshire · EIN 222701588. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.5M across 12 grants in 2025, a median of $50K each.

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$2.5M
paid in 2025
12
grants paid
$50K
median grant
10%
to first-time recipients
$7.4M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
THE BUTLER FOUNDATION CYNTHIA WENTW
Address
PO BOX 430, SPRINGFIELD, NH, 03284
Phone
6033697224
Form the request should take
FOR SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY - THERE IS NO FORMAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE. THE APPLICANT SUBMITS THE APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BUTLER FOUNDATION. THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO WRITE AN ESSAY AND SUPPLY HIGH SCHOOL GRADES IN ADDITION TO OTHER INFORMATION.
Submission deadline
THERE IS NO FORMAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Restrictions on awards
US APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO THE CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES OF NES LABS. THE TRUST IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION TO GIVE A SCHOLARSHIP TO AN INDIGENOUS CHILD FROM ECUADOR TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY. THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON THIS GRANT OTHER THAN THAT THE CHILD COME FROM A POORER COMMUNITY WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS OF ECUADOR. EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION DOES THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THIS ECUADORIAN SCHOLARSHIP.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601979349100700. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

All 12 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Mass Eye & Ear AssociatesMA$1,667,000UPGRADE OF THE OGI'S HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTE CLUSTER
2Jocotoco Conservation FoundationMD$340,349GRANT FOR PARQUES CONDOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCEPURCHASE OF 132 HECTARES FOR BUENAVENTURA PRESERVE IN ECUADORGRANT FOR PARQUE CONDOR FOR BIRD ACQUISION, TELEMETRY AND CONNECTION AND CONFERENCE
3Capital Land TrustWA$100,000INFRASTRUCTURE OF BAY SHORE PRESERVE
4Norwich Grange HallVT$70,000CHARITABLE
5The Phoenix ConservancyWA$66,624FOXHOLE FOREST CONSTRUCTION IN MADAGASCAR AND MONARCH HABITAT RESTORATION AT PULLMAN SCHOOL IN WA
6Society for the Protection of Nh ForestsNH$50,000PURCHASE OF LAND - BLACK MOUNTAIN
7The Nature Conservancy in NhVA$50,000ACQUISTION OF LAND ON FALL MOUNTAIN
8Vermont Institute of Natural ScienceVT$45,885EARLY CHILDHOOD EXHIBIT
9Iglesia Evangelica Jesus De Nazaretn/a$37,630GRANT TO EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN HUAYCOPUNGO ECUADOR FOR PURCHASE OF CHAIRS AND TABLES
10Nh AudubonNH$29,24010,000 TOWARD AERIAL INSECTIVORE STUDY AND 6,000 FOR CLIFF SWALLOW STUDY
11Ecologists Without BordersWA$20,300CHARITABLE
12New London HospitalNH$3162 EXAM TABLES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202011$428K
202113$616K
20229$236K
202314$522K
20249$538K
2025 (partial year)12$2.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Washington25%
New Hampshire25%
Vermont17%
Massachusetts8%
Maryland8%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Barbara ButlerTRUSTEE · 2025
Bonnie BunningTRUSTEE · 2025
Caitlin BunningTRUSTEE · 2025
Cynthia WentworthEXECUTIVE DIR. · 2025
Jessie BunningTRUSTEE · 2025
Marjorie ButlerTRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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