Catherine & Paul Buttenwieser Foundation
EIN 043216632 Private FoundationTotal Given 2020–2024
$1.5M
31 grants · $296K avg/year
based on 5 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$100K+/yr
local funder
capacity
$16K
typical small grants · $739–$25K
grant size
19%
balanced · 5/26 multi-year
repeat
$10K
Assets (2024)
26
Distinct Recipients
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No. Preselected Only
Phone
(212) 779-4700
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $871K | $168K | $1.2M | 1 |
| 2022 | $475K | $333K | $336K | 24 |
| 2023 | $118K | $21K | $106K | 5 |
| 2024 | $16K | $10K | $1K | 1 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 31 grants on record
Minimum
$1
25th Pctl
$739
Median
$16K
Average
$48K
75th Pctl
$25K
Maximum
$871K
Geographic Distribution
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (31 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details Are Voluminous & Available at B Strauss Assoc Ltd | New York, NY | $870,757 | GENERAL | 2020 |
| Fidelity Charitable | Covington, KY | $212,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Fidelity Charitable - Securities at Cost | Covington, KY | $33,650 | GENERAL | 2023 |
| Museum of Fine Arts - Boston | Boston, MA | $33,000 | GENERAL | 2023 |
| Brazelton Touchpoints Project | Boston, MA | $30,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Edvestors | Boston, MA | $30,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $26,584 | GENERAL | 2023 |
| Boston Lyric Opers | Boston, MA | $25,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Family Aid Boston | Boston, MA | $25,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Hathaway Brown School | Shaker Heights, OH | $25,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA | $25,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Putney School | Putney, VT | $25,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA | $25,000 | GENERAL | 2023 |
| Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $20,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $16,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Fidelity Charitable | Covington, KY | $15,831 | GENERAL | 2024 |
| American Modern Opera Co | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Boston Early Music Festival | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | $10,000 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $4,728 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Boston Children'S Museum | Boston, MA | $2,500 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| American Repertory Theater | Cambridge, MA | $2,141 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art | Boston, MA | $1,100 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| American Repertory Theater - Securities Cost | Cambridge, MA | $378 | GENERAL | 2022 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art - Securities at Cost | Boston, MA | $378 | GENERAL | 2022 |
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