Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund
Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund is a private foundation, based in Orleans, VT. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $133K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $3K. Net investment income was $524.
Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund at a glance
In short: Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund gave $3K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $1K), mostly in Vermont. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $3,250
- +132.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- +50.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,083
- +54.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $813
- Total assets
- $132,571
- -0.8% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Vermont (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
12 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 12 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
Cities
How Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−2%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $500 (2023) to $3K (2022). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $3K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 3 individual scholarships Recipients not named | — | $3,250 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $132,571 | $3,749 | $4,774 | $3,250 | 3 | $3,250 | $524 | — |
| 2024 | $133,596 | $6,798 | $2,544 | $1,400 | 2 | $1,400 | — | — |
| 2023 | $129,342 | $3,505 | $1,715 | $500 | 1 | $635 | $1,068 | — |
| 2022 | $127,552 | $5,768 | $4,558 | $3,300 | 4 | $3,478 | $4,260 | — |
| 2021 | $127,767 | $12,397 | $2,596 | $1,200 | 2 | $2,635 | $9,806 | — |
| 2020 | $120,322 | $6,069 | $1,449 | — | — | — | $5,834 | $81 |
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund's only listed officer is Kristin M Atwood, Trsutee on every filing since 2024 (compensated).
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kristin M Atwood
Trsutee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
$1K (2024) → $1K (2025)
Former officers (1)
- Former: William Boyd Davies (2020–2023) — Trsutee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $1K, to Kristin M Atwood (Trsutee).
Frequently asked questions about Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund
How much does Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund give each year?
Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund gave $3K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $1K across 2 grants.
What is Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund's typical grant size?
Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund's median grant in 2025 was $813, and its average grant was $1,083, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund give grants?
Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund gives mostly in Vermont: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there.
Does Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Scholarship" (3 grants).
How large is Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund?
Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund reported $133K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $4K.
What is Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund's EIN?
Martin & Emma Butters Memorial Scholarship Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 03-6044769. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 30, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 30, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 12, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 10, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 7, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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