Community Grants Program - Human Services

The Butler Family Foundation's Community Grants Program focuses on supporting vulnerable populations, particularly women and children, through two-year grants. These grants, ranging from $30,000 for general operating support to $20,000 for specific projects, prioritize housing services, addiction support, and domestic violence prevention in urban areas of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Eligible applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations with substantial annual budgets.

NOTE: Each Funding priority has its own grant page and deadline. This page is for HUMAN SERVICES . See grant pages for
Community Grant Program
The Butler Family Foundation’s Community Grants Program awards two-year grants for general operating support or for specific projects and programs.
Focus Areas - Human Services
We support efforts to assist the most vulnerable members of our community, especially women and children, by funding programs in the following fields:
Housing and services for adults, families, and youth who are homeless or who lack safe, stable, and affordable housingWe are prioritizing renewing housing grantees and are not accepting new housing requests in this cycle.Residential and community support for those with chemical addictionsPrevention and intervention services for those experiencing domestic and family violenceHolistic intervention and rehabilitative services for prostituted people and those at risk of sexual exploitation
What types of support are available through Community Grants?
We award two-year Community Grants for either general operating support or specific projects and programs. Minimum grant sizes are $30,000 per year for general operating support and $20,000 per year for projects and programs.

Eligibility

Community Grants are open to 501(c)(3) organizations.Organizations applying for grants in human services must work in the urban cores of Saint Paul or Minneapolis or in the East Metropolitan suburbs.