The Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation is seeking applications for its Community Grants Program.
Donor Name: Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation
State: Minnesota
City: St. Paul and Minneapolis
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $30,000
Grant Duration: 2 year
Detail:
The Foundation funds 501(c)(3) organizations working in the following fields:
They support community-based organizations that make the arts accessible to every resident of the Twin Cities, with a particular focus on multidisciplinary and visual arts. Their interest in community-based arts also includes organizations that do the following:
- Make musical instrument instruction available to young people from low-income families
- Create access to collections and programs of visual arts, natural history, and science museums for low-income and nontraditional audiences
They seek to promote the responsible stewardship of land and water resources in Minnesota by funding programs in land protection and sustainable land use; water quality protection and improvement; and efforts which integrate land and water protection strategies. They seek to educate Minnesota’s young people about the importance of land and water resources by funding educational programs that focus on land protection, sustainable land use, and water quality protection and improvement.
HUMAN SERVICES
They support efforts to assist the most vulnerable members of community, especially women and children. The Foundation has special concern for victims of sexual exploitation and supports the principles of the Nordic Model, which treats all prostituted people as victims of the crimes of paid rape and sexual assault by buyers of sexual services. They fund programs in the following five areas:
- Prevention and intervention services for those experiencing domestic and family violence
- Residential and community support for those with chemical addictions
- Housing and services for adults, families, and youth who are homeless or who lack safe, stable, and affordable housing
- Holistic intervention and rehabilitative services for prostituted people, and those at risk of being prostituted, guided by the principles of the Nordic Model.
- Initiatives that promote public understanding of the Nordic Model* principles.
Funding information
They 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 Criteria
Community Grants are open to 501(c)(3) organizations working in their three priority areas. Organizations applying for grants in the arts or human services must work in the urban cores of St. Paul or Minneapolis or in the East Metropolitan suburbs. Organizations applying for grants in the environment may work anywhere in Minnesota.
For more information, visit Community Grants Program.
