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Cestra Butner Family Foundation: 15 grants to organizations, $1.4 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Cestra Butner Family Foundation, a private foundation in Oakland, CA, paid 15 grants to organizations totaling $1,400,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 11, 2025. The largest was $375,000 to Children's Fairyland in Oakland, CA for general support.
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- EIN
- 810730704
- Based in
- Oakland, CA
- Assets
- $12,819,757
- Grants paid
- $1,400,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202543159349102469. It reported $1,400,000 in grants paid; 15 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Fairyland | Oakland, CA | General support | $375,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peace Corps Foundation | Washington, DC | General support | Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oakland Symphony | Oakland, CA | General support | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hidden Genius Project | Oakland, CA | General support | Education | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oakland Zoo | Oakland, CA | General support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ok Program of Oakland | Oakland, CA | General support | Youth development | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oral Lee Brown Foundation | Oakland, CA | General support | Housing and shelter | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 100 Black Men of America Inc | Atlanta, GA | Scholarships | Youth development | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alpha Gamma Boule Foundation | Oakland, CA | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Als Therapy Development Institute | Watertown, MA | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boule Foundation | Atlanta, GA | General support | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kids for the Bay | Berkeley, CA | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lend A Hand Foundation | Oakland, CA | General support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oakland Rotary Endowment | Oakland, CA | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | Evanston, IL | General support | International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $250,000 |
| Education | $150,000 |
| Youth development | $150,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $50,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $15,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $1,060,000 |
| District of Columbia | $250,000 |
| Georgia | $50,000 |
| Massachusetts | $25,000 |
| Illinois | $15,000 |
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Updated November 11, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.