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Charles Butt

American grocer

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AIProfile Summary

Charles Butt is an American grocer from Texas who works in the retail industry. He has an estimated net worth of ~$10.3 billion. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

The supplied data identifies Butt as an American grocer and lists his industry as retail. SEC records associated with KT Corp, a telephone communications company, show 841 filings and 35 insider filings; the recent records include SC 13G and SC 13G/A forms, which report or amend disclosures of substantial beneficial ownership in a company. Wikidata SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

The Charles Butt Foundation reported $20.7 million in grants paid and $1.4 million in assets for tax year 2023. A separate 2019 Charles Butt Foundation filing reported $24.9 million in grants paid, while the Butt Family Charitable Foundation reported $29,000 in grants paid and $413,169 in assets for 2023; the listed foundations reported $45.7 million in combined grants and $9.1 million in combined assets across the supplied records. ProPublica 990 Butt is a signatory to The Giving Pledge. Giving Pledge

Political Activity

The supplied FEC data represents at least 100 federal contributions, with all figures covering only the most recent 100 records rather than Butt's full contribution history. Those sampled records total $2,140.50: $240 to Democratic recipients, $386 to Republican recipients, and $1,514.50 to PACs or other recipients; the largest listed recipient was ActBlue at $1,139.50. FEC

In the News

The supplied news data contains two results, but none were validated, so no validated news items are summarized here. NewsAPI

AI-generated summary from wikidata, sec_edgar, fec, propublica_990, gdelt, giving_pledge 8/29/2026 (gpt-5.6-luna). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.

$9.1MFoundation Assets
$45.7MGrants Paid
3Foundations
Charles Butt FoundationSan Antonio, TX
Private operating foundation (IRS NTEE T23)
Assets: $1.4MRevenue: $11.2MGrants: $20.7MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Charles Butt FoundationSan Antonio, TX
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $7.2MRevenue: $6.1MGrants: $24.9MTax Year: 2019
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Butt Family Charitable FoundationMadison, AL
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $413KRevenue: $67KGrants: $29KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$2K+In Records We Hold
100+Contributions
2025–2025Range Shown

These figures cover the 100 most recent federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.

By Party (in the sample)

PAC/Other
$2K
REP
$386
DEM
$240

Top Recipients (in the sample)

ACTBLUE$1K
WINRED$300
NEVER SURRENDER, INC.$200
DCCC$150
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$136

Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.

Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (fec)

SECSEC Filings

841Total Filings
35Insider Filings
102EDGAR Mentions

Associated Companies

Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.

Recent Insider Filings

SC 13G/ASC 13G/A
11/13/2024
SC 13G/ASC 13G/A
1/29/2024
SC 13G/ASC 13G/A
1/31/2023
SC 13GSCHEDULE 13G
2/13/2020
SC 13G/AAMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SC 13G
2/14/2019
SC 13G/AAMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SC 13G
2/14/2018
SC 13G/AAMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SC 13G
2/6/2017
SC 13GSCHEDULE 13G
2/9/2016
SC 13G/ASC 13G/A
2/13/2015
SC 13G/ASC 13G/A
2/10/2015
Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

A
65.0
Public Benefit Score

The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.

Philanthropy65% weight
53%

Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).

Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry

Transparency35% weight
88%

How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.

Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata

Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency

Scored on 8/31/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.

All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source. View on Wikidata

Charles Butt — Public Benefit Score A (65) | Billionaire Army