Charles Butt

Charles Butt is an American grocer from Texas with an estimated net worth of ~$10.3B Wikidata. He is the chairman of H-E-B, the Texas-based retail grocery company, and is identified in the data as a Giving Pledge signatory WikidataThe Giving Pledge.

Business & SEC Activity

The SEC data shows filings tied to KT Corp, not to Charles Butt personally, so it does not provide business details about his own holdings or transactions SEC EDGAR. The SEC filing types listed include Schedule 13G and amendments, which are reports used to disclose significant ownership stakes in public companies rather than company earnings or executive pay SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

Foundation filings show the Charles Butt Foundation reported $20,723,341 in grants paid in tax year 2023 and $24,905,652 in 2019, with $1,424,546 in assets in 2023 and $7,229,103 in 2019 ProPublica 990. The Butt Family Charitable Foundation reported $29,000 in grants paid and $413,169 in assets for 2023 ProPublica 990. Across the listed foundations, total grants paid were $45,657,993 and total foundation assets were $9,066,818 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records show $2,140.50 in contributions from 2025-09-28 to 2025-12-31 across 100 donations FEC. The largest recipients were ACTBLUE at $1,139.50, WINRED at $300, NEVER SURRENDER, INC. at $200, DCCC at $150, and the Republican National Committee at $136 FEC. The party breakdown shows $240 to Democrats, $386 to Republicans, and $1,514.50 to PACs or other recipients FEC.

In the News

Recent news items mention a Blanton Museum show built around Charles Butt’s private art collection NewsAPI. Other headlines in the dataset reference Texas billionaire rankings and education-related events, but the provided article list does not add further verified details about Butt himself NewsAPI.