This last year has been one for the record books for the Kansas City Chiefs' kicker Harrison Butker. First came a magnificent postseason run in which Butker was perfect in his field goal attempts and helped carry the Chiefs to their second straight Super Bowl title—and third in five seasons.
A couple of months later, he delivered a commencement speech at Benedictine College featuring some divisive ideals based on his religious beliefs that became national news. Then, after lying low for a month or so, Butker signed a four-year, $25.6 million contract extension that makes him the highest-paid kicker in the NFL.
While some people around the U.S. (and the world) may not agree with Butker's comments, or his beliefs, it is actually his spirituality that fueled the start of the Harrison Butker Family Foundation with his wife Isabelle back in 2020.
Butker and his wife, a former collegiate basketball player, met in high school before tying the knot in April 2018. Since then, Butker has been drafted by the Carolina Panthers, picked up by the Kansas City Chiefs, and become a 3x Super Bowl Champion all while collecting accolades that include the most points scored in 2019 (147) and the new Super Bowl record for longest made field goal (57 yards).
But while Butker and his wife were breaking records, having children and celebrating Super Bowls they were also starting a charity foundation that means so much to both of them.
The Harrison Butker Family Foundation
The Butkers' charity focuses on giving back to the communities around them, all while allowing them to enhance and engage with people through a religious-rooted vehicle. Much like the nationwide charity The Family Foundation, Butker and his wife's organization is a non-profit, non-partisan, faith-based organization that is "rooted in the mission to use their God-given talents and resources to make the world a brighter and safer place."
The Harrison Butker Family Foundation "works particularly on causes close to the Butker family" like supporting pro-life advocacy, stopping human trafficking, and helping those less fortunate in the Kansas City area no matter what age, creed, or color.
The Chiefs kicker showed this during the first year of the Harrison Butker Family Foundation when Butker wore special cleats during the NFL's My Cause My Cleats week that sported the Kansas City skyline alongside "STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING" in orange and teal.
Recently, Butker and his foundation have partnered with other charities like The Dream Factory of Greater Kansas City by co-sponsoring golf tournaments and "granting dreams" by meeting fans and children battling serious illnesses.
Through The Butker Family Foundation, the Chiefs' star kicker can use his name and face to help raise money and awareness for more than just his family's organization. He's done this by attending things like the Boulevard of Dreams Fundraiser, donating to the woman who was tragically killed in the Chiefs' Super Bowl rally, and representing Foster's Outriders against the Buffalo Bills this past season. Foster's is an organization that works to "create kind leaders in communities across the country" and they worked with Butker to bring a local Wichita business owner who helps support the free community cleanup through his YouTube channel.
Although Butker's Foundation does not channel its charitable contributions directly, the organization uses its founder's face and name to help support countless other organizations around Kansas City and the country. Butker and his wife Isabelle continue to attend galas, help underprivileged and sick children, and even help Regina Caeli as the Director of the PreK-12 homeschool hybrid education for Catholic families.
Needless to say, Butker can do it all. He makes nearly 100% of all his field goals no matter the distance. He comes up clutch in the Super Bowl every time he's asked to go out on the field. And he's able to merge his faith, his family and his charitable side into one amazing foundation that wants to better the Butker's local community and the rest of the country.
As always, if this story has sparked an interest in your then be sure to check out the rest of the Chiefs Charity Spotlight stories on Arrowhead Addict and be sure to reach out to different organizations and get involved as often as you can!
Below are the previous Chiefs Charity Spotlight stories:
- Travis Kelce's 87 & Running
- The Derrick Nnadi Foundation
- Justin Reid's JReid InDeed Foundation
- Patrick Mahomes' 15 & the Mahomies