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Bertram Teich Foundation Inc at a glance

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Bertram Teich Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$600
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Environment$18kFood & Nutrition$6kAnimals$4kRecreation & Sports$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kHuman Services$3kArts & Culture$2kEducation$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$600
Median grant
5
States reached
$165k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY HARVEST$600
OCEANA$600
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$600
NATURE CONSERVENCY$600
THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING$600
SOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER$600
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$600
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM$600
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$600
SECULAR COALITION FOR AMERICA$600
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$600
VERMONT LAND TRUST$600
CORAL REEF ALLIANCE$600
COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS$600
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $600 → 17%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $600 → 17%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $600 → 17%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $500 → 17%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $500 → 17%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $500 → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$35k · 15 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
3

Total granted

$35k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+22%

Still filing today

93%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $3k · revenue +0%
  • FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $3k · revenue +117%
  • VERMONT LAND TRUST INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $3k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • UA
    Urban Arts Partnership
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -2%
  • GI
    GREENPEACE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +22%
  • DT
    DORSET THEATRE
    one grant, 2022 · $408
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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5
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
6
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
7
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
8
Rainforest Alliance Holding Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

Environment
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
11
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
12
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the World Food Program Inc; the most unlike its peers is Southern Vermont Arts Center Inc Po Box 617. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OCEANA INC: $2,800 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $2,800 · EnvironmentVERMONT LAND TRUST INCCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $2,800 · EnvironmentCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETAR…THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $2,800 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCEWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,700 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC350ORG: $1,000 · Environment350ORGTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,800 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVAN…Urban Arts Partnership: $1,000 · OtherUrban Arts Partnersh…Individual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant rec…GREENPEACE INC: $500 · OtherGREENPEACE INCDORSET THEATRE: $408 · OtherDORSET THEATRESOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER INC PO BOX 617: $1,200 · OtherSOUTHERN VERMONT ART…Secular Coalition for America Inc: $600 · OtherSecular Coalition fo…FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $2,800 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE …NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $2,800 · Human ServicesNEW YORK FOUNDL…Wildlife Conservation Society: $2,800 · AnimalsWildlife C…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERIC…CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,300 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL P…CITY HARVEST INC: $2,800 · Food & NutritionWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,800 · International
Environment$14,900Other$7,508Human Services$5,600Animals$3,800Recreation & Sports$3,300Food & Nutrition$2,800International$2,800

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER INC PO BOX 617: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Arts Partnership: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bertram Teich Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bertram Teich Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 42%
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Bertram Teich Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Bertram Teich Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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