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Bt Charitable Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k9 grants · $140k
- $50k–250k15 grants · $1.7M
- $250k+5 grants · $2.9M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC - DR JACOB HA | $1,000,000 |
| AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC - DR MICHAL L | $625,000 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - DR KIMBERLY SEE | $621,784 |
| IMAGINE WORLDWIDE | $400,000 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - DR LIHONG WONG | $300,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - KIESSLING GROUP | $150,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - COLLINS LAB | $150,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - NUCLEAR REACTOR LAB | $150,000 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - DR VIVIANA GRADINARU | $150,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $150,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - FURST LAB | $150,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - DENNIS WHYTE JEFFREY FREIDBERG | $150,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - TSAI LAB | $125,000 |
| BEAM CENTER INC | $125,000 |
| NYC FIRST INC | $125,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NFNYC FIRST Inc5× · 2021–2025 · $305k · revenue +263%
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY2× · 2024–2025 · $110k · revenue +6%- AMAmerican Museum of Natural History2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue +4%
Funded once
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE - DR HANNA'S LABone grant, 2024 · $150k
- LELOWER EASTSIDE GIRLS CLUB STEM PROGRAMone grant, 2024 · $50k
- QPQUEENS PUBLICS LIBRARYone grant, 2024 · $50k
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.
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.
Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Through our original curriculum design that uses innovative growing spaces on rooftop farms, in school gardens, and public parks - city growers fosters a love of nature and encourages nyc youth to consider their place, agency, and future…
We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.
To inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers and excite learners of all ages about the power, promise, and pure fun of science and technology.lsc offers exceptional science learning onsite, offsite, and online as well as…
An engaged network of tech leaders working to foster a dynamic, diverse, and creative new york. we bring together new yorkers to support a successful technology ecosystem, attract and retain top-tier talent, and celebrate new york and the…
Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…
Edible schoolyard nyc is on a mission to make edible education accessible for every child in nyc. we believe edible education-where kids experience hands-on cooking and gardening helps kids gain the skills to contribute to a healthy and…
The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…
Through a combination of stem enrichment, digital inclusion, and summer learning programs, the stem alliance advances equal opportunity in education. our evidence-based model has 5 differentiating factors.high quality: our hands-on,…
Teachers College, Columbia Universitys (TC or the College) mission is to empower committed learners and leaders to build a smarter, healthier, more just and equitable world through multidisciplinary knowledge creation, policy engagement,…
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 48 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds IMAGINE WORLDWIDE ↗
- Who funds NYC FIRST Inc ↗
- Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds BEAM CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HARLEM INC ↗
- Who funds MOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE QUEENS LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds SCRIPTED INC DBA CODE NATION ↗
- Who funds FEEDING AVERY FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds Henderson County United Way Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HENDERSON COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds STEM KIDS NYC ↗
- Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds GIRLS WHO CODE INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Dogwood Health Trust · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Manna Food Bank Inc · Pinkerton Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Duke Energy Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bt Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bt Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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