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BT Foundation Inc

The BT Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that all individuals in the communities we serve, regardless of background, orientation, or other inherent characteristics, have access to equitable resources and opportunities to thrive.

$150k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$450kCivil Rights$150kHuman Services$150kCommunity Improvement$150kYouth Development$150kArts & Culture$100kEducation$100kHousing & Shelter$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$402k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Empower The Village Inc$50,000
North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence$50,000
The Boyce L Ansley School Inc$50,000
02The need
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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, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Michigan League for Public Policy: $50k → 9%Empower The Village Inc: $50k → 4%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
MI
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MA
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OH
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NJ
CA
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TN
NC
DC
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FL
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 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.

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The Promise of Justice Initiative

The promise of justice initiative works to create positive change for people in the criminal legal system at the intersection of impact litigation, direct services and community engagement.

Crime & Legal
2
After Innocence

After Innocence provides free re-entry assistance to individuals nationwide who have been released from prison after having been convicted of crimes they did not in fact commit, and advocates with them for a justice system that is more…

Crime & Legal
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
5
Released

Released offers navigation and empowerment to the incarcerated, the newly released members of our society, and to their families.

Crime & Legal
6
Persevere Inc

To empower justice-involved individuals at risk for further justice involvement to succeed as productive members of society.

Youth Development
7
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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8
Los Angeles Innocence Project Inc

The purpose is to exonerate the wrongly convicted, uncover and remedy past misuse of evidence in the courtroom, and improve the dialogue among stakeholders in the criminal legal system to prevent future injustice.

Crime & Legal
9
The Black Organizing Project Inc

The Black Organizing Project is a Black, member-led community organization working for racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing and community building across the Bay Area.

Human Services
10
The Liberty Initiative Inc

Work to end mass incarceration led by the voices of the families and individuals of those directly impacted. we envision a community that centers safety, prevention of harm, and alternatives to incarceration.

Crime & Legal
11
FinEQUITY Inc

finEQUITY accelerates the prison-to-prosperity pipeline and addresses the financial toll that incarceration has on families by filling financial voids, establishing financial histories, and offering no-cost financial services.

Crime & Legal
12
Polis Institute Inc

To champion human dignity by designing the solutions to the social problems that infringe upon it.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pace Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Pinnacle. 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

27 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.

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

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PAROLE PREPARATION PROJECT INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalPAROLE PREPARATION PROJECT INCPROJECT PINNACLE: $50,000 · Crime & LegalPROJECT PINNACLERESTORING ANCESTRAL WINDS INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalRESTORING ANCESTRAL WINDS INCChoosing Justice Initiative: $50,000 · Crime & LegalChoosing Justice InitiativeCENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INCBURIED ALIVE PROJECT: $50,000 · Crime & LegalBURIED ALIVE PROJECTPACE INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalPACE INCPROJECT NEW START INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalPROJECT NEW START INCALL SQUARE: $50,000 · OtherALL SQUARESUNSHINE GOSPEL MINISTRIES: $50,000 · OtherSUNSHINE GOSPEL MINISTRIESLa Casa de San Gabriel Community Center: $50,000 · OtherLa Casa de San Gabriel Community…EL CAMPITO INC: $50,000 · OtherEL CAMPITO INCZORA'S HOUSE INC: $50,000 · OtherZORA'S HOUSE INCTHRIVE DC: $50,000 · OtherTHRIVE DCHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC: $50,000 · OtherHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INCSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $50,000 · OtherSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUT…GIRLS INC OF CHICAGO: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC OF…YOUTH ARTS ALLIANCE: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH ARTS A…5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Inc: $50,000 · Youth Development5000 Role Mo…THE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationTHE BOYCE L …Bolder Options: $50,000 · EducationBolder Optio…The Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc: $50,000 · EducationThe Boston H…NORTH CAROLINA CENTER ON ACTUAL INNOCENCE: $100,000 · Civil RightsMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $50,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWER THE VILLAGE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesWhy Not Prosper Inc: $50,000 · Community ImprovementRISE Urban Leadership Institute of San Diego: $50,000 · Community Improvement
Crime & Legal$400,000Other$400,000Youth Development$150,000Education$150,000Civil Rights$100,000Human Services$100,000Community Improvement$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTH CAROLINA CENTER ON ACTUAL INNOCENCE: $100,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetPAROLE PREPARATION PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetGIRLS INC OF CHICAGO: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetYOUTH ARTS ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetZORA'S HOUSE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetRESTORING ANCESTRAL WINDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetChoosing Justice Initiative: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBolder Options: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetALL SQUARE: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHRIVE DC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSUNSHINE GOSPEL MINISTRIES: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetThe Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLa Casa de San Gabriel Community Center: $50,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetEL CAMPITO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budget5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetBURIED ALIVE PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetWhy Not Prosper Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPACE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetPROJECT NEW START INC: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetRISE Urban Leadership Institute of San Diego: $50,000 over 1y, 5.9% 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA10.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 37%
  • Project New Start Inc: 37% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 BT Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to BT 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 27 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 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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