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Chatterjee Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Chatterjee 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.

$210k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.0MScience & Tech$845kInternational$551kEducation$365kHousing & Shelter$38kReligion$10kHuman Services$6kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION$100,000
THE ASIA SOCIETY$50,000
COOPER HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$45,000
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS$15,000
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 (FY23–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BROOKLYN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 20%BROOKLYN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 20%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

NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CA
CO
NE
VA
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 11 repeat orgs$410k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
25

Total granted

$2.4M
$410k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+18%

Still filing today

55%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $686k · revenue +31%
  • TC
    TCG CENTRES FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $585k · revenue +180% · 100% of their budget
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $60k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTS
    one grant, 2017 · $90k
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -33%
  • CI
    CAPITAL IIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
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
Berggruen Institute
Education
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
4
Institute for New Global Politics Inc

The Institute for New Global Politics is a California-based educational nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. It is an independent and nonpartisan thinktank dedicated to educating the general…

International
5
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
6
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
7
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Arts & Culture
8
Think Global Arts Foundation
International
9
World Learning Inc

Creating a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world through education, development, and exchange since 1932. as both an accredited academic institution and an international ngo, world learning, inc. offers the best of theory and practice…

International
10
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
11
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
12
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tcg Centres for Research and Education in Science and Technology Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 37 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COOPER HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $250,000 · OtherCOOPER HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MU…UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONUC BERKELEY: $100,000 · OtherUC BERKELEYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTS: $90,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTSRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN: $55,000 · OtherRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGNSUTTON TRUST: $37,500 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERISTY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $30,000 · Other+11 more: $57,600 · Other+11 moreSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $685,700 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONMission Local SF Inc: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $19,600 · Arts & CultureTCG CENTRES FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $585,000 · EducationTCG CENTRES FOR RESEARCH AND…SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS: $50,000 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESSCAPITAL IIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 · EducationCAPITAL IIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATI…+2 more: $15,000 · EducationTHE ASIA SOCIETY: $465,000 · InternationalTHE ASIA SOCIETYCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $60,000 · InternationalCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN REL…WHEELS GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · International+2 more: $11,000 · InternationalRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $3,000 · Human Services
Other$820,100Arts & Culture$730,300Education$700,000International$561,000Philanthropy$10,000Human Services$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $685,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTCG CENTRES FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $585,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetTHE ASIA SOCIETY: $465,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS: $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCAPITAL IIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetWHEELS GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMission Local SF Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIITKGP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetINDO AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetART OF LIVING FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMENSAFE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetART21 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $100 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.

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.

American Express Foun…The Yelp FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
American Express FoundationNY14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Express Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Chatterjee Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chatterjee Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Chatterjee Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Chatterjee Charitable Foundation 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 37 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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