Kbt Charitable Foundation
Chestnut Hill, MA · EIN 20-2025601. Reported 131 grants totalling $2,440,650 to 76 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Kbt Charitable Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramaz School | New York, NY | $145,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment | New York, NY | $132,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Phildelphia, PA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Food Allergy Fund | Washington, DC | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania | Phildelphia, PA | $92,400 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adon | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Law School | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $71,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 5TH Avenue Synagogue | New York, NY | $68,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| 92ND St Y Nursery School | New York, NY | $61,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Weinberg Center for Justice | Riverdale, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tikva Children's Home | West Caldwell, NJ | $58,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| B'nai Jacob Synagogue | Woodbridge, CT | $55,050 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mass Eye and Ear | Boston, MA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Meir Panim | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| UCLA | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| UCLA Foundation Trust | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kanfei Chayim | Central Valley, NY | $45,550 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $44,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chabad at Columbia Inc | New York, NY | $44,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan Ketteringcancer Center | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Portland Community College Newberg Center | Newberg, OR | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Police Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pkudat Chaim Inc | Fresh Meadows, NY | $26,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Elevate Hope Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Itrek | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maimonides Medical Center | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Yachad | Brookline, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Yachad | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Potomac Village | Potomac, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation of Meei | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Sheba | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gift of Life Marrow Registry | Boca Raton, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of the Jerusalem Synagogue Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chabad Lametayel Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $17,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Central Fund of Israel | Cedarhurst, NY | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chaverim Israel Family Services | Clifton, NJ | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 92 Ny Nursery School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad Mitzvah Workshops | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gift of Life | Boca Raton, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Grow Torah | Teaneck, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| J Give | Lakewood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jew in the City | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kehilath Jeshurun | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lubavitch on the Palisades | Tenafly, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rhonda's Kiss | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shuvah Israel Torah Center | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unreported Story Society | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Z9 Foundation | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rhondas Kiss | Cleveland, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westside Pacific Village | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tzohar Halev Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Endeavor Global Inc | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| America Gives | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Wgh | Middletown, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Owned and Operated Communited Land Trust Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Educare Foundation | Van Nuys, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ladies of Lupus | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westside Pacific Villages | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wolf Connection | Palmdale, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Jerusalem | Darien, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 2164 Philanthropy | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service | Waltham, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Razom Inc | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
29 of 76 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 60 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 19 | $292,000 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 27 | $494,750 | $16,100 |
| 2022 | 33 | $643,400 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $402,100 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $608,400 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
53% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Kbt Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 67017, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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