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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-3721298

Kat Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $631,400 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $631,400

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $17,171,443

  • Tax year 2024

    $62,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $479

  • Tax year 2023

    $74,974

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $10,078

  • Tax year 2022

    $87,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $10,582

  • Tax year 2021

    $118,529

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $57,113

  • Tax year 2020

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $94,143

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Pen American Center IncNew York, NY

    General fund

    $150,000
  2. Journalism New EnglandHarpswell, ME

    General fund

    $140,000
  3. Association for Slavic East European and Eurasian StudiesPittsburgh, PA

    General fund

    $88,000
  4. Four Freedoms Park Conservancy IncNew York, NY

    General fund

    $75,000
  5. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY

    General fund

    $50,000
  6. Nation Fund for Independent Journalism IncNew York, NY

    General fund

    $50,000
  7. The Children's Aid SocietyNew York, NY

    General fund

    $45,900
  8. The Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    General fund

    $20,000
  9. HeydayBerkeley, CA

    General fund

    $10,000
  10. Mano A Mano Mexican Culture Without BordersNew York, NY

    General fund

    $2,000
  11. The Center for Creative LearningMercer, PA

    General fund

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $237,00039% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $140,00023% of the total
  3. Social science1 grant $88,00014% of the total
  4. Education2 grants $50,5008% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $50,0008% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $45,9008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York6 grants $372,900
  2. Maine1 grant $140,000
  3. Pennsylvania2 grants $88,500
  4. New Jersey1 grant $20,000
  5. California1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Katrina Vanden HeuvelDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nicola Anna CohenVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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