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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-6512136

Ben N Teitel Charitable Trust

A private foundation in West Bloomfield, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 41 grants and $357,960 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.

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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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $357,960

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $1,732,135

  • Tax year 2024

    $478,900

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $1,976,976

  • Tax year 2023

    $610,002

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $2,134,863

  • Tax year 2022

    $283,100

    Grants listed
    49
    Assets, end of year
    $2,595,524

  • Tax year 2021

    $196,822

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $2,961,357

  • Tax year 2020

    $80,097

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,958,463

  • Tax year 2019

    $77,512

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $3,169,252

  • Tax year 2018

    $29,308

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $3,341,324

Grants paid in 2025

41 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Friends of the Arava InstituteNewton Center, MA

    General support

    $75,000
  2. Jewish Family ServiceW Bloomfield, MI

    General support

    $50,000
  3. Avodah - the Jewish Service Corps IncBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $48,500
  4. Pef Israel Endowment Funds IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $35,000
  5. Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies IncJenkintown, PA

    General support

    $35,000
  6. JarcBloomfld HLS, MI

    General support

    $22,000
  7. Gesher Human ServicesSouthfield, MI

    General support

    $15,000
  8. Hand in Hand American Friends of CNTR for Jewish Arab Edu in IsraelPortland, OR

    General support

    $10,000
  9. Tikkun Hayam Repair the Sea IncTampa, FL

    General support

    $8,500
  10. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan DetroitBloomfield Hills, MI

    General support

    $7,000
  11. American Jewish World ServiceNew York, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  12. Yad EzraBerkley, MI

    General support

    $5,000
  13. Food GatherersAnn Arbor, MI

    General support

    $3,000
  14. Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy NetworkW Bloomfield, MI

    General support

    $3,000
  15. New Israel FundNew York, NY

    General support

    $3,000
  16. Boggy Creek Gang IncEustis, FL

    General support

    $2,500
  17. Encounter Programs IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $2,500
  18. American Friends of Jordan River Village FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $2,000
  19. FJC A Foundation of Philanthropic FundsNew York, NY

    General support

    $2,000
  20. Habonim Dror North AmericaPhiladelphia, PA

    General support

    $2,000
  21. Jewish Reconstructionist Camping CorporationWyncote, PA

    General support

    $2,000
  22. Long Island UniversityBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $2,000
  23. Maccabi USAPhiladelphia, PA

    General support

    $2,000
  24. UJA Federation of New YorkNew York, NY

    General support

    $2,000
  25. United Way of Southeast MichiganDetroit, MI

    General support

    $2,000
  26. Jewish Theological SeminaryNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,500
  27. American Society for the Protection of Nature Israel IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  28. Camp FriendshipBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $1,000
  29. Friends of the Israel Movement for Progressive JudaismPasadena, CA

    General support

    $1,000
  30. Hillel Day SchoolFarmington Hills, MI

    General support

    $1,000
  31. Holocaust Memorial CenterFarmingtn HLS, MI

    General support

    $1,000
  32. Jewish Senior Life FoundationWest Bloomfield, MI

    General support

    $1,000
  33. Keshet IncNewton, MA

    General support

    $1,000
  34. American Conference of Cantors IncSchaumburg, IL

    General support

    $500
  35. American Friends of Kidum IncEast Brunswick, NJ

    General support

    $500
  36. Ecpat USA End Child Prostitution Child Pornography & TraffickingBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $500
  37. Jewish Historical Society of MichiganBloomfield Hills, MI

    General support

    $500
  38. University of Judaism FoundationSherman Oaks, CA

    General support

    $500
  39. Adat Shalom SynagogueFarmingtn HLS, MI

    General support

    $460
  40. Cozihearts FoundationDeerfield, IL

    General support

    $250
  41. National Kidney Foundation IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $83,50028% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $72,00024% of the total
  3. Community development1 grant $48,50016% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking3 grants $44,00015% of the total
  5. International aid5 grants $22,5007% of the total
  6. Jobs and employment1 grant $15,0005% of the total
  7. 7 other causes11 grants $15,7105% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan13 grants $110,960
  2. New York12 grants $98,250
  3. Massachusetts2 grants $76,000
  4. Pennsylvania5 grants $44,000
  5. Florida2 grants $11,000
  6. Oregon1 grant $10,000
  7. New Hampshire1 grant $5,000
  8. California2 grants $1,500
  9. Illinois2 grants $750
  10. New Jersey1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Gerald S CookTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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