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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-4281104

BT Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 29 grants and $4.8 million 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

    $4,766,784

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $15,909,035

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,715,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $11,027,663

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,135,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $9,422,321

  • Tax year 2022

    $950,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $10,402,207

  • Tax year 2021

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $7,209,767

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,977,973

Grants paid in 2025

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc - Dr Jacob HaNew York, NY

    To support DR. Hanna's lab

    $1,000,000
  2. American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc - Dr Michal LNew York, NY

    To support the weizmann caltech collaborative research project in battery technology fund

    $625,000
  3. California Institute of Technology - Dr Kimberly SeePasadena, CA

    To support the weizmann caltech collaborative research project in battery technology fund

    $621,784
  4. Imagine WorldwideMill Valley, CA

    General operating support

    $400,000
  5. California Institute of Technology - Dr Lihong WongPasadena, CA

    To support lihong wong research on brain function and surgical platforms

    $300,000
  6. California Institute of Technology - Dr Viviana GradinaruPasadena, CA

    To support viviana gradinaru research on human assembloids

    $150,000
  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Collins LabCambridge, MA

    To support professor james collins; harnessing artificial intelligence for antibiotic design project

    $150,000
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Dennis Whyte Jeffrey FreidbergCambridge, MA

    To support professor dennis whyte's and jeffrey freidberg's research on revisiting MHD energy conversion

    $150,000
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Furst LabCambridge, MA

    To support the furst lab specifically for the engineering multi-organism communities for sustainability project

    $150,000
  10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Kiessling GroupCambridge, MA

    To support the kiessling's lab in elucidating the functional roles of cell-surface carbohydrates in disease

    $150,000
  11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Nuclear Reactor LabCambridge, MA

    To support buongiorno's lab's nuclear battery project

    $150,000
  12. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    To support professor feng zhang's structural protein mining to discover molecular "gems" project

    $150,000
  13. Beam Center IncBrooklyn, NY

    To support the materials exploration work readiness programming

    $125,000
  14. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Tsai LabCambridge, MA

    To support tsai and langer's next-generation perfusable human brain-on-chip models for disease therapy discovery project

    $125,000
  15. NYC First IncNew York, NY

    To support expanding access and opportunity with $50,000 dedicated support for teams

    $125,000
  16. Brooklyn Public LibraryBrooklyn, NY

    To support the expansion of the brooklyn robotics league

    $55,000
  17. American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY

    To support the science research mentoring program (SRMP) and the masters of arts and teaching (mat) program

    $50,000
  18. California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA

    California wildfire relief

    $50,000
  19. Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Media Lab - Mitch ResnickCambridge, MA

    To support the work of mitch resnick's lifelong kindergarten research group, and specifically for cultivating creative learning with octostudio

    $50,000
  20. Queens Library Foundation IncJamaica, NY

    To support the STEM programming across the library system

    $50,000
  21. Caf AmericaAlexandria, VA

    To support the nomad trust

    $45,000
  22. Mouse IncNew York, NY

    To support the ai design league

    $25,000
  23. Community Foundation of Henderson County IncHendersonville, NC

    To support relief efforts related to hurricane helene

    $10,000
  24. Community Foundation of Western North Carolina -Emergency Disaster ResponseAsheville, NC

    To support relief efforts related to hurricane helene

    $10,000
  25. Feeding Avery FamiliesNewland, NC

    To support relief efforts related to hurricane helene

    $10,000
  26. Foothills Food ClubMarion, NC

    To support relief efforts related to hurricane helene

    $10,000
  27. Henderson County United Way IncHendersonvlle, NC

    To support relief efforts related to hurricane helene

    $10,000
  28. High Country United Way (serving Avery County)Boone, NC

    To support relief efforts related to hurricane helene

    $10,000
  29. United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County IncAsheville, NC

    To support relief efforts related to hurricane helene

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $400,00045% of the total
  2. Education4 grants $280,00031% of the total
  3. Youth development1 grant $125,00014% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking4 grants $75,0008% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York8 grants $2,055,000
  2. California5 grants $1,521,784
  3. Massachusetts8 grants $1,075,000
  4. North Carolina7 grants $70,000
  5. Florida1 grant $45,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Brian TepperPRESIDENT & DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Randi TepperVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Larry RogersSECRETARY & TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

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