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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-3354182

KT Foundation

A private foundation in Berkeley, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $910,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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 2024

    $910,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $7,931,304
  • Tax year 2023

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,245,276
  • Tax year 2022

    $2,430,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,690,611
  • Tax year 2021

    $7,005,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $7,948,496
  • Tax year 2020

    $680,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $14,647,702
  • Tax year 2019

    $815,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $348,474

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Lab of Ornithology

    $250,000
  2. Individual

    Kase-Tsujimoto Cultural Heritage Initiative

    $150,000
  3. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Perspectives in Global Dev Seminar Series Fund

    $100,000
  4. Fuller Theological SeminaryPasadena, CA

    Asian American Mental Health Initiatives

    $100,000
  5. J-SeiEmeryville, CA

    Roof Replacement Project

    $100,000
  6. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Scholarship Fund

    $100,000
  7. Kimochi IncSan Francisco, CA

    Purchase of Paratransit Van

    $75,000
  8. Individual

    JCCCNC Kase Internship Grant

    $30,000
  9. MuttvilleSan Francisco, CA

    Dog Tag Wall for Peka

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $550,00075% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $175,00024% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $5,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $450,000
  2. California4 grants $280,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Mark TsujimotoPresident Hours 17Pay $48,000
  • Iris NgTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Franklin TsaoSecretary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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