Funding search · EIN 141640994 · Lexington, MA

T Backer Fund

Name: T Backer Fund grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

177
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

movement voter albany department electric fire hudson library

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Columbia Land Conservancy2 grants · $150,000
Massachusetts Institute of Tech1 grant · $119,000
Cradnell Theatre3 grants · $110,000
World Central Kitchen3 grants · $70,000
Time and Space Limited Theatre Co3 grants · $67,500
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation1 grant · $65,000
You Can Vote4 grants · $60,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 grants · $57,000
Columbia Land Conservancy1 grant · $50,000
Academy of Charlemont4 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$386,050

2022

$437,750

2023

$362,500

2024

$395,100

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 177 grants.

$119,000
Massachusetts Institute of Tech · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Backer grunberg family idea hub fund
$90,000
Columbia Land Conservancy · Chatham, NY · 2023
General support
$80,000
Cradnell Theatre · Chatham, NY · 2023
General support
$65,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$60,000
Columbia Land Conservancy · Chatham, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
Columbia Land Conservancy · Chatham, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$35,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
$30,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$23,500
Time and Space Limited Theatre Co · Hudson, NY · 2025
General support
$23,000
Chatham Film Club · Chatham, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$22,000
Time and Space Limited Theatre Co · Hudson, NY · 2024
General support
$22,000
Time and Space Limited Theatre Co · Hudson, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Academy of Charlemont · Charlemont, MA · 2025
General support
$20,000
You Can Vote · Durham, NC · 2025
General support
$20,000
Columbia County Habitat for Humanity · Hudson, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
Cradnell Theatre · Chatham, NY · 2024
General support
$20,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$20,000
You Can Vote · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$20,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Time Space Limited · Hudson, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$15,500
Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2022
'55 scholarship
$15,000
Columbia Memorial Health Foundation · Hudson, NY · 2025
General support
$15,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Movement voter funs
$12,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General support
$12,000
Morris Memorial Association · Chatham, NY · 2024
General support
$12,000
Morris Memorial Association · Chatham, NY · 2023
General support
$11,500
Cambridge City - Makerspace Program · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
$11,000
Wbur Public Radio · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$11,000
Tri-Village Fire Company · Old Chatham, NY · 2023
General support
$10,500
Arlington Eats · Arlington, MA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Columbia - Greene Community Foundation · Hudson, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Columbia County Habitat for Humanity · Hudson, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Cradnell Theatre · Chatham, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Food Link · Arlington, MA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Morris Memorial Association · Chatham, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Movement voter fund
$10,000
Twin County Recovery Services · Hudson, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Wounded Warriors Project · Topeka, KS · 2025
General support
$10,000
Academy of Charlemont · Charlemont, MA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2024
General support
$10,000
Columbia - Greene Community Foundation · Hudson, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Columbia Memorial Health Foundation · Hudson, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Movement voter fund
$10,000
Twin County Recovery Services · Hudson, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Wounded Warriors Project · Topeka, KS · 2024
General support
$10,000
Academy of Charlemont · Charlemont, MA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2023
General support
$10,000
Columbia - Greene Community Foundation · Hudson, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Columbia County Habitat for Humanity · Hudson, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Columbia Memorial Health Foundation · Hudson, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Rich Earth Institute · Brattleboro, VT · 2023
General support
$10,000
Shaker Museum and Library · Chatham, NY · 2023
New museum
$10,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Movement voter fund
$10,000
Twin County Recovery Services · Hudson, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
You Can Vote · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Academy of Charlemont · Charlemont, MA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Columbia Cty Habitat for Humanity · Hudson, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Columbia Memorial Health · Hudson, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon · Old Chatham, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
You Can Vote · Durham, NC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Columbia Greene Community Fndn · Hudson, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$8,500
Hudson Festival Orchestra · Hudson, NY · 2024
General support
$8,000
Wamc · Albany, NY · 2023
General support
$8,000
Morris Memorial · Chatham, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$8,000
Twin County Recovery Services · Hudson, NY · 2022
Program support
$8,000
Wamc · Albany, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$6,500
Nepm Public Radio · Springfield, MA · 2025
General support
$6,000
Tech Valley Center of Gravity · Troy, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation · Sheffield, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Chatham Area Recreation Project · Chatham, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Close Encounters With Music · Great Barrington, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Columbia Friends of the Electric Trail · Valatie, NY · 2025
Maintain albany-hudson electric trail
$5,000
Concerts in the Village · Kinderhook, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Hantz Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2025
General support
$5,000
Hudson Festival Orchestra · Hudson, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Itaca Community Radiowrfi · Ithaca, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Southern Oregon University Foundation · Ashland, OR · 2025
General support
$5,000
Wamc · Albany, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Wbgo Public Radio · Newark, NJ · 2025
General support
$5,000
Arlington Eats · Arlington, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Chatham Area Recreation Project · Chatham, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Close Encounters With Music · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Columbia Friends of the Electric Trail · Valatie, NY · 2024
Maintain albany-hudson electric trail
$5,000
Concerts in the Village · Kinderhook, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Hantz Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Tech Valley Center of Gravity · Troy, NY · 2024
Maker space and stem center
$5,000
Arlington Eats · Arlington, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Chatham Central School District · Chatham, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Close Encounters With Music · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Columbia Friends of the Electric Trail · Valatie, NY · 2023
Maintain albany-hudson electric trail
$5,000
Food Link · Arlington, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Hantz Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2023
General support
$5,000
Hudson Festival Orchestra · Hudson, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Kinderhook Reformed Church · Kinderhook, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Mary Lyon Foundation · Shelburne Falls, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Tech Valley Center of Gravity · Troy, NY · 2023
Maker space and stem center
$5,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Fdn · Sheffield, MA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Close Encounters With Music · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
General charitable purposes

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