Chatterjee Charitable Foundation
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation is a private foundation, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $210K. Net investment income was $23K.
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation at a glance
In short: Chatterjee Charitable Foundation gave $210K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $53K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $210,000
- -56.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 4
- -55.6% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $52,500
- -0.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $47,500
- Total assets
- $1,133,166
- +5.6% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (52% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Chatterjee Charitable Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Uc Berkeley Foundation ($100K). Together the top 4 received $210K.
Grant Size Distribution
31 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 16 grants of 31 (52%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
Cities
How Chatterjee Charitable Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+5%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 813% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $160K (2021) to $477K (2024). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $210K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Uc Berkeley Foundation Berkeley, CA | Unrestrcted Use | $100,000 |
| The Asia Society New York, NY | Unrestrcted Use | $50,000 |
| Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Unrestrcted Use | $45,000 |
| Council on Foreign Relations New York, NY | Unrestrcted Use | $15,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,133,166 | $275,030 | $215,314 | $210,000 | 4 | $212,474 | $22,555 | $26,120 |
| 2024 | $1,073,450 | $18,070 | $481,537 | $476,850 | 9 | $478,987 | $15,933 | $64,098 |
| 2023 | $1,536,917 | $-507,414 | $329,170 | $321,500 | 8 | $326,873 | $29,681 | $95,369 |
| 2022 | $2,373,501 | $13,444 | $206,062 | $200,000 | 6 | $204,049 | $11,502 | $121,262 |
| 2021 | $2,566,119 | $9,087 | $167,187 | $160,000 | 4 | — | $7,247 | $130,790 |
| 2020 | $2,724,219 | $-1,525,697 | $275,429 | $270,200 | 3 | — | $6,657 | $178,849 |
| 2019 | $4,525,345 | $80,325 | $352,077 | $346,500 | 6 | — | $78,741 | $228,778 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Chatterjee Charitable Foundation reported a distributable amount of $26K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation is led by Purnendu Chatterjee, Director on every filing since 2019 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Purnendu Chatterjee
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Chatterjee Charitable Foundation
How much does Chatterjee Charitable Foundation give each year?
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation gave $210K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $477K across 9 grants.
What is Chatterjee Charitable Foundation's typical grant size?
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $47,500, and its average grant was $52,500, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Chatterjee Charitable Foundation give grants?
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation gives mostly in New York: 52% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was California (48%). The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (3 grants).
Does Chatterjee Charitable Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Chatterjee Charitable Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Unrestrcted Use" (4 grants).
How large is Chatterjee Charitable Foundation?
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation reported $1.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $212K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $26K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What is Chatterjee Charitable Foundation's EIN?
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-7072667. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 24, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 17, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 17, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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