About Brt Charitable Foundation
BRT Charitable Foundation concentrates its giving on wildlife conservation and international education, favoring large grants to established conservation NGOs working in Africa and global literacy/education programs for children and girls. Grants include multi-hundred-thousand-dollar commitments to species- and landscape-level protection (elephants, gorillas, rewilding) alongside targeted support for literacy and youth education initiatives. The foundation also uses donor-advised and fiscal-sponsorship vehicles, indicating some grantmaking via intermediaries.
Focus Areas
African wildlife conservation and anti-poaching programs (elephants, large mammals)Great ape conservation (gorilla protection and habitat preservation)Rewilding and landscape-scale habitat restorationGirls' literacy and primary education programs in low-income countriesSupport via donor-advised/fiscal-sponsorship vehicles and pass-through funds
Who They Fund
girls and female students (addressing gender gap)youth and studentspeople experiencing homelessness (San Francisco, North Beach)
About Brt Charitable Foundation
Brt Charitable Foundation’s recent giving shows a clear pattern of large support for wildlife conservation and education, with a $450,000 grant to Great Plains Conservation Foundation and $200,000 grants to Big Life Foundation USA and Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. The foundation pairs those conservation commitments with education funding that has included Room to Read for girls’ literacy and Make a Difference Inc for youth education. Its grant list also includes environmental groups working on rewilding, marine protection, and habitat restoration, suggesting a broad conservation portfolio rather than a single-species approach. The foundation’s work is heavily concentrated in organizations that already have national or international reach. It has backed established groups such as David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA, World Wildlife Fund Inc, The Nature Conservancy, and Jane Goodall Institute. Several awards are general operating support, which points to trust in the recipient organizations’ ongoing programs rather than narrowly restricted project funding. Across the record, education grants and wildlife grants sit alongside one another, with girls’ literacy and primary education appearing as a recurring complement to conservation funding.
What Brt Charitable Foundation Funds
On wildlife conservation, the foundation has funded elephant and large-mammal protection through a $450,000 grant to Great Plains Conservation Foundation and a $150,000 grant to David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA. Great ape conservation appears as well, including $200,000 to Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and support for habitat-focused groups such as Rewild. Its environmental portfolio also reaches marine and broader ecosystem work, with grants to Save the Manatee Club, Save Our Wild Salmon, and World Wildlife Fund Inc. Education is the other clear thread. Brt Charitable Foundation gave Room to Read $100,000 in both 2023 and 2024 for girls’ literacy programming, and it supported Make a Difference Inc with $125,000 for youth education. New Story Inc also received $75,000 for education, showing that the foundation’s education funding extends beyond one program model.
How Brt Charitable Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is centered at $25,000, with a lower quartile of $10,000 and an upper quartile of $75,000. The recent record includes both seven-figure-scale institutional support and a long tail of $30,000 operating grants. Room to Read appears in consecutive years, indicating some recurring support rather than purely one-time awards. The foundation is a regular funder and uses invitation-only grantmaking; its active programs state that it does not accept unsolicited letters of inquiry or proposals. Several recent awards are general operating support, while others are program-specific or support strategic focus areas.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.6M
Total Assets
$36.2M
Total Revenue
$7.1M
Total Expenses
$2.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $75K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$75K
Geographic Reach
Regional10 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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