Massachusetts · Private foundation
Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $900
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $546k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $16k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $19k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $18k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $19k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $21k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $14k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $20k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Synagogue of Hoboken | $22,660 | 6 | n/a |
| Hias Inc | $14,500 | 7 | 0% |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $14,428 | 9 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Literacy Initiative | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $5,160 | 8 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Synagogue of Hoboken | $22,660 | 6 | n/a |
| Hias Inc | $14,500 | 7 | 0% |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $14,428 | 9 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Literacy Initiative | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $5,160 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,790 | 4 | 0% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $1,260 | 5 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,080 | 3 | 0% |
| MusicLink Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Yad Sarah Inc | $720 | 4 | 0% |
| The Good People Fund Inc | $464 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $180 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust
- How much does Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust give?
- Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust reported 13 grants totaling $29,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), International (28%), Religion (17%).
- Who are Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Synagogue of Hoboken ($23k), Hias Inc ($15k), MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ($14k).
- Does Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust based?
- Bernard & Nita Trugman Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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