New York · Public charity
Chai Lifeline Inc
Chai lifeline is an international health support network, providing social, emotional, financial and practical assistance to children, families and communities facing illness, crisis, or loss. Chai lifeline offers more than two-dozen year-round programs and services, including case management and counseling; meals delivered to hospitals…
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $407k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $147,044
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $147,161
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $28M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Chai Lifeline Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $407k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $292k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $186k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $358k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $410k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $571k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $601k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Chaiyanu | $1,506,237 | 8 | 71% |
| Congregation Chai Lifeline | $1,456,157 | 8 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Children's Fund Inc | $120,024 | 2 | 25% |
| Congregation Pirchei Shoshanim | $27,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Services Inc | $14,450 | 1 | 0% |
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.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Chai Lifeline Inc
- How much does Chai Lifeline Inc give?
- Chai Lifeline Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $406,932, out of $1,180,447 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Chai Lifeline Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Philanthropy (32%), Health (16%).
- Who are Chai Lifeline Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Friends of Chaiyanu ($1.5M), Congregation Chai Lifeline ($1.5M), Chai Lifeline Children's Fund Inc ($120k).
- Does Chai Lifeline Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chai Lifeline Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Chai Lifeline Inc based?
- Chai Lifeline Inc is based in NY.
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