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Chalfoun Family Foundation at a glance

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Chalfoun Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$35k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$27kFood & Nutrition$15kHousing & Shelter$12kRecreation & Sports$8kReligion$7kArts & Culture$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$967k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY$10,000
MONTCLAIR FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE$5,000
HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY$5,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$4,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$3,000
LASALLE UNIVERSITY$3,000
WNYC$2,000
ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$2,000
MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE K$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $5k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $5k → 16%HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$66k · 7 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$66k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+38%

Still filing today

86%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HN
    HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +47%
  • TM
    THE MONTCLAIR FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $13k · revenue +23%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $12k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • LUNA STAGE COMPANY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +38%
  • MONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +30%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
Montclair Film Festival Inc

Montclair film connects global filmmakers with audiences in a diverse, culturally vibrant community by presenting films and year-round programs that engage, entertain, and educate through the power of visual storytelling.

Arts & Culture
4
Molloy University

Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…

Education
5
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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6
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
7
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
8
University of Mount Saint Vincent

Founded by the sisters of charity of new york, the university of mount saint vincent is an academically excellent, authentically inclusive, catholic and ecumenical liberal arts university. (cont. in sch.o)

Education
9
Montclair State University Foundation Inc

The montclair state university foundation ("the foundation") was established to encourage and support the growth and development of montclair state university through fundraising activities that help further the educational, experiential,…

Education
10
Marion P Thomas Charter School

The charter schools mission is to prepare newarks next generation of children to be intelectually, emotionally, socially and financially responsible citizens.

Education
11
Monticello College Foundation
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12
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

Mission: to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. values: humanity, innovation, teamwork, diversity and equity - our values define our philosophy of care. they shape our actions and motivate and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montclair Early Childhood Corp Montclair Community Pre-K; the most unlike its peers is New York Public Radio. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 14 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $7,000 · OtherST LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAMERICAN RED CROSS: $4,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSOPERATION DEEP BLUE CORPS: $2,000 · OtherOPERATION DEEP BLUE CORPSMontclair Foundation Inc: $1,500 · OtherMontclair Foundation IncTHE MONTCLAIR FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $13,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MONTCLAIR FUND F…MONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHI…HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN NEEDS FOOD PA…LA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · EducationLA SALLE UNIVERSIT…MONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORP MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE-K: $3,000 · EducationMONTCLAIR EARLY CH…LUNA STAGE COMPANY INC: $3,000 · EducationLUNA STAGE COMPANY…FAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $12,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE …Northwestern University: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthweste…NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$20,500Philanthropy$16,000Human Services$15,000Education$14,000Housing & Shelter$12,000Recreation & Sports$8,000Arts & Culture$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MONTCLAIR FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $13,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNorthwestern University: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORP MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE-K: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUNA STAGE COMPANY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMONTCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontclair Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Silver Family Fou…Schumann Fund for New…Highland Avenue Found…The Whitehill Foundat…Partners for Health I…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Silver Family Foundation IncNJ15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Silver Family Foundation Inc · Schumann Fund for New Jersey Inc · Highland Avenue Foundation · The Whitehill Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation · Partners for Health Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Chalfoun Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chalfoun Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • Family Promise of Essex County Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Montclair Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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