Massachusetts · Private foundation
Cherith Foundation Inc
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.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2022
- 11
- Grants FY2022
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
69% of Cherith Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Cherith Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 7
- Total assets, FY2022
- $40M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 44% of the organizations Cherith Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 9 | $2.4M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.8M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.2M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1.1M | 75% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $531k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Fellowship Inc | $4,512,988 | 7 | n/a |
| Vision Team International (Usa) Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Christar International Inc | $141,225 | 1 | 24% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $120,953 | 5 | n/a |
| Avodah Labs Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Word of Life Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Galilee International US | $80,000 | 3 | 13% |
| One Hope Community Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Things That Remain | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.4M), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Cherith Foundation Inc
- How much does Cherith Foundation Inc give?
- Cherith Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $2,426,117 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Cherith Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (52%), International (39%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are Cherith Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bethany Fellowship Inc ($4.5M), Vision Team International (Usa) Inc ($250k), Christar International Inc ($141k).
- Does Cherith Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cherith Foundation Inc 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 Cherith Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Cherith Foundation Inc based?
- Cherith Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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