New York · Private foundation
Chesed Foundation
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.
- $545k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $149,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Chesed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $540k | 37% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $311k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $530k | 79% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $688k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $467k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $598k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Avnei Zedek | $364,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kollel Sharei Tzion Lmetzyonim | $280,645 | 3 | n/a |
| Bais Ruchel Dsatmar Inc | $226,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Mosdos Hatorah Dlinden Inc | $56,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Central Uta of Monsey | $41,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Aaron | $39,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Cong Heichel Duvid Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chonen Vnosen | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Pupa | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Machne Bais Rochel | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Avnei Zedek | $364,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kollel Sharei Tzion Lmetzyonim | $280,645 | 3 | n/a |
| Bais Ruchel Dsatmar Inc | $226,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Mosdos Hatorah Dlinden Inc | $56,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Central Uta of Monsey | $41,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Aaron | $39,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Cong Heichel Duvid Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chonen Vnosen | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Pupa | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Machne Bais Rochel | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Kipas Tzedukah Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Oseh Choyil Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · LHH Capital Foundation · Blum Foundation · American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Chesed Foundation
- How much does Chesed Foundation give?
- Chesed Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $545,323 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Chesed Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), International (38%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Chesed Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Congregation Avnei Zedek ($364k), Kollel Sharei Tzion Lmetzyonim ($281k), Bais Ruchel Dsatmar Inc ($226k).
- Does Chesed Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chesed Foundation 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 Chesed Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, LHH Capital Foundation, Blum Foundation.
- Where is Chesed Foundation based?
- Chesed Foundation is based in NY.
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