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David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$75k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
57
Grants FY2025
70
Organizations funded FY2024
41%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,463
Organizations funded a year
49 to 70
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$1.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 41% of the organizations David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving56$73k29%
FY202470$54k41%
FY202368$73k26%
FY202263$98k33%
FY202158$57k45%
FY202057$53k54%
FY201949$73k33%
FY201854$63k59%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$228kReligion$168kHealth$110kArts & Culture$53kPhilanthropy$18kHuman Services$15kHousing & Shelter$9kInternational$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Eastern University$190,00790%
Temple Beth Shalom$128,1599n/a
National Braille Press Inc$46,65090%
Temple Shir Tikva$23,1908n/a
The Cambridge School of Weston Inc$12,70090%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$10,44390%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$6,10040%
The Rivers School Corporation$5,35090%
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston$5,00010%
2life Communities Inc$4,18040%
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All grantees of David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Eastern University$190,00790%
Temple Beth Shalom$128,1599n/a
National Braille Press Inc$46,65090%
Temple Shir Tikva$23,1908n/a
The Cambridge School of Weston Inc$12,70090%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$10,44390%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$6,10040%
The Rivers School Corporation$5,35090%
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston$5,00010%
2life Communities Inc$4,18040%
Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc$3,57550%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$3,45070%
Amos House$3,20060%
Million Dollar Round Table Foundation$3,10060%
Day One$3,00060%
Needham Golf Club Charities Inc$2,45087%
James F Farr Academy Inc$2,30020%
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc$2,20030%
Trustees of Boston University$2,20090%
Kijabe Children's Educational Fund Inc$2,15060%
Presentation School Foundation Inc$2,00050%
Temple Shalom Inc$1,9751n/a
The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc$1,75070%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$1,65060%
Joslin Diabetes Center Inc$1,40060%
The Epiphany School Inc$1,22530%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$1,10060%
Reach Inc$1,05040%
Great Pond Productions Inc$1,00012%
Dress for Success Boston Inc$90030%
Health Story Collaborative Inc$82550%
The Ben Greenberg Children's Foundation Inc$800226%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$80030%
Needham Community Council Inc$75040%
Hebrew College$70020%
Melanoma Education Foundation Inc$70030%
Temple Chayai Shalom$6684n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc$64040%
Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County$60050%
Wayland Public Schools Foundation Inc$60020%
Neighbor Brigade Inc$55040%
Naples Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$50010%
Rosie's Place Inc$50040%
Gateways Access to Jewish Education Inc$50030%
Dana-Farber Inc$50020%
Women's Lunch Place Inc$45040%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$45030%
Mab Community Services Inc$45020%
American Heart Association Inc$40030%
Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc$35020%
Epilepsy Foundation New England$35020%
Baystate Health Foundation Inc$35030%
American Cancer Society Inc$35030%
Human Relations Service Inc$25010%
Head Strong Project Inc$25010%
Needham Diversity Initiative Inc$2501n/a
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc$25010%
Collier County Senior Resource Center Inc$20010%
Winter Walk Inc$20010%
The Perfect Game Foundation Inc$20011%
United States Fund for Unicef$20010%
Children's Trust Inc$20010%
West Central Services Inc$20010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$20020%
Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition Inc C/O Green Associates LLC$20010%
Hopkin Foundation$20010%
Bikes Fight Cancer Inc$20010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20020%
Jewish Congregation of Marco Island Inc$2002n/a
Vietnam Veterans of America Inc$20020%
The Heart of Camden Inc$20010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$20010%
St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc$20010%
Wounded Warriors$20020%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$17520%
Children's Hospital Corporation$15010%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$15010%
Silent Spring Institute Inc$15010%
Children's Cancer Association$1501n/a
Eagle Creek Florida Charities$1501n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$10010%
Temple Israel Inc$1001n/a
Holy Trinity United Methodist Church$1001n/a
Riverside Community Care Inc$10010%
Zero Prostate Cancer$10010%
National Bleeding Disorders Foundation$10010%
Million Dollar Round Table$1001n/a
March of Dimes Inc$10010%
New England Hemophilia Association Inc$10010%
Dedham Square Circle$10010%
Wildflower Inc$10010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$10010%
Kimball Union Academy$10010%
Starability Foundation Inc$10010%
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc$10010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$10010%
Bikes Not Bombs Inc$10010%
Feeding America$10010%
Sojihuggles Childrens Foundation$1001n/a
Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc$10010%
The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc$10010%
Anti-Defamation League$10010%
Boston Rescue Mission Inc$10010%
Pine Street Inn Inc$10010%
Bnai Brith International$851n/a
Appalachian Mountain Club$7510%
American Institute for Cancer Research$5010%
Jewish Family Service Agency of Central Nj$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 142 recipients with no EIN on record ($137k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 95 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEastern University: $190,007 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNational Braille Press Inc: $46,650 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cambridge School of Weston Inc: $12,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $10,443 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $6,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rivers School Corporation: $5,350 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Centers of Greater Boston: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget2life Communities Inc: $4,180 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetReach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc: $3,575 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmos House: $3,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMillion Dollar Round Table Foundation: $3,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDay One: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNeedham Golf Club Charities Inc: $2,450 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetJames F Farr Academy Inc: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $2,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKijabe Children's Educational Fund Inc: $2,150 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPresentation School Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc: $1,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJoslin Diabetes Center Inc: $1,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Epiphany School Inc: $1,225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $1,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetReach Inc: $1,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Pond Productions Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetDress for Success Boston Inc: $900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Story Collaborative Inc: $825 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Ben Greenberg Children's Foundation Inc: $800 over 2y, 26% of budgetAlexs Lemonade Stand Foundation: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNeedham Community Council Inc: $750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew College: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMelanoma Education Foundation Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc: $640 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWayland Public Schools Foundation Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNeighbor Brigade Inc: $550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNaples Therapeutic Riding Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGateways Access to Jewish Education Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Lunch Place Inc: $450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMab Community Services Inc: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation New England: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBaystate Health Foundation Inc: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 95.

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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.

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA40.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Simon B Gottlieb Charitable Foundation · Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Inc

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.

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About David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust

How much does David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust give?
David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust reported 57 grants totaling $74,521 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 70 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Religion (26%), Health (17%).
Who are David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Eastern University ($190k), Temple Beth Shalom ($128k), National Braille Press Inc ($47k).
Does David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
Where is David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust based?
David J Feldman and Sydney E Feldman Charitable Trust is based in MA.

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 253 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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