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Gates of Chai Inc at a glance

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Gates of Chai Inc

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.

$90k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Employment$95kReligion$86kCivil Rights$67kHuman Services$63kHealth$60kAnimals$10kPhilanthropy$4kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$892k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION AHAVATH SHOLOM$45,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF FORT WORTH$20,000
TEMPLE BETH-EL$15,000
MULTICULTURAL ALLIANCE$10,000
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 (FY17–20, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MICHAEL E THORNTON FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $6k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $5k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
CA
MD
LA
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$435k · 14 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$435k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+27%

Still filing today

50%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsCivil RightsHealthArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • MP
    MY POSSIBILITIES
    3× · 2017–2019 · $95k · revenue +20%
  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $14k · revenue +51%
  • TF
    The Family Place
    2× · 2017–2020 · $11k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • AS
    All Saints Health Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +88%
  • RH
    Ranch Hands Rescue
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -47%
  • JC
    JEWEL CHARITY-COOK CHILDREN'S MEDIC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
National Jewish Health

National Jewish Health's mission since 1899 is to heal, discover and educate as a preeminent healthcare institution. We serve by providing the best integrated and innovative care for patients and their families; by understanding and…

Health
2
Ackerman Institute for the Family

The institute is dedicated to the study, diagnosis and treatment of family relationship problems

Health
3
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
5
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
6
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
7
National Marrow Donor Program

We save lives through cellular therapy.

Health
8
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc

Together with our community, jcc manhattan creates opportunities for people to connect, grow, and learn within an ever-changing jewish landscape.

Human Services
9
The Milstein Family Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Dup 15Q Alliance

Dup15q alliance empowers individuals living with dup15q syndrome and other related rare diseases to reach their full potential by advancing breakthrough research and life-changing therapeutic treatments, supporting families affected by…

Health
11
Jewish War Veterans of the United States

The Organization was granted a charter as a not for profit corporation for patriotic and educational purposes with special concern for the welfare of veterans. The Organization's principal activities consist of protecting the benefits and…

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12
Decalogue Society of Lawyers

The decalogue society of lawyers, founded in 1934, is the nation's oldest jewish bar association. its mission is to advance lawyers' professional development, raise the standards of the bar and bench, educate the public on legal and jewish…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is My Possibilities; the most unlike its peers is Bugles Across America Nfp. 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

16 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. 16 of the 28 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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION AHAVATH SHOLOM: $100,000 · OtherCONGREGATION AHAVATH SHOLOMMY POSSIBILITIES: $95,000 · OtherMY POSSIBILITIESTEMPLE BETH-EL: $44,725 · OtherTEMPLE BETH-ELJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF FORT WORTH: $35,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF FORT WORTHJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF FORT WORT: $32,500 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF FORT WORTMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $15,000 · Other+8 more: $31,500 · Other+8 moreMulticultural Alliance: $53,500 · Civil RightsMulticultural …ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $9,500 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATIO…THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $8,000 · HealthAll Saints Health Foundation: $7,500 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $5,000 · HealthThe Family Place: $10,500 · Human ServicesDOWN SYNDROME PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH TEXAS: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE MICHAEL E THORNTON FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $2,000 · Human ServicesSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $13,500 · Arts & CultureRanch Hands Rescue: $5,000 · AnimalsSAVING HOPE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · AnimalsHumane Society of North Texas: $2,500 · AnimalsBUGLES ACROSS AMERICA NFP: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Other$353,725Civil Rights$63,000Health$20,500Human Services$17,500Arts & Culture$13,500Animals$10,000Public Benefit$1,000

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 budgetMY POSSIBILITIES: $95,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMulticultural Alliance: $53,500 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Place: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAll Saints Health Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRanch Hands Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAVING HOPE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHumane Society of North Texas: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH TEXAS: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL E THORNTON FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Council for Judaism Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBUGLES ACROSS AMERICA NFP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

  • Who funds MY POSSIBILITIES ↗
  • Who funds Multicultural Alliance ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Family Place ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds All Saints Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Ranch Hands Rescue ↗
  • Who funds SAVING HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of North Texas ↗
  • Who funds DOWN SYNDROME PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL E THORNTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds American Council for Judaism Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUGLES ACROSS AMERICA NFP ↗

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 Roach Foundation …Community Foundation …Bnsf Railway Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Roach Foundation IncTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Roach Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Bnsf Railway Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Gates of Chai Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gates of Chai Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Gates of Chai Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Gates of Chai Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 28 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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