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James B Chanin Foundation 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.

$127k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Health$41kEducation$31kCivil Rights$30kFood & Nutrition$25kArts & Culture$22kHuman Services$21kPhilanthropy$12kCrime & Legal$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OH
PA
RI
CA
MD
AZ
NC
LA
MS
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Alameda County Community Food Bank$25,00020%
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area$20,00020%
Alameda Health System Foundation$17,50020%
San Francisco Opera Association$10,00020%
Trybe Inc$7,50020%
Hias Inc$5,50010%
Centro Legal de la Raza$4,50020%
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group$4,00020%
Hendy Woods Community Inc$4,00026%
Health Access of California$4,00020%
Show all 32 grantees
All grantees of James B Chanin Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Alameda County Community Food Bank$25,00020%
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area$20,00020%
Alameda Health System Foundation$17,50020%
San Francisco Opera Association$10,00020%
Trybe Inc$7,50020%
Hias Inc$5,50010%
Centro Legal de la Raza$4,50020%
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group$4,00020%
Hendy Woods Community Inc$4,00026%
Health Access of California$4,00020%
Street Level Health Project$4,00020%
Anderson Valley Land Trust$4,00022%
Kqed Inc$3,00010%
Asian Health Services$2,50010%
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$2,50010%
Watermens Alliance$2,0002n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$2,00020%
Jewish Association on Aging$2,00020%
Lawyers for Children Inc$2,00020%
Mississippi Center for Justice$2,00020%
Midwest Academy$2,00020%
Huckleberry House Inc$2,00020%
Public Art Fund Inc$2,00020%
Campaign For Southern Equality$1,00010%
West Marin Scholarship Program$1,00010%
Elevated Access Inc$1,0001n/a
Kids Care Everywhere$1,00010%
The East Oakland Collective$1,00010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$1,00010%
East Bay Asian Youth Center$1,00010%
California Historical Radio Society$1,00020%
American Lung Association$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James B Chanin Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlameda Health System Foundation: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Opera Association: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrybe Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHias Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentro Legal de la Raza: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi Journalism and Education Group: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHendy Woods Community Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetHealth Access of California: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetStreet Level Health Project: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAnderson Valley Land Trust: $4,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetKqed Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsian Health Services: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsraaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Association on Aging: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLawyers for Children Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi Center for Justice: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMidwest Academy: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHuckleberry House Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Art Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCampaign For Southern Equality: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Marin Scholarship Program: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKids Care Everywhere: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe East Oakland Collective: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast Bay Asian Youth Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Historical Radio Society: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $500 over 1y, 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 30.

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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.

Marcy & Leona Chanin …The San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…Amalgamated Charitabl…Borealis PhilanthropyTides CenterThe California Endowm…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…
Marcy & Leona Chanin Foundation IncCA26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marcy & Leona Chanin Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Tides Center · The California Endowment · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Endowment 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.

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About James B Chanin Foundation Inc

How much does James B Chanin Foundation Inc give?
James B Chanin Foundation Inc reported 48 grants totaling $126,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does James B Chanin Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (18%), Education (13%), Civil Rights (13%).
Who are James B Chanin Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Alameda County Community Food Bank ($25k), Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area ($20k), Alameda Health System Foundation ($18k).
Does James B Chanin 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 James B Chanin Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marcy & Leona Chanin Foundation Inc, The San Francisco Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation.
Where is James B Chanin Foundation Inc based?
James B Chanin Foundation Inc is based in CA.

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 55 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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