New York · Private foundation
Jerome & Phyllis Charney 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2021
- 20
- Grants FY2021
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Foundation Of Central New York Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $15k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 18 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $18k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $12k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $11k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Central New York | $4,780 | 3 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $3,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Vera House Inc | $3,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Contact Community Services Inc | $2,950 | 4 | 0% |
| In My Father's Kitchen Inc | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Society of Concord | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Francis House Inc | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El | $1,375 | 2 | n/a |
| Menorah Park | $1,160 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Central New York | $4,780 | 3 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $3,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Vera House Inc | $3,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Contact Community Services Inc | $2,950 | 4 | 0% |
| In My Father's Kitchen Inc | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Society of Concord | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Francis House Inc | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El | $1,375 | 2 | n/a |
| Menorah Park | $1,160 | 3 | n/a |
| Samaritan Center Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Haven Museum and Education Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Onondaga Community Living Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Syracuse Hebrew Day School | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Works of Central New York | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · The Leonard and Irwin Kamp Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Central New York Inc · The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation · Arlene L & Jerome R Gerber Family Foundation · Froelich Family Foundation · Howard Drescher Foundation · Herbert S and Eleanore L Howard Charitable Foundation · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Equitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation
- How much does Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation give?
- Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $15,400 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), Human Services (8%), Health (3%).
- Who are Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Food Bank of Central New York ($5k), March of Dimes Inc ($4k), Anti-Defamation League ($4k).
- Does Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jerome & Phyllis Charney 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 Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central New York Community Foundation Inc, The Leonard and Irwin Kamp Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Central New York Inc.
- Where is Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation based?
- Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation is based in NY.
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