Massachusetts · Private foundation
Kessler-Sachs Charitable 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.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $366k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $33k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $27k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $21k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $18k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Ellen P Hermanson Foundation | $19,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Children's Cancer Center Inc | $13,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Marthas Kayak Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 56% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $8,750 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $7,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Golden State Bonsai Federation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Ellen P Hermanson Foundation | $19,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Children's Cancer Center Inc | $13,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Marthas Kayak Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 56% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $8,750 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $7,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Golden State Bonsai Federation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $560 | 2 | 0% |
| National Dance Institute | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation
- How much does Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation give?
- Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $33,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Civil Rights (16%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Inc ($35k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($22k), Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp ($21k).
- Does Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kessler-Sachs Charitable 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 Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation based?
- Kessler-Sachs Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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