· Private foundation
Luanne and Dan Chefetz Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN | $5,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION | $1,500 |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER | $1,500 |
| PENNIES FROM HEAVEN FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| MARINES TOYS FOR TOTS | $1,000 |
| ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH | $1,000 |
| LONG ISLAND CARES INC | $1,000 |
| AUTISM SPEAKS | $700 |
| MERCY SHIPS | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $53k · revenue +29%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION6× · 2019–2024 · $18k · revenue ×12- PFPENNIES FROM HEAVEN FOUNDATION INC7× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- TBTHE BARSTOOL FUNDone grant, 2021 · $1k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $1k
- SMST MATTHEW YOUNG WIDOWWIDOWER'S GROUPone grant, 2017 · $1k
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.
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.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
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.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.
Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…
To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.
The heart foundation (thf) was created to save lives from heart disease by increasing awareness, educating the public, and supporting innovative research at smidt heart institute at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.…
The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 49 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Luanne and Dan Chefetz Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Luanne and Dan Chefetz Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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