Massachusetts · Private foundation
Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $503k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2026
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 64
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 7
- Total assets, FY2026
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 7% of the organizations Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 37 | $363k | 22% |
| FY2025 | 43 | $423k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 55 | $715k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 52 | $386k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $422k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $406k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 63 | $537k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 64 | $627k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $495,500 | 7 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League Foundation | $210,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc | $160,473 | 7 | 0% |
| Aish Campus Boston Inc | $129,600 | 7 | 12% |
| American Friends of Natal Inc | $121,800 | 8 | 1% |
| Impactisrael Inc | $101,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Abby Kelley Foster House Inc | $98,130 | 7 | 1% |
| Ohel Avraham | $73,200 | 8 | 2% |
| Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts | $64,139 | 6 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 74 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Melvin S Cutler Charitable 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: Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · Stoddard Charitable Trust · The Fletcher Foundation · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The George I Alden Trust · Schwartz Charitable Foundation · Webster Five Foundation Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Coghlin Services Fund · Worcester Railers Hc Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation
- How much does Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation give?
- Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $502,930 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 64 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2026, its largest causes are International (26%), Philanthropy (16%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2026: Friends of United Hatzalah Inc ($496k), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($300k), Anti-Defamation League Foundation ($210k).
- Does Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melvin S Cutler 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 Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation, Stoddard Charitable Trust, The Fletcher Foundation.
- Where is Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation based?
- Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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