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Paul & Elaine Chervinsky 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.

$406k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 44
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$6.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving42$404k55%
FY202441$237k20%
FY202337$389k8%
FY202237$313k5%
FY202143$319k21%
FY202040$75k23%
FY201944$124k20%
FY201844$47k18%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$998kEducation$552kInternational$121kReligion$106kAnimals$55kHealth$54kArts & Culture$38kRecreation & Sports$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
VA
KS
TN
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hebrew Senior Life Inc$857,70092%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$109,00090%
Buttonwood Park Zoological Society Inc$50,0001n/a
Friends of Buttonwood Park Inc$30,500859%
Judge Baker Children's Center$22,73080%
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc$20,00080%
Old Dartmouth Historical Society$20,00040%
Simmons University$17,09190%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$8,00080%
New Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home Inc$7,45040%
Anti-Defamation League$5,75090%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$4,50090%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$3,50070%
Dedham Food Pantry Charitable Trust$3,50060%
Massachusetts Medical Benevolent Society$3,00060%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$3,00030%
New Bedford Festival Theatre Inc$2,25041%
Birthright Israel Foundation$2,10040%
Pine Street Inn Inc$2,00020%
Zeiterion Theatre Inc$2,00020%
Trustees of Boston University$1,92070%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,60010%
Trustees of Tufts College$1,50010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$1,01050%
Community Nurse Inc$1,00010%
Share Corporation$1,0001n/a
Newton Food Pantry Inc$50010%
Our Sisters School$50010%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$30030%
Haymakers for Hope Inc$25010%
Newton News Foundation Inc$25010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc$20010%
Art Museum New Bedford Inc$20020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc$20010%
Newbridge on the charles inc$10010%
Animal Wellness Foundation$1001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
Tee It Up for the Troops Inc$10010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10010%
White House Historical Association$10010%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$10010%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford Inc$10010%
The National World War II Museum Inc$10010%
American Cancer Society Inc$10010%
United Service Organizations Inc$5010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$5010%
Dana-Farber Inc$5010%
Temple Beth Shalom$361n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 74 recipients with no EIN on record ($774k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $857,700 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $109,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Buttonwood Park Inc: $30,500 over 8y, 59% of budgetJudge Baker Children's Center: $22,730 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater New Bedford Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSimmons University: $17,091 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNew Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home Inc: $7,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $5,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDedham Food Pantry Charitable Trust: $3,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMassachusetts Medical Benevolent Society: $3,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Bedford Festival Theatre Inc: $2,250 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $2,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZeiterion Theatre Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $1,920 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $1,010 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Nurse Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNewton Food Pantry Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Sisters School: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHaymakers for Hope Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNewton News Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArt Museum New Bedford Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNewbridge on the charles inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTee It Up for the Troops Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhite House Historical Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Inc: $50 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 44.

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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.

Southcoast Community Foundation IncMA21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · New Bedford Day Nursery Inc · Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Enable Hope Foundation · Alvord Family 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 Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation

How much does Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation give?
Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $406,249 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (49%), Education (27%), International (6%).
Who are Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hebrew Senior Life Inc ($858k), American Friends of Magen David Adom ($109k), Buttonwood Park Zoological Society Inc ($50k).
Does Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Paul & Elaine Chervinsky 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 Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Southcoast Community Foundation Inc, The Carney Family Charitable Foundation, Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation based?
Paul & Elaine Chervinsky Charitable Foundation is based in MA.

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 126 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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