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Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust

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.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
59
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$350,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 59
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$5.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationInternationalHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2024still arriving36$2.9M22%
FY202359$4.8M46%
FY202231$416k71%
FY202130$1.5M43%
FY202021$1.0M38%
FY201932$2.5Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$5.9MHealth$3.4MEducation$2.4MHuman Services$471kInternational$356kFood & Nutrition$294kHousing & Shelter$201kPhilanthropy$190kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
SD
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MD
NM
DC
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chabad-Lubavitch Inc$980,0003n/a
Boston Medical Center Corporation$838,94420%
Torah Academy Inc$747,5004n/a
Mesivta of Greater Boston Inc$640,0005n/a
Colel Chabad$466,0003n/a
Chabad of Downtown Boston Inc$421,0004n/a
Shaloh School Oholei Torah$415,0005n/a
The Arthur J Epstein Hillel School Inc$330,0004n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$300,5002n/a
New England Hebrew Academy$280,000236%
Show all 83 grantees
All grantees of Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chabad-Lubavitch Inc$980,0003n/a
Boston Medical Center Corporation$838,94420%
Torah Academy Inc$747,5004n/a
Mesivta of Greater Boston Inc$640,0005n/a
Colel Chabad$466,0003n/a
Chabad of Downtown Boston Inc$421,0004n/a
Shaloh School Oholei Torah$415,0005n/a
The Arthur J Epstein Hillel School Inc$330,0004n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$300,5002n/a
New England Hebrew Academy$280,000236%
Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center of Needham$247,0003n/a
Hebrew College$200,00021%
Lander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Schechter Day School$190,00044%
Trustees of Tufts College$175,00030%
Kollel of Greater Boston Inc$164,00044%
The Boston Home Inc$160,00040%
Yad Chaim Inc$159,000522%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$150,00030%
Rofeh Inc$150,000212%
Solomon Schechter Day School Inc$145,0003n/a
Congregation Chai Odom$137,5001n/a
Boston-Jerusalem Charity Fund$135,000379%
The Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa Inc$120,00062%
Chabad House$100,0001n/a
Joslin Diabetes Center Inc$100,00020%
Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc$100,00034%
Chabad of Brandeis Inc$90,0003n/a
Saint Francis House Inc$90,00011%
Kids Kicking Cancer Inc$75,00022%
Horizons for Homeless Children$60,50020%
Hebrew Senior Life Inc$60,00040%
Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc$55,00030%
Boston Latin School Association$50,00010%
American Friends of Darchei Hashleimus Inc$50,000221%
Birthright Israel Foundation$50,00010%
Pine Manor College$50,00010%
Meor of Boston Inc$50,00016%
2life Communities Inc$50,00010%
Camp Avoda Inc$50,00013%
Tribetalk Inc$50,000113%
Metrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf$45,50021%
Boston Children's Chorus Inc$45,00031%
Jewish Arts Collaborative Inc$40,00022%
Chabad Lubavitch of Doylestown Inc$40,0002n/a
Barry L Price Rehabilitation Center Inc$40,00020%
Gateways Access to Jewish Education Inc$35,00021%
American Jewish Committee$27,00020%
Tag Boston$27,0002n/a
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution$25,00011%
Providence Promise$25,00022%
Trinity Boston Connects Inc$25,00011%
The Middle East Institute$25,00010%
Accelerated Cure Project Inc$25,00011%
Menachem Education Foundation Inc$20,20022%
Jewish Community Day School Inc$20,00010%
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Inc$20,00020%
Insight Meditation Society Inc$20,0001n/a
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology$20,00010%
Boston Jewish Film Inc$15,00012%
Ezer Mizion$15,00010%
Bayit Cham$15,00015%
The New England Friends of the March of the Living$10,000119%
Khal Tiferes Yosef$10,0001n/a
Jewish Health Organization Inc$10,0001n/a
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$8,00010%
New England Baptist Hospital$5,00010%
Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc$5,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$3,50020%
Anti-Defamation League$1,50010%
The National World War II Museum Inc$1,00010%
Knock Knock Give a Sock$1,00010%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$30010%
Pine Street Inn Inc$30010%
The Abraham Initiatives Inc$25010%
Boston Public Library Fund Inc$25010%
St Bonaventure Indian Missions & School$2501n/a
City Year Inc$20010%
St Josephs Indian School$2001n/a
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$20010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$18010%
Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $838,944 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Hebrew Academy: $280,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetHebrew College: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Schechter Day School: $190,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKollel of Greater Boston Inc: $164,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetThe Boston Home Inc: $160,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYad Chaim Inc: $159,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRofeh Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBoston-Jerusalem Charity Fund: $135,000 over 3y, 79% of budgetThe Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetJoslin Diabetes Center Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetSaint Francis House Inc: $90,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKids Kicking Cancer Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHorizons for Homeless Children: $60,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Latin School Association: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Darchei Hashleimus Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPine Manor College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMeor of Boston Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budget2life Communities Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Avoda Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTribetalk Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMetrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf: $45,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBoston Children's Chorus Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJewish Arts Collaborative Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBarry L Price Rehabilitation Center Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGateways Access to Jewish Education Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $27,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConvergence Center for Policy Resolution: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetProvidence Promise: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTrinity Boston Connects Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Middle East Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAccelerated Cure Project Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMenachem Education Foundation Inc: $20,200 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetJewish Community Day School Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInitiative for a Competitive Inner City Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStony Brook Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBenjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Jewish Film Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetEzer Mizion: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBayit Cham: $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetThe New England Friends of the March of the Living: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBoston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 62.

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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.

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA66.9× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Ruderman Family Foundation · The Beker Foundation · Krupp Family Foundation · The Klarman Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · Fine Family Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust

How much does Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust give?
Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust reported 38 grants totaling $3,053,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 59 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Health (25%), Education (18%).
Who are Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Chabad-Lubavitch Inc ($980k), Boston Medical Center Corporation ($839k), Torah Academy Inc ($748k).
Does Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust 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 Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation.
Where is Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust based?
Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust 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 114 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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