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Schechter 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.

$28k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$77kPhilanthropy$28kEducation$12kHousing & Shelter$9kYouth Development$5kHealth$5kCivil Rights$5kCommunity Improvement$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Family and Childrens Service$15,000
2Life Communities$2,500
2 Life Communities$2,500
Greenlight Fund$1,880
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters$1,800
Media Matters For America$1,200
New England Friends of March of the Living$1,000
American Jewish Committee of NE$729
ACLU$600
ProPublica$260
Institute for the Study of War$240
WGBH$120
Wikimedia$30
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 42% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%University of Delware: $10k → 10%Dana Farber's PMC: $1k → 7%Boston Cancer Support: $400 → 16%American Jewish Committee of NE: $729 → 17%Secular Coalition of America: $250 → 14%NE Friends March of the Living: $500 → 4%Dana Farber's PMC: $370 → 7%Bay Cove Human Services: $1k → 16%American Jewish Committee of NE: $250 → 17%Dana Farber's PMC: $250 → 7%Jewish Family and Childrens Service: $25k → 8%ACLU: $600 → 17%Institute for the Study of War: $240 → 14%New England Friends of March of the Living: $1k → 7%Jewish Family and Childrens Service: $16k → 8%ACLU: $600 → 17%ROFEH: $600 → 7%Jewish Family and Childrens Service: $15k → 8%Three Squares: $300 → 16%ACLU: $600 → 17%Jewish Family and Childrens Service: $15k → 8%ProPublica: $280 → 10%ACLU: $600 → 17%Jewish Family and Childrens Service: $5k → 8%Combined Jewish Philanthropies: $15k → 16%ProPublica: $260 → 10%ACLU: $600 → 17%Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters: $2k → 8%Brandegee Foundation: $10k → 16%ProPublica: $240 → 10%Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters: $2k → 8%Jewish Community Relations Council: $3k → 16%Kipp Foundation: $250 → 10%Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters: $1k → 8%BBBS of Mass Bay: $2k → 16%Jewish Community Relations Council: $750 → 16%Jewish Big Brother Big Sister: $600 → 8%Greenlight Fund: $2k → 16%Greenlight Foundation: $891 → 16%Greenlight Foundation: $500 → 16%Greenlight Foundation: $278 → 16%2Life Communities: $3k → 16%2 Life Communities: $3k → 16%2 Life Communities: $3k → 16%2 Life Communities: $500 → 16%WGBH: $130 → 16%New England Center for Homeless Vets: $350 → 16%NE Center for Homeless Vets: $250 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DE
AZ
TN
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$104k · 13 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
26

Total granted

$104k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+16%

Still filing today

38%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyEducationHealthAnimalsHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $77k · revenue +36%
  • 2C
    2LIFE COMMUNITIES INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +306%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $4k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWAREgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +29%
  • BF
    Brandegee Foundation
    3× · 2023–2025 · $10k
  • BO
    BBBS of Mass Bay
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Jgs Lifecare Corporation

Non-profit organization dedicated to improving the physical, spiritual and emotional health of individuals and families.

Health
2
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
3
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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4
Join for Justice Inc

Join for justice equips jewish leaders in the u.s. to advocate for justice, emphasizing the idea that everyone's freedom is connected.

Religion
5
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
Jewish Vocational Service Inc

To empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.

Employment
8
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
9
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
10
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
11
Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

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12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Topol Family Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $76,500 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INCUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWAREBrandegee Foundation: $10,000 · OtherBrandegee FoundationJewish Big Brothers Big Sisters: $4,818 · Other+24 more: $15,193 · Other+24 moreCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCombined Jew…THE NEW ENGLAND FRIENDS OF THE MARCH OF THE LIVING: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW ENGL…JEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $600 · Philanthropy+2 more: $200 · Philanthropy2LIFE COMMUNITIES INC: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterVIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS: $350 · Housing & ShelterJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $4,150 · InternationalMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $1,300 · EducationWRITERS WITHOUT MARGINS INC: $500 · EducationKIPP FOUNDATION: $250 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR INC: $240 · EducationGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $1,880 · Community ImprovementMAKE A DIFFERENCE: $1,373 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $125 · Health
Other$116,511Philanthropy$16,800Housing & Shelter$8,350International$4,150Education$2,290Community Improvement$1,880Health$1,498

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $76,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget2LIFE COMMUNITIES INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $4,150 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $1,880 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE A DIFFERENCE: $1,373 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAY COVE HUMAN SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW ENGLAND FRIENDS OF THE MARCH OF THE LIVING: $1,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROFEH INC: $600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWRITERS WITHOUT MARGINS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOSTON CANCER SUPPORT ORG INC: $400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecular Coalition for America Inc: $250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIPP FOUNDATION: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR INC: $240 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $140 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE ME TUCSON: $100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOPOL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONG NOW BOSTON INC: $50 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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 Phila…Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncGs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Schechter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schechter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Bay Cove Human Services Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • 2LIFE Communities Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 43 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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