New York · Private foundation
The Chestnut 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.
- $813k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2024
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $347,550
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations The Chestnut Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 34 | $813k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $525k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $1.0M | 54% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $378k | 66% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $446k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $477k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $218k | 61% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $288k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva Ohavei Torah of Riverdale Inc | $884,250 | 6 | 9% |
| Bnos Bais Yaakov Inc | $219,530 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregation Mikdash Dovid Inc | $191,300 | 8 | n/a |
| Yeshiva University | $165,180 | 6 | 0% |
| The Congregation Ahavath Chesed Inc | $135,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Gateways Organization Inc | $113,350 | 1 | 1% |
| Bikur Cholim of Manhattan Inc | $110,625 | 7 | 8% |
| Chesed Lavraham | $92,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Hashevaynu Inc | $68,120 | 8 | 6% |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva Ohavei Torah of Riverdale Inc | $884,250 | 6 | 9% |
| Bnos Bais Yaakov Inc | $219,530 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregation Mikdash Dovid Inc | $191,300 | 8 | n/a |
| Yeshiva University | $165,180 | 6 | 0% |
| The Congregation Ahavath Chesed Inc | $135,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Gateways Organization Inc | $113,350 | 1 | 1% |
| Bikur Cholim of Manhattan Inc | $110,625 | 7 | 8% |
| Chesed Lavraham | $92,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Hashevaynu Inc | $68,120 | 8 | 6% |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohr Naava | $48,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Gan Aliya | $38,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Gan Yisroel | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Zichron Moshe Inc | $19,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Gateway School | $19,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Side Hatzoloh | $16,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Congregation Chakal Yitzchok | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bais Kaila Torah Preparatory Hs | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sorala Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Shamayim Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Yeshiva Nachlei Torah Inc | $8,757 | 3 | 0% |
| Elef Hamugien | $6,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach | $6,390 | 3 | n/a |
| Lev Devorah | $5,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Project Lend a Hand Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan | $4,350 | 3 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island | $4,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Beis Community Inc | $3,900 | 2 | 3% |
| Manhattan Jewish Experience Synagogue | $3,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Torah Lishman Institute Inc | $3,200 | 5 | 1% |
| Congregation Toras Yufa | $3,100 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mosdos Chernobel Inc | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Nw Mikvah Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Teumim Mesivta Inc | $2,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Kupas Chaim Levi Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohr Olam Corp | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Women's Club Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $1,770 | 6 | 0% |
| Bais Yaakov Council Inc | $1,575 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Community Kollel Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Samchainu Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Levy Yitz Chak | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Khal Bnei Avrohom Yaakov Inc | $900 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Yaakov D Chassidei Gur | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Place in Ny Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Mosdos Viznitz | $750 | 2 | n/a |
| Cong 3pri Hooretz | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshivas Emek Hatorah Inc | $535 | 1 | n/a |
| Beis Medrash of Woodlane Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rachels Place | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Aderes Hatorah Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Manhattan High School for Girls | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Toras Emes Academy of Miami Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of Roslyn Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Heichel Yitzchok | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Hasc Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| The Manhattan Childrens Center | $359 | 2 | 0% |
| Yeshiva of Far Rockaway | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| Gemach Harabbonim Nfp | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Matan B'Seter Bambiinc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Jewish Children Inc | $250 | 1 | 1% |
| Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Zaka | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Etz Chaim of Hancock Park | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Emunah of America Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Dayanim | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Bikur Cholim Ezrat Achim | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Kensington | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Zichron Shmuel Aharon | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Extreme D/B/A Project Extreme | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Jersey Medical Center Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Netivot of New York Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Bonei Olam Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Chaverim of the Five Towns & Rockaway Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Oneg Shabbat of the West Side Dba Tomchei Shabbos of Manhattan | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Torah Academy for Girls | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Yisroel | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Yosef Meir | $90 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Chestnut 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: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Terumah Foundation Inc · Allen I Gross Charitable Foundation · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · The Shamayim Foundation · Jeannette and H Peter Kriendler Char Trust · Fjc · Keren Yehuda Zvi Foundation · The Ohr Hakotel Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Chestnut Foundation
- How much does The Chestnut Foundation give?
- The Chestnut Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $813,257 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Chestnut Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (66%), Education (5%), Health (3%).
- Who are The Chestnut Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Yeshiva Ohavei Torah of Riverdale Inc ($884k), Bnos Bais Yaakov Inc ($220k), Congregation Mikdash Dovid Inc ($191k).
- Does The Chestnut Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Chestnut 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 The Chestnut Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
- Where is The Chestnut Foundation based?
- The Chestnut Foundation is based in NY.
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