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The Cht 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.

$80k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Cht Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving26$80k15%
FY202427$79k7%
FY202326$75k15%
FY202227$75k7%
FY202127$76k0%
FY202028$85k21%
FY201923$82k9%
FY201825$80k32%
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What it funded, over time

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

Environment$190kEducation$145kYouth Development$126kArts & Culture$83kRecreation & Sports$66kHuman Services$55kHousing & Shelter$30kCommunity Improvement$17kOther$0

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 45 grantees
All grantees of The Cht Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc$50,00090%
Greenroots Inc$40,00091%
Community Rowing Inc$40,00080%
Buzzards Bay Coalition$34,00080%
Our Sisters School$34,00090%
Charles River Watershed Association Inc$32,00080%
Literations Corp$31,00080%
North Bennet Street School$28,00090%
Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc$28,00090%
Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts Inc$24,00060%
Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion Inc$24,00080%
America Scores New England DBA Boston Scores$21,00090%
Northstar Learning Centers Inc$20,00060%
Museum of African American History Inc$20,00050%
Mystic River Watershed Association Inc$19,00070%
Charles River Conservancy Inc$17,00050%
Girls Inc of Greater Pittsburgh$16,00070%
School on Wheels of Massachusetts Inc$16,00060%
Rar-Ma Inc$15,00050%
New Bedford Light$13,00030%
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc$13,00040%
Old Dartmouth Historical Society$12,00040%
Lloyd Center for the Environment Inc$10,00040%
Alma del Mar Foundation Inc$10,00031%
Neponset River Watershed Association$10,00041%
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc$9,00040%
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc$8,00080%
Waterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford Inc$7,00060%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc$6,00030%
Familyaid Boston Inc$6,00030%
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc$6,00021%
Cape Verdean Association in New Bedford Inc$5,0001n/a
Society for the Preservation of New Engl$5,00050%
Piers Park Sailing Center Inc$5,00020%
Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association Inc$5,00030%
World Ocean School Inc$4,00020%
James D Stclair Court Public Education Project Inc$3,00030%
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust Inc$3,0001n/a
Friends of the Public Garden Inc$3,00010%
New Bedford Historical Society Inc$3,00024%
The Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc$2,00020%
Give Black Alliance$2,00010%
Read to a Child Inc$1,00010%
Community Boating Center Inc$1,00010%
Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cht Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: $50,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGreenroots Inc: $40,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Rowing Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBuzzards Bay Coalition: $34,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOur Sisters School: $34,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCharles River Watershed Association Inc: $32,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLiterations Corp: $31,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $28,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc: $28,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Nurturing Center of Massachusetts Inc: $24,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInquilinos Boricuas En Accion Inc: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica Scores New England DBA Boston Scores: $21,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNorthstar Learning Centers Inc: $20,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMuseum of African American History Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMystic River Watershed Association Inc: $19,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCharles River Conservancy Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGirls Inc of Greater Pittsburgh: $16,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSchool on Wheels of Massachusetts Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRar-Ma Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNew Bedford Light: $13,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEmerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLloyd Center for the Environment Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAlma del Mar Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNeponset River Watershed Association: $10,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBoston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWaterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFamilyaid Boston Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSociety for the Preservation of New Engl: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPiers Park Sailing Center Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSchooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWorld Ocean School Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJames D Stclair Court Public Education Project Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Public Garden Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Bedford Historical Society Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetThe Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGive Black Alliance: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRead to a Child Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Boating Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc: $1,000 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 43.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA46.3× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation 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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How do I get to The Cht Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Cht Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Cht Foundation

How much does The Cht Foundation give?
The Cht Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $80,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Cht Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (26%), Education (20%), Youth Development (18%).
Who are The Cht Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc ($50k), Greenroots Inc ($40k), Community Rowing Inc ($40k).
Does The Cht Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Cht 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 Cht Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
Where is The Cht Foundation based?
The Cht 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 52 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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