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The Herb Chambers Charitable 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.

$14M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2024
45
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$12,633,869
Organizations funded a year
27 to 52
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$18M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $274k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving49$14M29%
FY202345$1.2M29%
FY202238$1.9M34%
FY202135$717k63%
FY202027$627k48%
FY201940$655k40%
FY201852$844k50%
FY201747$1.8Mn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$17MYouth Development$2.6MRecreation & Sports$351kEducation$325kHousing & Shelter$317kArts & Culture$295kHuman Services$288kPublic Safety & Disaster$216kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
CT
RI
VA
DC
OK
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 77 grantees
All grantees of The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary$1,415,10980%
Ron Burton Training Village Inc$1,067,579410%
Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc$625,00072%
Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc$600,30045%
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$200,43381%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$173,81030%
Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc$140,11851%
Pine Street Inn Inc$101,59150%
Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans$90,00060%
Impact Melanoma Inc$90,00064%
Fund for Catholic Schools Inc$80,2765n/a
St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc$70,00030%
Scholar Athletes Inc$65,00031%
Sail to Prevail$62,50025%
Naval Historical Foundation$50,000110%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$50,00020%
Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association$50,00010%
Animal Rescue League of Boston$48,00070%
St Cecilia Parish Inc$45,0002n/a
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$45,00030%
Burlington Area Chamber of Commerce$40,50056%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$35,50060%
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc$35,00041%
Beacon Hill Village Inc$30,00026%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$30,00010%
Fund for Boston Neighborhoods Inc$25,00015%
Joslin Diabetes Center Inc$25,00010%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Last Hope K9 Rescue Ltd$25,00013%
High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc$23,40070%
Town Of Holliston$21,1341n/a
Children's Hospital Corporation$20,00040%
First Congregational Church of Old Lyme$20,0002n/a
Trustees of Boston College$20,00020%
Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc$15,00020%
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$12,50030%
National Guard Association of Mass$10,00016%
The Baseball Inc$10,00020%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$10,0001n/a
The Fenn School$10,00010%
American Diabetes Association$10,00010%
Dorchester Historical Society Inc Attn Earl Taylor President$10,000123%
Sacred Heart Parish$10,0001n/a
Lyme Art Association Inc$10,00012%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Old Lyme Fire Department Inc$10,000125%
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc$10,00020%
Friends of the Public Garden Inc$10,00010%
Somerville Homeless Coalition Inc$10,00020%
St Mark Community Education Program Inc$10,00024%
Dana-Farber Inc$7,50810%
Friends of the Medford Family Network Corp$7,50037%
People Helping People Inc$7,50032%
Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative Inc$5,00018%
The Wellesley Free Library Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Ron Foley Foundation Inc$5,00015%
Dorchester Day Parade Committee Inc$5,0001n/a
University of New Haven$5,00010%
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc$5,00010%
Cristo Rey Boston High School Inc$5,0001n/a
William H Lincoln School PTO$5,00016%
Somerville Police Employees Association$3,00012%
Cape Cod British Car Club Ltd$3,0001n/a
South Boston Community Health Center In$2,50010%
Dream Big Inc$2,00020%
Amegoinc$2,00020%
The Connecticut River Foundation at Steamboat Dock Inc$1,00010%
Last Call Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The Rotary Club of Old Saybrook Foundation Inc$1,00011%
The Somerville Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Sudbury Historical Society Inc$1,0001n/a
The Pettengill House Inc$1,00010%
Toys for Local Children Campaign Inc$1,0001n/a
Massachusetts Bay Community College Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Corrib Charity Fund Inc$1,0001n/a
Friends of Lincoln Sudbury Hockey$50010%
Addiction Referral Center Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 87 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMassachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary: $1,415,109 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRon Burton Training Village Inc: $1,067,579 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetCamp Harbor View Foundation Inc: $625,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: $600,300 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetBridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: $200,433 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $173,810 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGoodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: $140,118 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $101,591 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: $90,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetImpact Melanoma Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetSt Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetScholar Athletes Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSail to Prevail: $62,500 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetNaval Historical Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Rescue League of Boston: $48,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBurlington Area Chamber of Commerce: $40,500 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetBoston Symphony Orchestra Inc: $35,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBeacon Hill Village Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFund for Boston Neighborhoods Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetJoslin Diabetes Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLast Hope K9 Rescue Ltd: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHigh Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc: $23,400 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCardinal Cushing Centers Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Home for Little Wanderers Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Guard Association of Mass: $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetThe Baseball Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Fenn School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDorchester Historical Society Inc Attn Earl Taylor President: $10,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetLyme Art Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld Lyme Fire Department Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetBig Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Public Garden Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSomerville Homeless Coalition Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSt Mark Community Education Program Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetDana-Farber Inc: $7,508 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Medford Family Network Corp: $7,500 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetPeople Helping People Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetGreater Boston Veterans Collaborative Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 7.6% 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 64.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA32.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Kitchings Family Foundation · Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc · GivenGain Foundation USA · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 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 The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation

How much does The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation give?
The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $13,792,901 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 52 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (77%), Youth Development (12%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
Who are The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary ($1.4M), Ron Burton Training Village Inc ($1.1M), Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc ($625k).
Does The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Herb Chambers 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 The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Arbella Insurance Foundation.
Where is The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation based?
The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation is based in CT.

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 165 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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