Connecticut · Private foundation
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
- 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.
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 | 49 | $14M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 45 | $1.2M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $1.9M | 34% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $717k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $627k | 48% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $655k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $844k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 47 | $1.8M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $1,415,109 | 8 | 0% |
| Ron Burton Training Village Inc | $1,067,579 | 4 | 10% |
| Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc | $625,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc | $600,300 | 4 | 5% |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $200,433 | 8 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $173,810 | 3 | 0% |
| Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc | $140,118 | 5 | 1% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $101,591 | 5 | 0% |
| Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Impact Melanoma Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 4% |
Show all 77 grantees
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.
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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: 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
Compare The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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.
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