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The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati

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.

$21k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,000
Organizations funded a year
38 to 44
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$208k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
InternationalCivil RightsAnimalsHealthCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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 arriving33$21k18%
FY202441$30k10%
FY202344$32k11%
FY202243$33k9%
FY202142$33k5%
FY202043$33k14%
FY201939$26k5%
FY201838$26k5%
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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.

Civil Rights$59kEnvironment$45kHealth$35kCrime & Legal$23kAnimals$23kHousing & Shelter$23kInternational$18kPhilanthropy$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
AL
TX

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 51 grantees
All grantees of The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$10,75080%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$7,55090%
Earthjustice$7,15090%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$7,15090%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$7,15090%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$7,05080%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$7,05080%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$6,00090%
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc$5,55070%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$5,00060%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$4,60090%
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)$4,60090%
Alight$4,50090%
Prison Book Program$4,50090%
Hospitality Homes Inc$4,00080%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$4,00060%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$4,00080%
Refugepoint Inc$4,00080%
Books for Africa Inc$3,50070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,50060%
First Book$3,50070%
Abortion Care Network$3,50040%
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Inc$3,50070%
The Sentencing Project$3,10060%
Trevor Project Inc$3,10050%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$3,00060%
Pine Street Inn Inc$3,00060%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$3,00040%
Women's Lunch Place Inc$2,50050%
Family Promise Metrowest Inc$2,00040%
Natick Service Council Inc$2,00030%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$2,00030%
A Place To Turn Inc$1,55040%
Public Citizen Inc$1,50020%
American Jewish Committee$1,50020%
Somerville Homeless Coalition Inc$1,50030%
Natick Is United$1,5003n/a
Reproductive Freedom for All$1,50020%
Israel Emergency Alliance$1,50020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,10020%
Pilots to the Rescue Inc$1,00020%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$1,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,00010%
National Organization for Women Foundation Inc$75010%
National Organization for Women Inc$75010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$50010%
Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc$50010%
Friends of the Morse Institute Library$50011%
Hias Inc$50010%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$50010%
Save the Frogs$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($94k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBrady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $10,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $7,550 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $7,150 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $7,150 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $7,150 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $7,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $7,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $6,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc: $5,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $4,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $4,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAlight: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPrison Book Program: $4,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHospitality Homes Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRefugepoint Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBooks for Africa Inc: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Book: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAbortion Care Network: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Inc: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sentencing Project: $3,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Lunch Place Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise Metrowest Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNatick Service Council Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Incorporated: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Place To Turn Inc: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Citizen Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSomerville Homeless Coalition Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPilots to the Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Audubon Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Organization for Women Foundation Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Organization for Women Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Morse Institute Library: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHias Inc: $500 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 50.

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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 FoundationMA18.6× affinity7 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 · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Analog Devices Foundation · MutualOne Charitable Foundation · The Austin Memorial Foundation · The Sudbury Foundation · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Amica Companies 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.

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About The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati

How much does The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati give?
The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati reported 33 grants totaling $20,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (23%), Environment (17%), Health (13%).
Who are The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence ($11k), The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc ($8k), Earthjustice ($7k).
Does The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati 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 Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc).
Where is The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati based?
The Samuel & Tillie D Cheiffetz Foundati 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 70 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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