· Private foundation
The Susan Pechter Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
66% of The Susan Pechter Charitable Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to The Jewish Federation Of Greater New Haven Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Susan Pechter Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $18k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER NEW HAVEN | $9,753 |
| CONGREGATION MISHKAN ISRAEL | $2,475 |
| HOPKINS SCHOOL | $2,160 |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | $1,800 |
| JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $316 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SVC OF NEW HAVEN | $250 |
| JEWISH BUSINESS NETWORK | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $200 |
| THIRTEEN | $150 |
| SAVE THE SOUND | $150 |
| ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH | $150 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $150 |
| LAST CHANCE FOR ANIMALS | $100 |
| APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB | $75 |
| PROJECT K9 HERO | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
72 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2023, 57 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $342 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ALANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE6× · 2017–2023 · $10k · revenue +78%
- CDCARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION INC3× · 2017–2020 · $2k · revenue +103%
- YNYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL5× · 2017–2021 · $1k · revenue +75%
Funded once
- TTTHE TOWERS FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +58%
- TPTHE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +403%
- LRLAB RESCUE OF LRCP INCORPORATEDone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +2%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.
The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…
Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O
Pet animal welfare society of ct (paws), established in 1962, is a no-kill animal rescue shelter dedicated to the rescue and adoption of our community's homeless and abused dogs and cats. paws efforts are focused on three critical needs:…
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
The animal rescue league of boston's vision is to confront animal cruelty and neglect at its root causes. through programs, services, and facilities focused on accessible animal care, public advocacy, and sustained anti-cruelty efforts...…
How this is measured
106 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 180 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds HOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds CARROLLWOOD DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds UPPER SACO VALLEY LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds THE TOWERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LAB RESCUE OF LRCP INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds LILLIPUTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WOODBRIDGE LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds ORT AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE HAROLD LEEVER REGIONAL CANCER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LEAP INC ↗
- Who funds SPCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
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: PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Green Sklarz Foundation Trust · Louis & Dora T Mohill Foundation Inc · The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Daniel & Sharon Milikowsky Family Foundation · The Patricia Florence Miller Trust · Susan & Jerome Ettelson Fund · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Susan Pechter Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Susan Pechter Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Columbus House Inc: 100% of income from government
- Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- The Children's Center of Hamden Inc: 20% of income from government
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
- Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: 3% of income from government
- University of New Haven: 2% of income from government
- The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven Inc: 1% of income from government
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
- Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
- Yale New Haven Hospital: 0% of income from government
- Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County Inc: 0% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
- The Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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