New York · Private foundation
The William Chinnick Charitable 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.
- $380k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $380k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $417k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $629k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $475k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $516k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $587k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $773k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $1.0M | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph's Episcopal Schoolinc | $1,464,437 | 7 | 11% |
| University of Michigan | $300,000 | 3 | 48% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Josephs Episcopal Church | $164,597 | 1 | n/a |
| Sigma Chi Foundation | $147,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Benjamin a Thomas II Inc | $146,198 | 2 | n/a |
| Alumni Association of the University of Michigan | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silver Creek Alliance Inc | $52,000 | 7 | 6% |
| The Tracy Hanson Initiative | $51,250 | 7 | 11% |
| Wood River Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Nalen Foundation · Spur Community Foundation Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · The Oelman Foundation · Landmark Charitable Foundation Inc · Thrasher Koffey Foundation · Boswell Family Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc
How this is measured
Compare The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation
- How much does The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation give?
- The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $380,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Religion (36%), Health (14%).
- Who are The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Saint Joseph's Episcopal Schoolinc ($1.5M), University of Michigan ($300k), Regents of the University of Michigan ($200k).
- Does The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William Chinnick 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 William Chinnick Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, The Bessemer Giving Fund, The Nalen Foundation.
- Where is The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation based?
- The William Chinnick Charitable Foundation is based in NY.
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