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Walter & Naomi Chucnin 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.

$177k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
82
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
4%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 62
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$2.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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
Human ServicesInternationalArts & CultureReligionHealthEducationOther
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 arriving80$171k31%
FY202424$179k4%
FY202333$171k15%
FY202259$188k49%
FY202162$156k21%
FY202057$95k26%
FY201951$75k24%
FY201848$65k33%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$298kInternational$189kPhilanthropy$133kCivil Rights$77kEducation$74kHealth$68kHuman Services$55kRecreation & Sports$51kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
OK
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$38,00040%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$33,60080%
American Jewish Committee$32,50050%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$29,00070%
Rashi School Inc$28,0006n/a
Kerem Shalom Inc$24,8427n/a
Temple Beth Elohim$21,0336n/a
Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated$20,50080%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$20,30080%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$19,80080%
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All grantees of Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$38,00040%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$33,60080%
American Jewish Committee$32,50050%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$29,00070%
Rashi School Inc$28,0006n/a
Kerem Shalom Inc$24,8427n/a
Temple Beth Elohim$21,0336n/a
Martin Luther King Community Center Incorporated$20,50080%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$20,30080%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$19,80080%
Birthright Israel Foundation$18,60040%
Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc$15,00030%
Hias Inc$15,00080%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$13,30030%
Israel Magen Fund Inc$13,00020%
Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island$12,50030%
Jewish Resource Center$12,12061%
Jewish Childrens Home of RI Inc$11,50060%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$11,00030%
Temple Beth David$10,5004n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,00020%
The Good People Fund Inc$8,80040%
Rotaplast International Inc$8,00071%
Perkins School for the Blind$8,00040%
Hebrew Senior Life Inc$7,90060%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$7,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$6,50060%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$6,50060%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$5,50060%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$5,30060%
Freedom Service Dogs Inc$5,10040%
Hebrew College$5,00050%
Tribetalk Inc$5,0001n/a
Finca International Inc$4,80030%
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation$4,80040%
Boston Jewish Film Inc$4,48550%
Equal Justice Initiative$4,00040%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$4,00020%
Anti-Defamation League$4,00040%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$4,00050%
Brothers for Life$4,00020%
University of Michigan$3,50021%
Israel Emergency Alliance$3,05030%
Save the Bay Inc$3,00050%
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston$3,00020%
Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc$3,00040%
Congregation B'Nai B'Rith Hillel$3,00010%
Leader Dogs for the Blind$2,60020%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$2,60020%
Earthjustice$2,50010%
Robert Potter League for Animals Inc$2,30030%
American Zionist Movement Inc$2,30020%
The Mussar Institute$2,00040%
Trinity Repertory Company$1,75040%
Sierra Club Foundation$1,75030%
Rosie's Place Inc$1,55040%
Pine Street Inn Inc$1,55040%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$1,5001n/a
Temple Beth Zion$1,5003n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,50010%
American Indian College Fund$1,00010%
Children's Hospital Corporation$1,00010%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$1,00020%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$1,00010%
Feeding America$1,00010%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$70020%
Lucy's Hearth$60020%
Newport Art Museum and Art Association$55020%
Dove Inc$55020%
The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust$55020%
Heifer Project International$50010%
Mary's Meals USA Inc$50010%
American Brain Tumor Association$50010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$50010%
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc$50010%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$5001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$3001n/a
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$3001n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$30010%
Pets With Wings Inc$25010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$25010%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$25010%
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($581k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIsrael Guide Dog Center for the Blind: $38,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $33,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $32,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $29,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMartin Luther King Community Center Incorporated: $20,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Yad Sarah Inc: $20,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $19,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $18,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHias Inc: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $13,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Magen Fund Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Resource Center: $12,120 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Childrens Home of RI Inc: $11,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Good People Fund Inc: $8,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRotaplast International Inc: $8,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetPerkins School for the Blind: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $7,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $5,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Service Dogs Inc: $5,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHebrew College: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $4,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harold Grinspoon Foundation: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Jewish Film Inc: $4,485 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBrothers for Life: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $3,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $3,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Bay Inc: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Centers of Greater Boston: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Jewish Spirituality Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCongregation B'Nai B'Rith Hillel: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLeader Dogs for the Blind: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRobert Potter League for Animals Inc: $2,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Zionist Movement Inc: $2,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Mussar Institute: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% 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 73.

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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.

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA28.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation

How much does Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation give?
Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation reported 82 grants totaling $177,325 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (24%), International (15%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind ($38k), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($34k), American Jewish Committee ($33k).
Does Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Walter & Naomi Chucnin 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 Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, The Champlin Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
Where is Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation based?
Walter & Naomi Chucnin Foundation 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 159 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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