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William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$127k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$44,497
Organizations funded a year
35 to 49
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$1.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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$125k12%
FY202435$116k23%
FY202335$137k31%
FY202238$92k24%
FY202145$83k33%
FY202049$147kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$215kHuman Services$172kHealth$65kArts & Culture$64kEnvironment$45kInternational$36kPhilanthropy$25kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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NY
MA
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NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
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DC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc$134,49750%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$39,00060%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$35,50060%
Adirondack Land Trust Inc$34,50060%
Young Victorian Theatre Company$29,000615%
Tanzania Health Partnership$26,00061%
Adirondack Trail Improvement Society Inc$19,25066%
Wake Forest University$18,75010%
University of Minnesota Foundation$18,00010%
Area Cooperative Educational Services$12,75020%
Sarasota Opera Association Inc$9,50060%
Next One Up Foundation Inc$7,50030%
Pinky Swear Foundation$7,00020%
Ausable Club Preservation Foundation$6,50050%
Ausable Freshwater Center Incorporated$6,50060%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc$6,00030%
High Peaks Education Foundation$6,00064%
Vermont Catholic Charities Inc$6,00030%
Ottauquechee Health Foundation Inc$5,80051%
Athletes Committed to Educating Students$5,25021%
Wishes & More$5,25020%
Lone Tree Arts Center Fund$5,00017%
St Thomas Academy$4,5005n/a
The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc$4,50040%
The Chapin School Ltd$4,00010%
New York Common Pantry$4,00040%
Norman Williams Public Library Inc$3,60040%
Red Rocks Church$3,0001n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,75040%
Captains for Clean Water Inc$2,50020%
St Martin de Porres$2,5001n/a
Woodstock Community Trust Inc$2,50010%
Benilde St Margarets High School$2,2503n/a
Best Buy Foundation$2,20030%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$2,00010%
Pentangle Council on the Arts$2,00030%
Fair Haven Community Health Clinic Inc$2,00020%
Catholic Charities of Central Florida Inc$2,00010%
Safehouse Denver Inc$2,00010%
Scranton Public Library$1,50030%
Share Our Strength$1,44010%
City Squash Inc$1,00010%
Roland Park Community Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Correctional Association of New York$1,00010%
Crane Mountain Valley Horse Rescue Inc$1,00020%
Bard College$1,00010%
The Max Foundation$1,00010%
The Trustees of the New York Society Library$1,00010%
Deerfield River Watershed Association Inc$1,0001n/a
Huntsman Cancer Foundation$6181n/a
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden Inc$6001n/a
Woodstock Area Council on Aging$50010%
The Loyola School Inc$4502n/a
Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center Inc$25010%
Sophies Squad$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($195k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEaster Seals Southwest Florida Inc: $134,497 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTrustees of Deerfield Academy: $39,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $35,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAdirondack Land Trust Inc: $34,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetYoung Victorian Theatre Company: $29,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetTanzania Health Partnership: $26,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetAdirondack Trail Improvement Society Inc: $19,250 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetWake Forest University: $18,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArea Cooperative Educational Services: $12,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Opera Association Inc: $9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNext One Up Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPinky Swear Foundation: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAusable Club Preservation Foundation: $6,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAusable Freshwater Center Incorporated: $6,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Peaks Education Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetVermont Catholic Charities Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOttauquechee Health Foundation Inc: $5,800 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAthletes Committed to Educating Students: $5,250 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWishes & More: $5,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLone Tree Arts Center Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetThe One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chapin School Ltd: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Common Pantry: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorman Williams Public Library Inc: $3,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCaptains for Clean Water Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWoodstock Community Trust Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBest Buy Foundation: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPentangle Council on the Arts: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFair Haven Community Health Clinic Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of Central Florida Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafehouse Denver Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScranton Public Library: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $1,440 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Squash Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRoland Park Community Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCorrectional Association of New York: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrane Mountain Valley Horse Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBard College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Max Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of the New York Society Library: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWoodstock Area Council on Aging: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Medical Pregnancy Center Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSophies Squad: $250 over 1y, 0.2% 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 47.

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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.

Leita & William Hamill Foundation IncNJ15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leita & William Hamill Foundation Inc · Adirondack Foundation · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Rising Phoenix Foundation Inc · Kirby Family Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Dr Frank C Marino Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Saint Paul & Minnesota 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 William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation

How much does William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation give?
William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $126,815 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 49 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Human Services (24%), Health (9%).
Who are William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc ($134k), Trustees of Deerfield Academy ($39k), President and Fellows of Middlebury College ($36k).
Does William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Leita & William Hamill Foundation Inc, Adirondack Foundation, Price Chopper's Golub Foundation.
Where is William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation based?
William and Gayle Chorske Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 97 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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