New York · Nonprofit
CHAI LIFELINE INC
CHAI LIFELINE INC (New York) receives grants from 940 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,336,943 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($9,941,441). 532 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $33M
- Funders on record
- 940
- Grants received
- $46M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Chai Lifeline Inc does
Mission
Chai lifeline is an international health support network, providing social, emotional, financial and practical assistance to children, families and communities facing illness, crisis, or loss. Chai lifeline offers more than two-dozen year-round programs and services, including case management and counseling; meals delivered to hospitals and homes; transportation to medical appointments; hospital and in-home respite; emergency financial assistance; insurance advocacy; trips, retreats and special events; project chai crisis intervention, trauma, and bereavement support; clinical interventions; educational resources; I-shine afterschool programming; and its flagship summer programs camp simcha, camp simcha special, and camp simcha without borders for children and teens with life-threatening and lifelong illness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Family and community programs: these programs restore a sense of normalcy to young patients and their families while fighting illness by enhancing emotional and social bonds. In the past year, thousands of big brothers and sisters served as mentors to ill children and siblings. 63 holiday parties and family days gave children and families a chance to celebrate together. I-shine afterschool programming provided support and care to 1,003 children living with illness or loss in their families. 12,536 crisis and trauma interventions, workshops, presentations, and consultations reached over 250,000 people worldwide, including individuals, families, schools, and community organizations.
$12,685,323 spentof which $514,555 as grants47% of program spendingSummer camp programs: chai lifeline operates two medically supervised summer camp programs on one campus for seriously ill children with life-threatening and lifelong illnesses. Camp simcha is open to children and teens with cancer and other blood-based illnesses. Camp simcha special is designed to meet the medical and social needs of children and teens with multiple, disparate chronic illnesses and/or disabilities. Each camp runs two, two-week sessions every summer at their 125-acre, fully accessible campground in glen spey, ny. Activities include adapted sports, swimming (including red cross instruction), boating, crafts, workshops, and special events like concerts and shows. The goals of the camps are to facilitate independence; build social, emotional, and daily living skills; enhance knowledge of one's illness and capabilities, and encourage the development of friendships and supportive relationships that continue throughout the year. In addition, chai lifeline operates camp simcha without borders, which hosts programs and events in communities across the u.s. In total, 993 children and teens took part in simcha programming in 2024.
$7,216,587 spent27% of program spendingHospital and home-based services: goals include enabling the family unit to continue to function during medical crises; providing in-hospital support to patients and caregivers; and bringing joy and hope to young patients and their families. Initial support begins with a case manager's evaluation that identifies needs and suggests programmatic responses. In 2024, chai lifeline provided emotional, social, and financial support to 10,952 families through medical referrals and advocacy; 5,595 volunteers raised spirits and provided critical support; 91,406 people received transportation to medical appointments, thus facilitating treatment compliance; 122,133 nourishing meals were delivered to hospitals and homes; 5,497 respite hospital and home-based volunteer visits offered comfort and relief; and 2,805 families received financial assistance through the evan levy z"l fund.
$6,534,865 spentof which $265,074 as grants$79,363 earned by the program24% of program spendingGrants to various other charitable organizations
$400,818 spentof which $400,818 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,837,593.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $19M to $27M (+42%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 8% · 2021 6% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
122% of CHAI LIFELINE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 243 funders to 318 funders, grant income rose $3.3M → $7.5M.
55 of 940 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHAI LIFELINE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 940 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHAI LIFELINE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
71% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHAI LIFELINE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 28% · 2019 27% · 2020 22% · 2021 20% · 2022 24% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
36% of CHAI LIFELINE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
66% of CHAI LIFELINE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $16M that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 34 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHAI LIFELINE INC has grown faster than half of the 4,580 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding CHAI LIFELINE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $19k on record.
- NJ$19k
- FL$416
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHAI LIFELINE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- American Friends of Chaiyanu Inc · exempt
- Congregation Chai Lifeline · exempt
- Chai Lifeline New Jersey · exempt
- Chai Lifeline Children's Fund Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC?
- CHAI LIFELINE INC (New York) receives grants from 940 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,336,943 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($9,941,441). 532 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHAI LIFELINE INC have?
- IRS filings report 940 organizations giving $46,336,943 in grants to CHAI LIFELINE INC, 532 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHAI LIFELINE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $9,941,441 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHAI LIFELINE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 940 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing