Funding search · EIN 300782279 · Purchase, NY

Chess Foundation

Name: Chess Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

132
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Jay Heritage Center4 grants · $222,000
Everytown for Gun Safety4 grants · $125,000
Trinity College4 grants · $125,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center4 grants · $125,000
New Heights Youth2 grants · $100,000
Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $100,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation4 grants · $85,000
Soccer Without Borders2 grants · $85,000
Gifford Law Center3 grants · $75,000
Feeding Westchester3 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$399,000

2022

$527,000

2023

$618,000

2024

$788,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 132 grants.

$78,000
Jay Heritage Center · Rye, NY · 2022
General purpose
$70,000
Jay Heritage Center · Rye, NY · 2023
General support
$50,000
King School · Stamford, CT · 2025
General support
$50,000
New Heights Youth · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
Soccer Without Borders · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General support
$50,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$50,000
Youth Enrichment Services · West Islip, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
New Heights Youth · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$38,000
Jay Heritage Center · Rye, NY · 2025
General support
$36,000
Jay Heritage Center · Rye, NY · 2024
General support
$35,000
Capital Squash · Hartford, CT · 2025
General support
$35,000
Children'S Aid · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$35,000
City Growers · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General support
$35,000
Friends of Rye Nature Center · Rye, NY · 2025
General support
$35,000
Girl Scouts of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$35,000
Peace Players · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$35,000
Soccer Without Borders · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
$35,000
Up2us Sports · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$35,000
Winners Lacrosse · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Feeding Westchester · Elmsford, CT · 2025
General support
$25,000
Focus for Future · Rye, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Gifford Law Center · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$25,000
Pan Massachusetts Challenge · Needham, MA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
Feeding Westchester · Elmsford, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
Focus for a Future · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
Gifford Law Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$25,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$25,000
Carver Center · Port Chester, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Feeding America · Elmsford, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
Feeding Westchester · Elmsford, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Focus for a Future · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Gifford Law Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$25,000
Carver Center · Port Chester, NY · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Focus for a Future · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Pan Massachusetts Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Pan Massachusetts Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
New City Parks · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$12,500
King School · Stamford, CT · 2024
General support
$11,000
Rye Youth Council · Rye, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,500
Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Bread of Life · Rye, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2025
General support
$10,000
Friends of Rye Town Park · Rye, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Npr · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Rye Presbyterian Church · Rye, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Rye Ymca · Rye, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2025
General support
$10,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2025
General support
$10,000
1898 Foundation · Purchase, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Bread of Life · Rye, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Capital Squash · Hartford, CT · 2024
General support
$10,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2024
General support
$10,000
Heifer International · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$10,000
New City Parks · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Npr · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Queens Justice Center · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Rye Presbyterian Church · Rye, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2024
General support
$10,000
1898 Foundation · Purchase, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Capitol Squash · Hartford, CT · 2023
General support
$10,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023
General support
$10,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AZ · 2023
General support
$10,000
King School · Stamford, CT · 2023
General support
$10,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Npr · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Rye Presbyterian Church · Rye, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Sierra Club · Bedford, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2023
General support
$10,000
Rye Presbyterian Church · Rye, NY · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
Rye Ymca · Rye, NY · 2022
General purpose
$7,500
Citizens Committee for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$7,500
Friends of Rye Nature Center · Rye, NY · 2023
General support
$7,500
Rye Historical Society · Rye, NY · 2023
General support
$7,500
Safe Passage · Yarmouth, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Camp Timanous · Raymond, ME · 2025
General support
$5,000
Carver Center · Port Chester, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Rye Free Reading Room · Rye, NY · 2025
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.