Funding search · EIN 043328552 · Brooklyn, NY

The Cheswatyr Foundation

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

81
grants reported
$672,955
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Composers Now Fund for Nyc3 grants · $105,000
  • The Jazz Gallery3 grants · $82,300
  • Luna Composition Lab3 grants · $70,000
  • International Contemporaty Ensemble3 grants · $50,000
  • Alarm Will Sound3 grants · $45,000
  • Afro Latin Jazz Alliance2 grants · $44,500
  • New Music USA2 grants · $40,000
  • Kyo-Shin-An Arts3 grants · $21,500
  • Sphinx Foundation3 grants · $16,000
  • Looking Glass Art2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$252,705
2022
$203,650
2023
$216,600
2024

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

  • $42,000

    Afro Latin Jazz Alliance · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $40,000

    Composers Now Fund for Nyc · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $35,000

    Composers Now Fund for Nyc · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $33,400

    The Jazz Gallery · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $30,000

    Composers Now Fund for Nyc · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $30,000

    Luna Composition Lab · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $25,000

    The Jazz Gallery · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $23,900

    The Jazz Gallery · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Alarm Will Sound · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    International Contemporaty Ensemble · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    International Contemporaty Ensemble · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Luna Composition Lab · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    New Music USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Luna Composition Lab · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    New Music USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Alarm Will Sound · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Pnea · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Kyo-Shin-An Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    American Composers Orchesrta · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Alarm Will Sound · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    International Contemporaty Ensemble · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Town Hall · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $8,500

    Make Music Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $8,000

    Harlem Chamber Players · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $8,000

    Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $7,500

    Looking Glass Art · West Fulton, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $7,500

    Looking Glass Art · West Fulton, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Bang On a Can · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $6,500

    Kyo-Shin-An Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Blowcomotion · Austin, TX · 2024

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Sphinx Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Freight and Salvage · Bercley, CA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Parkinsingers · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    American Composers Orchesrta · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Bronx Academy of Art & Dance · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Freight& Salvage · Berkley, CA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Sphinx Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Bronx Academy of Art & Dance · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Locomotion · Austin, TX · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Bronx Academy of Art & Dance · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Kyo-Shin-An Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Sphinx Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $4,500

    Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $4,400

    Bowdoin International Music · Brunswick, ME · 2024

    Charitable

  • $4,000

    Blowcomotion · Austin, TX · 2022

    Charitable

  • $4,000

    Illuminate Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,500

    Jazz Power Initiative · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Celebrity Series of Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Dancespace · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Lower Manhattan Cultural Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    The World Stage · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Iranian Female Composers · Stoneham, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Afro Latin Jazz Alliance · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Craft Emergency Relief · Brattleboro, VT · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Celebrating the Music · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Music Matters · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Ps 21 · Chatham, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Art School of Berkshires Is 183 · Stockbridge, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Great Barrington Land Conservancy · Great Barrington, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Hub New Music · Hartsdale, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,200

    Dc Jazz Festival · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Avalon Theatre · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Ny Circus Project · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    The Leo Project · Chilmark, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    United Methodist Church · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Anacostia Playhouse · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Avalon Theatre · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Wpfw · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Anacostia Playhouse · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Avalon Theatre · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Medgar Evers College Educational Foundation Cuny · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Wpfw · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $750

    East of the River Boys & Girls Steel Drum · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $750

    East of the River Boys & Girls Steel Drum · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $750

    Wcny · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $500

    Music in Common · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $500

    Public Theater · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $450

    Berkshire International Film Festival · Great Barrington, MA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $355

    Broadway Cares · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

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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.