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 2022–2024. 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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