Funding search · EIN 046855905 · Chestnut Hill, MA
Schechter 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.
- 92
- grants reported
- $97,446
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $100
- 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
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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.
- Jewish Family and Childrens Service4 grants · $55,000
- Brandegee Foundation3 grants · $10,000
- 2 Life Communities4 grants · $5,500
- Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters4 grants · $4,818
- Jewish Community Relations Council4 grants · $4,080
- 2life Communities2 grants · $2,500
- Greenlight Fund2 grants · $1,880
- Aclu4 grants · $1,800
- Make a Difference3 grants · $1,373
- Media Matters for America3 grants · $1,300
Giving over time
Grant history
All 92 reported grants, largest first.
- $25,000
Jewish Family and Childrens Service · Waltham, MA · 2023
General Support and Holocaust Services
- $15,000
Jewish Family and Childrens Service · Waltham, MA · 2024
General Support and Holocaust Services
- $15,000
Jewish Family and Childrens Service · Waltham, MA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Brandegee Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $3,330
Jewish Community Relations Council · Boston, MA · 2023
Holocaust education and Yom HaShoah Commemoration
- $2,500
2 Life Communities · Brighton, MA · 2024
General support
- $2,500
2life Communities · Brighton, MA · 2024
General Support
- $2,500
2 Life Communities · Brighton, MA · 2023
General support
- $1,880
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $1,800
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters · Waltham, MA · 2024
General support
- $1,800
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters · Waltham, MA · 2023
General support
- $1,373
Make a Difference · Memphis, TN · 2023
General support
- $1,218
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters · Waltham, MA · 2022
General Support
- $1,200
Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $1,000
New England Friends of March of the Living · Sharon, MA · 2024
General Support
- $1,000
Bay Cove Human Services · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $891
Greenlight Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $750
Jewish Community Relations Council · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support
- $729
American Jewish Committee of Ne · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $600
Aclu · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $600
Aclu · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $600
Rofeh · Brookline, MA · 2023
General support
- $600
Aclu · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
- $500
2 Life Communities · Brighton, MA · 2022
General support
- $500
Writers Without Margins · Plymouth, MA · 2022
General support
- $370
Dana Farber'S Pmc · Needham, MA · 2022
General support
- $350
New England Center for Homeless Vets · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $300
Three Squares · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $280
Propublica · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
- $260
Propublica · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
- $250
American Jewish Committee of Ne · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $250
Dana Farber'S Pmc · Needham, MA · 2023
PMC Bike Ride
- $250
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
- $250
Secular Coalition of America · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $240
Institute for the Study of War · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $240
Propublica · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
- $125
American Diabetes Association · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
- $120
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $120
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $120
Wikimedia · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
- $120
Wikimedia · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
- $110
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support
- $100
Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $100
Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $100
Rescue Me Tucson · Tucson, AZ · 2023
General support
- $100
Facing History Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $100
Sandy Hook Promise · Newtown, CT · 2022
General support
- $100
Topol Family Foundation · Melrose, MA · 2022
General Support
- $70
Massachusetts Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2022
General support
- $70
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $50
Long Now Boston · Bedford, MA · 2023
General support
- $30
Wikimedia · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
- $0
2 Life Communities · Brighton, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
2life Communities · Brighton, MA · 2025
General Support
- $0
Aclu · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $0
American Diabetes Association · Arlington, VA · 2025
General support
- $0
American Jewish Committee of Ne · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $0
Bay Cove Human Services · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
Beyond the 11th · Needham, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
Brandegee Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
Dana Farbers Pmc · Needham, MA · 2025
PMC Bike Ride
- $0
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
Institute for the Study of War · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $0
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters · Waltham, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
Jewish Community Relations Council · Boston, MA · 2025
Holocaust education and Yom HaShoah Commemoration
- $0
Jewish Family and Childrens Service · Waltham, MA · 2025
General Support and Holocaust Services
- $0
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
- $0
Long Now Boston · Bedford, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
Make a Difference · Memphis, TN · 2025
General support
- $0
Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $0
New England Friends of March of the Living · Sharon, MA · 2025
General Support
- $0
Patriots for Ukraine · Orlando, FL · 2025
General support
- $0
Philadelphia Outwaard Bound · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
- $0
Propublica · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
- $0
Rescue Me Tucson · Tucson, AZ · 2025
General support
- $0
Rofeh · Brookline, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
Secular Coalition of America · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $0
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
- $0
Wikimedia · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
- $0
American Diabetes Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
- $0
Bay Cove Human Services · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $0
Brandegee Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $0
Dana Farber'S Pmc · Needham, MA · 2024
PMC Bike Ride
- $0
Hebrew Seniorlife · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $0
Jewish Community Relations Council · Boston, MA · 2024
Holocaust education and Yom HaShoah Commemoration
- $0
Kipp Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
- $0
Long Now Boston · Bedford, MA · 2024
General support
- $0
Make a Difference · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
- $0
Rescue Me Tucson · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General support
- $0
Rofeh · Brookline, MA · 2024
General support
- $0
Secular Coalition of America · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
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