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 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

holocaustbikecommemorationeducationhashoahrideservices

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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

$21,429
2022
$48,158
2023
$27,859
2024
$0
2025

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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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.