Funding search · EIN 046948423 · Wayland, MA

Sperling Family Charitable 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.

45
grants reported
$5.9M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$72,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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  • Combined Jewish Philanthropies4 grants · $2.0M
  • The Brigham and Women'S Hospital - Sperling Family Executive Leadership Pro3 grants · $1.5M
  • The Brigham and Women'S Hospital1 grant · $500,000
  • Social Finance3 grants · $300,000
  • Ma Wonderfund2 grants · $200,000
  • Temple Shir Tikva2 grants · $175,000
  • American Israel Education Foundation2 grants · $150,000
  • Chabad at Harvard3 grants · $144,000
  • United States Holocaust Memorial1 grant · $100,000
  • Broad Institute1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.3M
2021
$1.4M
2022
$1.0M
2023
$2.1M
2024

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.0M

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    The Brigham and Women'S Hospital - Sperling Family Executive Leadership Pro · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    The Brigham and Women'S Hospital - Sperling Family Executive Leadership Pro · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    The Brigham and Women'S Hospital - Sperling Family Executive Leadership Pro · Boston, MA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $300,000

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $175,000

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Temple Shir Tikva · Wayland, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Ma Wonderfund · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    United States Holocaust Memorial · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Ma Wonderfund · Boston, MA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Broad Institute Inc - Sperling Family Fellowship in Precision Healthcar · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $85,000

    The Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Temple Shir Tikva · Wayland, MA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $72,000

    Chabad at Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $72,000

    Chabad of Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    One Love Foundation · Bronxville, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    One Love Foundation · Bronxville, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $36,000

    Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Agawam, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $36,000

    Chabad at Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $36,000

    Israel Emergency Alliance Dba Stand With US · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $36,000

    Chabad at Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital (Mgh) · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Duke University Concentration Acct - Libraries Annual Fund · Durham, NC · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $21,000

    Israel Emergency Alliance Dba Standwithus · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College - Advisory Council Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Via Art Fund · New York, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Chabad of Downtown Boston · Boston, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Chabad of Puerto Rico · Carolina, PR · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Chabad of Downtown Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Chabad of Puerto Rico · Carolina, PR · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Chabad of Puerto Rico · Carolina Puerto Rico, AS · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Chabad of Puerto Rico · Carolina Puerto Rico, AS · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Boch Center (the Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc) · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $7,200

    Chabad of Charleston · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $7,200

    Chabad of Charleston · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted

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