Funding search · EIN 043369962 · Newton, MA

Trefler Foundation

Name: Trefler Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

67
grants reported: $2.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Massachusetts General Hospital5 grants · $1.7M
Noble and Greenough School3 grants · $171,000
Year Up1 grant · $100,000
Ma League of Community Health Centers1 grant · $75,000
Union Capital Boston2 grants · $65,000
Ellie Fund2 grants · $60,000
The Teachers Lounge2 grants · $50,000
Leadership Brainery2 grants · $50,000
Mspca Angell3 grants · $40,000
Massachusetts Alliance for Early College1 grant · $35,000

Giving over time

$225,000

2022

$685,500

2023

$285,000

2024

$1.6M

2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$1.1M
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$200,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$200,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
$143,500
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$100,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$87,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$75,000
Ma League of Community Health Centers · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$57,000
Noble and Greenough School · Dedham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$57,000
Noble and Greenough School · Dedham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$57,000
Noble and Greenough School · Dedham, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$50,000
Ellie Fund · Needham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$40,000
Leadership Brainery · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$40,000
Union Capital Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$35,000
Massachusetts Alliance for Early College · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$35,000
The Teachers Lounge · Roslindale, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$25,000
Duet · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$25,000
Mspca Angell · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$25,000
Union Capital Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$25,000
Empower Our Crown Foundation · Milton, MA · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
$20,000
Youth Guidance Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$15,000
Edvestors · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$15,000
Boston Debate League · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$15,000
Panthers Legends Academic Youth · West Roxbury, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$15,000
Shine Bright Workshops · Norwood, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$15,000
The Teachers Lounge · Roslindale, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Embrace Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Mspca Angell · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Ellie Fund · Needham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Embrace Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Mother Caroline Academy · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Boston Police Activities League · Dorchester, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Commonwealth Kitchen · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Daddy & Me · Hyde Park, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Foundation for Bcyf · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Genunity · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Leadership Brainery · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Louis D Brown Peace Institute · Dorchester, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Massachusetts Project 351 · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Pim Project · Randolph, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Score 4 More · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
The Base · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
The Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
The Center for Teen Empowerment · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
United South End Settlements · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$10,000
Youth in Crisis Ministry · Randolph, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$8,500
Philanthropy Ma · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$7,620
Philanthropy Ma · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$7,500
1 Day Sooner · Claymont, DE · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$7,500
Hoops Collaborative Youth Development Program · Brockton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$7,500
Rose Conservatory · Brockton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$7,500
The Upward Project · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$7,000
Philanthropy Ma · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$5,000
Center for Teen Empowerment · Dorchester, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$5,000
Haley House · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$5,000
Necat · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$5,000
Social Capital · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$5,000
Boston Women'S Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$5,000
Haley House · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$5,000
Mspca Angell · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$5,000
Sportsmen'S Tennis and Enrichment Center · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$5,000
Smash Mouth Wrestling Club · Brockton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$3,000
Social Capital · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$2,500
The Base · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$1,500
Boston Raiders Youth Football and Cheer Pop Warner Little Scholars · Hyde Park, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift
$1,000
One Love Sports Academy · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted charitable gift

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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.