American Chai Trust
New York, NY · EIN 13-6130992. Reported 57 grants totalling $281,000 to 37 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. American Chai Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter College | New York, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Museum | New York, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Federation of Arts | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lunchbreak | Red Bank, NJ | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance | New York, NY | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Peace Institute | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Riverside Church Food Pantry | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Say | Irvington, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chamber Music Society | New York, NY | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gabrielle's Angel Foundation | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Acacemy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Jewish Campus Berlin | Brooklyn, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The New School | New York, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Vera List Center for Art and Politics | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Open Hands Legal Services | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Parkinson Disease Association | Staten Island, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asian Society | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bronxworks | Bronx, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kristi House | Miami, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Market Steer Mission | Morris Town, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nonprofit New York | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Residency Unlimited | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rosey's Rescue | Atkinson, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stuttering Association for the Young | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Young (say) | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Hall Citywide | New York, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Disabled American Veterans Ch 74 | Freehold, NJ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gregory's Learning Center | Roselle, NJ | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Resource Institute | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Education Africa | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gods Love We Deliver | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rhizome | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colel Chabad | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sage | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
14 of 37 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 46%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $122,000 | $4,500 |
| 2022 | 10 | $38,500 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $120,500 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. American Chai Trust has 13 of them, worth $58,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| American Federation of Arts | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| American Parkinson Disease Association | Staten Island, NY | $5,000 |
| Hunter College | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| International Peace Institute | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Lunchbreak | Red Bank, NJ | $5,000 |
| New Museum | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Salesian Missions | New Rochelle, NY | $5,000 |
| South Bronx United | Bronx, NY | $5,000 |
| The Vera List Center for Art and Politics | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Stuttering Association for the Young | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Brooklyn Acacemy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 |
| International Foundation for Art Research | New York, NY | $2,500 |
| Rhizome | New York, NY | $2,500 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 87% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from American Chai Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Perlman 521 Fifth Ave 30FL, New York, NY, 10175. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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