Private foundation · EIN 30-0782279 · Purchase, NY · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where Chess Foundation's grants went
It reported $527,000 in grants paid across 35 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 70.4% of those dollars to 24 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $371K 24 lines
- No confident match $156K 11
What its filing says about applications
Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 32 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jay Heritage Center Rye, NY · EIN 13-3585332 | $70,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY · EIN 13-3433452 | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Known alias 1.00 |
| Feeding America Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3673599 | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Known alias 1.00 |
| Feeding Westchester Elmsford, NY · EIN 13-3507988 | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Focus for a Future New York, NY · EIN 65-1199091 | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY · EIN 13-1924236 | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Known alias 1.00 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation Newtown, CT · EIN 46-1657101 | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Carver Center Port Chester, NY · no confident EIN match | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| Gifford Law Center Washington, DC · no confident EIN match | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| Habitat for Humanity Americus, GA · no confident EIN match | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| Trinity College Hartford, CT · no confident EIN match | $25,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Needham, MA · EIN 04-2746912 | $20,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| American Civil Liberties Union New York, NY · EIN 13-3871360 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 0.90 |
| Capitol Squash Hartford, CT · EIN 27-2791355 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Fisher House Foundation Rockville, MD · EIN 11-3158401 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Heifer Project International Little Rock, AR · EIN 35-1019477 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Known alias 1.00 |
| King School Stamford, CT · EIN 06-1229222 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| The Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA · EIN 53-0242652 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| National Public Radio Washington, DC · EIN 52-0907625 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 0.90 |
| Presbyterian Church in the Town of Rye Rye, NY · EIN 13-1740299 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 0.82 |
| Sierra Club Oakland, CA · EIN 94-1153307 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Exact name 1.00 |
| Wounded Warrior Project Jacksonville, FL · EIN 20-2370934 | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Exact name 1.00 |
| 1898 Foundation Purchase, NY · no confident EIN match | $10,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| Citizens Committee for Children of New York New York, NY · EIN 13-5618593 | $7,500 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Friends of Rye Nature Center Rye, NY · EIN 13-6176032 | $7,500 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| The Rye Historical Society Rye, NY · EIN 13-6156446 | $7,500 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Rye Free Reading Room Rye, NY · EIN 13-1740028 | $5,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Rye YMCA Rye, NY · no confident EIN match | $5,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| North Yarmouth Academy Yarmouth, ME · EIN 01-0211536 | $2,500 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Simmons College Boston, MA · no confident EIN match | $2,500 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
| Port Chester-Rye-Rye Brook Emergency Medical Services Port Chester, NY · EIN 13-6272694 | $1,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 0.84 |
| Rye Fire Dept Rye, NY · no confident EIN match | $1,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Unmatched Help match |
3 more lines ($37.5K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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10 recipients in common - Gannett Foundation New York, NY
10 recipients in common - Baird Foundation Milwaukee, WI
10 recipients in common - Texas Instruments Foundation Dallas, TX
10 recipients in common
Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.