Chess Foundation
Private foundation · Purchase, NY · EIN 30-0782279 · reported 2023–2025
110grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$7,500lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$1.9Mtotal paid
11states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 110 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $30K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
Co Cng 3 Manhattanville Road 301
Purchase, NY 10577-0000
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jay Heritage Center | Rye, NY | $70,000 |
| King School | Stamford, CT | $50,000 |
| New Heights Youth | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 |
| Soccer Without Borders | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | $50,000 |
| Youth Enrichment Services | West Islip, NY | $50,000 |
| New Heights Youth | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 |
| Jay Heritage Center | Rye, NY | $38,000 |
| Jay Heritage Center | Rye, NY | $36,000 |
| Capital Squash Inc | Hartford, CT | $35,000 |
| Children's Aid | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| City Growers | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 |
| Friends of Rye Nature Center | Rye, NY | $35,000 |
| Girl Scouts of Greater New York | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| Peace Players | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
| Soccer Without Borders | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 |
| Up2us Sports | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| Winners Lacrosse | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Feeding Westchester | Elmsford, CT | $25,000 |
| Focus for Future | Rye, NY | $25,000 |
| Gifford Law Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $25,000 |
| Harlem Academy | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Pan Massachusetts Challenge | Needham, MA | $25,000 |
| Carver Center | Port Chester, NY | $25,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Feeding America | Elmsford, CT | $25,000 |
| Feeding Westchester | Elmsford, NY | $25,000 |
| Focus for A Future | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Gifford Law Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $25,000 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $25,000 |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Feeding Westchester | Elmsford, NY | $25,000 |
| Focus for A Future | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Gifford Law Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $25,000 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $25,000 |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Pan Massachusetts Challenge | Needham, MA | $20,000 |
| Pan Massachusetts Challenge | Needham, MA | $20,000 |
| New City Parks | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| King School | Stamford, CT | $12,500 |
| Bread of Life | Rye, NY | $10,000 |
| Fisher House Foundation | Rockville, MD | $10,000 |
| Friends of Rye Town Park | Rye, NY | $10,000 |
| NPR | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Rye Presbyterian Church | Rye, NY | $10,000 |
| Rye YMCA | Rye, NY | $10,000 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $10,000 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $10,000 |
| 1898 Foundation Inc | Purchase, NY | $10,000 |
| ACLU | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Capitol Squash Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 |
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