Grants awarded
Who does Chess Foundation fund?
Chess Foundation has awarded $3.0 million across 171 grants to 80 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $25,000.
Total awarded
$3.0M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
80
Grants
171
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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$226K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| M Mount Sinai | $206K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| E Everytown for Gun Safety | $200K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | $175K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Trinity College | $145K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Feeding Westchester INC
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$135K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $125K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation
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$110K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| N New Heights Youth | $100K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$95K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$80K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| G Gifford Law Center | $75K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Carver Center | $55K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| S Soccer Without Borders | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rye Presbyterian Church | $50K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K King School | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Youth Enrichment Services | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Doctors Without Borders USA | $45K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Capital Squash INC | $45K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jay Heritage Center | $38K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| F Friends of Rye Nature Center | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Up2us Sports | $35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Girl Scouts of Greater New York | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Children's Aid | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C City Growers | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N NPR | $30K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Harlem Academy | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Focus for Future | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Feeding America
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
King School Incorporated
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$22K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
Citizens Committee for Children of New York
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$22K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| B Bread of Life | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
The Nature Conservancy
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$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
Wounded Warrior Project INC
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$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
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$20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| H Heifer International | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| 1 1898 Foundation INC | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$18K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $18K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Rye Free Reading Room
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$17K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Greenwich Hospital
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CT | |
Planned Parenthood
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$15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
North Yarmouth Academy
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$12K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$11K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| B Boston Foundation INC | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A ACLU | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CT | |
| Q Queens Justice Center | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Friends of Rye Town Park | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| F Fisher House Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
Port Chester Carver Center INC
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| W Wounded Warrior Project | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Giving Tree Global INC | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| S Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Young Mens Christian Association of Rye NY | $5K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| R Rye Youth Athletic Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Carver Center | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rye Historical Society | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rye Youth Council | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Port Chester-Rye-Rye Book Emergency Medical Services | $5K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rye Fire Dept | $3K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Simmons College | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N North Yarmouth Academy | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rye Volunteer Firefighters Department | $2K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Port Chester-Rye-Rye Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps INC | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Rye Fire Department | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| V Vgc Foundation | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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