Private foundation · Purchase, NY

Chess Foundation

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Typical grant size
$5K – $10K – $25K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
32
Repeat grantees
20
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Scott Wallach
TRUSTEE
Caroline Wallach
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
6.1%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'14
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
159
Total grants awarded
$3.0M
Total amount
$19K
Average grant
$339K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$618K
38 grants
2023
$527K
35 grants
2022
$399K
22 grants
2021
$246K
20 grants
2020
$440K
19 grants
2019
$422K
24 grants
2014
$339K
1 grants

Top recipients

See Schedule Attached
1 grant · NY
$339K
Everytown for Gun Safety
6 grants · NY
$275K
6 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$245K
Mount Sinai
1 grant · NY
$206K
6 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$175K
5 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$165K
6 grants · CT · ✓ Exact match
$145K
5 grants · GA · ≈ likely match
$125K
6 grants · CT · ✓ Exact match
$115K
6 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$105K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

New Heights Youth
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Jay Heritage Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$36K
Up2us Sports
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$35K
Winners Lacrosse
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$35K
Soccer Without Borders
GENERAL SUPPORT
MD · TY 2024
$35K
Peace Players
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$35K
Trinity College
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2024
$25K
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Habitat for Humanity
GENERAL SUPPORT
GA · TY 2024
$25K
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2024
$25K
Feeding Westchester
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Focus for a Future
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Everytown for Gun Safety
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Gifford Law Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$25K
Pan Massachusetts Challenge
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$20K
King School
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2024
$13K
Bread of Life
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Capital Squash Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2024
$10K
Heifer International
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$10K
Queens Justice Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Rye Presbyterian Church
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Sierra Club
GENERAL SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Wounded Warrior Project
GENERAL SUPPORT
KS · TY 2024
$10K
Npr
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$10K
1898 Foundation Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Fisher House Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
MD · TY 2024
$10K
New City Parks
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Nature Conservancy
GENERAL SUPPORT
VA · TY 2024
$10K
Rye YMCA
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Rye Youth Athletic Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Rye Free Reading Room
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Friends of Rye Nature Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Carver Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Planned Parenthood
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Rye Historical Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
North Yarmouth Academy
GENERAL SUPPORT
ME · TY 2024
$3K
Rye Fire Department
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Port Chester-rye-rye Book Emergency Medical Services
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Jay Heritage Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$70K
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$25K
Everytown for Gun Safety
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Feeding Westchester
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Doctors Without Borders USA
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Habitat for Humanity
GENERAL SUPPORT
GA · TY 2023
$25K
Carver Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Feeding America
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$25K
Trinity College
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$25K
Gifford Law Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2023
$25K
Focus for a Future
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.