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Private foundation (trust)EIN 137109402Est. 1998-01

Challenger Foundation

Garden City, NY 11530

Total Assets

$35.1M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.5M

FY 2024

Grants Made

10

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$148K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$50K–$500K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.2M

Total Expenses

$1.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.5M

Distributable Amount

$1.7M

Min. Investment Return

$1.7M

Payout rate 91%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.91%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

10 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $50K through median $63K to maximum $500K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2019 to 2024. Peak $3.6M in 2019. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

27 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

Mass General Hospital (Stock)
$3.3M
2 grants
Fordham University (Stock)
$1.2M
2 grants
University of Michigan
$500K
1 grant
The Episcopal Academy
$415K
3 grants
Cristo Rey Network
$300K
1 grant
Travis Manion Foundation
$200K
3 grants
Fordham University
$100K
1 grant
Horizons Greater Philadelphia Inc
$85K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

27 grants

<$10K
2
grants
$10–50K
10
grants
$50–250K
7
grants
$250K–1M
6
grants
$1–5M
2
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

8 states

Massachusetts
$3.4M
44% of total
New York
$2.6M
34% of total
Pennsylvania
$765K
10% of total
Michigan
$500K
7% of total
Illinois
$300K
4% of total
District of Columbia
$75K
1% of total
Rhode Island
$20K
0% of total
California
$15K
0% of total

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