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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3113225

The Jacoby Chiel Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Newton, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $26,430 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $26,430

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $331,619

  • Tax year 2024

    $33,930

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $327,803

  • Tax year 2023

    $30,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $329,394

  • Tax year 2022

    $22,430

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $327,436

  • Tax year 2021

    $25,900

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $327,412

  • Tax year 2020

    $18,750

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $310,204

  • Tax year 2019

    $16,750

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $305,184

  • Tax year 2018

    $17,750

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $294,488

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Yad ChessedAllston, MA

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $5,000
  2. American Friends of Ohel SarahLake Wood, NJ

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $3,000
  3. Camp Ramah in New EnglandNeedham, MA

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $3,000
  4. Hide and Seek Foundation for Lysosomal Storage Disease ResearchLong Beach, CA

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $3,000
  5. American Friends of Magen David AdornNewark, NJ

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $2,000
  6. HadassahNew York, NY

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $2,000
  7. Adl New YorkNew York, NY

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $1,000
  8. Boston Jewish Film FestivalWest Newton, MA

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $1,000
  9. Harvard ChabadCambridge, MA

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $1,000
  10. Jewish National FundRockville Ctr, NY

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $1,000
  11. Joint Distribution CommitteeNew York, NY

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $1,000
  12. Ramah Day CampNew York, NY

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $1,000
  13. Rofeh InternationalBrookline, MA

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $1,000
  14. Friends of the Arava InstituteNewton Center, MA

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $500
  15. Schechter InstitutesPhiladelphia, PA

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $500
  16. The Abraham InitiativesNew York, NY

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $250
  17. Yachad New EnglandBrooline, MA

    All grants were made for the recipients' general purposes.

    $180

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. International aid2 grants $1,25071% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $50029% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts7 grants $11,680
  2. New York6 grants $6,250
  3. New Jersey2 grants $5,000
  4. California1 grant $3,000
  5. Pennsylvania1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Judith Jacoby ChielPRESIDENT, CLERK, DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jonathan ChielTREASURER, DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Lela Beren JacobyDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Norman JacobyDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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