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Yale Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Norton, Massachusetts · EIN 262114024

Yale Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Norton, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $275,360 in 27 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $35,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $291,660 the year before.

63% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$503,36032$2,272
2024$291,66031$8,484
2025$275,36027$0

How to apply

ContactSteven Sheinkopf
42 Leonard St, Norton, MA 02766
Phone or email(617) 822-5344
What to submitRequest application form from the foundation
RestrictionsBoston, ma area

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Yale Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts25$267,360
Maryland1$5,000
Rhode Island1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 27 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation
Hyannis, MA
Charitable$35,000
Foundation for Metro West
Natick, MA
Charitable$35,000
Newton Wellesly Hospital Charitable Foundation
Newton, MA
Charitable$35,000
Jett Foundation
Norwell, MA
Charitable$30,000
Pine Street Inn
Boston, MA
Charitable$15,000
Boston Children's Hospital Trust
Boston, MA
Charitable$10,000
Father Bills and Mainstay Inc
Brockton, MA
Charitable$10,000
Louis D Brown Peace Institute
Dorchester, MA
Charitable$10,000
MSPCC
Lexington, MA
Charitable$10,000
The Greater Boston Food Bank
Boston, MA
Charitable$10,000
Womens Lunch Place
Boston, MA
Charitable$10,000
Various 1000 Per Recipient
Various, MA
Charitable$9,610
Veterans Legal Service
Boston, MA
Charitable$9,000
A Task Force
Boston, MA
Charitable$5,000
Cool Kids Campaign
Towson, MD
Charitable$5,000
Mothers Milk Bank
Newton, MA
Charitable$5,000
Rockland Eagles (Joe Andruzzi Foundation)
Rockland, MA
Charitable$5,000
Beantown Slam
Hyde Park, MA
Charitable$4,000
Friends of Titan Sparrow Park
Boston, MA
Charitable$4,000
Haley Cremer Foundation
North Easton, MA
Charitable$3,000
Mass Breast Cancer Coalition
Franklin, MA
Charitable$3,000
Nathan's Angels
Cumberland, RI
Charitable$3,000
Smile Mass
Sudbury, MA
Charitable$3,000
United Way of Tri County
Framingham, MA
Charitable$2,500
Dorchester Little League
Dorchester, MA
Charitable$1,500
Nantucket Boys & Girls Club
Nantucket, MA
Charitable$1,500
Southend Baseball
Boston, MA
Charitable$1,250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Yale Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Yale Charitable Foundation give?

$275,360 in tax year 2025, across 27 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Yale Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Steven Sheinkopf (Trustee) and Marilyn Newman (Trustee).

What does Yale Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health and youth programs.

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