Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust
Invitation OnlyWaltham, Massachusetts · EIN 04-6560021 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2024)$3.1M
Organizations funded38
Typical grant$50,000
Total assets$5.8M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $25,000 and $100,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
26% of grants went outside Massachusetts.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Ms Society | New York, NY | To assist people living with multiple sclerosis, and to address the challenges of living with ms. | $350,000 |
| Colel Chabad | Brooklyn, NY | To help those who are too old or disabled to fend for themselves as well as individuals and families in crisis such as widows and orphans,… | $288,000 |
| Bais Yaakov | Brighton, MA | To provide comprehensive judaic studies and challenging secular studies education to orthodox jewish young women in an atmosphere that… | $275,000 |
| New England Hebrew Academy | Brookline, MA | To provide religious and secular education for preschool through high school. | $240,000 |
| The Mesivta of Greater Boston | Brighton, MA | To ensure 100% of their students attend a 4-year college. | $230,000 |
| Gann Academy | Waltham, MA | To bring together students from all corners of the jewish community to strengthen their identity within a pluralistic school. | $150,000 |
| Shaloh House | Brighton, MA | To expand children's intellectual curiosity and capabilities and to provide them with an engaging, challenging, and well-rounded academic… | $125,000 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | To pursue knowledge and its transmission from generation to generation. | $100,000 |
| Epstein Hillel School | Marblehead, MA | To provide a challenging interdisciplinary curriculum that fosters critical thinking, curiosity, creativity, and a love of learning. | $100,000 |
| Hebrew College | Newton, MA | To promote deep jewish learning and inspired leadership with a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor, personal… | $100,000 |
| Rofeh International | Stoughton, MA | To reach out to as many jewish families and individuals as possible in the south of boston area to enrich their lives with the spirit of… | $100,000 |
| Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael | Chestnut Hill, MA | To provide a religious and secular high school education for boys. | $100,000 |
| Boston Jerusalem Charity Fund | Brighton, MA | To relieve, to the extent possible, food insecurity. | $75,000 |
| Yad Chaim | Brighton, MA | To provide support for families in need of food for the sabbath and holidays. | $60,000 |
| 2Life Communities | Brighton, MA | To empower older adults to live with purpose and dignity. | $50,000 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA | To care for our patients like they are family, finding new cures, using the finest and the latest technologies, and teaching and inspiring… | $50,000 |
| Chabad Jewish Center Cape Cod | Hyannis, MA | To promote jewish identity, pride, and continuity; to strengthen the unity of the jewish people. | $50,000 |
| Harvard St Neighborhood Health Center | Dorchester, MA | To provide exemplary care to our communities at every opportunity. | $50,000 |
| Kids Kicking Cancer | Southfield, MI | To ease the pain and trauma of children while empowering them to heal physically, spiritually and emotionally. | $50,000 |
| Solomon Schechter Day School | Newton, MA | To create a jewish educational experience in which each student will be known, belong, be engaged, be inspired and be prepared. | $50,000 |
| The Boston Home | Dorchester, MA | To make a compelling difference in the lives of adults with adavanced progressive neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis,… | $50,000 |
| Tribetalk Inc | Newton, MA | To inspire and mobilize the diverse greater boston jewish community to engage | $50,000 |
| Kollel of Greater Boston Inc | Brighton, MA | To advance jewish education. | $45,000 |
| American Friends of the Jaffa Institute | Bergenfeld, NJ | To provide educational and social enrichment to disadvantaged children and community members; to increase the nutritional security of… | $40,000 |
| Beth Menachem Chabad of Newton | Newton, MA | To develope a sense of community and enhance the experience of being jewish. | $35,000 |
| Aish Torah | New York, NY | To meet jewish new yorkers where they are and connect them to their spiritual and cultural inheritance. | $30,000 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | To advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the… | $30,000 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Doylestown | Doylestown, PA | To promote jewish identity, pride, and continuity; to strengthen the unity of the jewish people. | $25,000 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service | Waltham, MA | To care for individuals and families by providing exceptional human services guided by jewish traditions of social responsibility,… | $25,000 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston, MA | To deliver transformative technical and trade education that leads to economic advancement. | $20,000 |
| Jewish Arts Collaboritive Inc | Newton Centre, MA | To explore and present the rich, diverse, and creative world of jewish arts and culturepast, present, and futureto the widest possible… | $20,000 |
| Bayit Cham | Lakewood, NJ | To provide the best support for people facing mental health challenges. | $15,000 |
| Ezer Mizion | Brooklyn, NY | To provide vitally needed assistance to individuals and their families facing health challenges such as cancer and to the elderly,… | $15,000 |
| Providence Promise | Providence, RI | To promote high education aspirations and more equitable opportunities for providence public school students. | $15,000 |
| Tag Boston | Brighton, MA | To provide the community with the tools to engage in technology in a deliberate, healthy and responsible manner consistent with their… | $15,000 |
| Hebrew Senior Life | Boston, MA | To provide person-centered medical care in a homelike setting for patients with chronic and complex illnesses. | $10,000 |
| Jewish Health Organization | Boston, MA | To ensure access to exceptional medical care for children and adults worldwide who are facing life-threatening issues. | $10,000 |
| Stonybrook Foundation | Stony Brook, NY | To advance the goals and strategic plan of stony brook university by raising and managing private funds on the university's behalf. | $10,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,053,000 | 38 |
| 2023 | $4,893,044 | 60 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Aug 22, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202502349349100310
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 04-6560021
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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