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Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation: 42 grants to organizations, $670,558 (tax year ended September 2025)
Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation, a private foundation in Cambridge, MA, paid 42 grants to organizations totaling $670,558 in its tax year ended September 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on February 15, 2026. The largest was $85,000 to Temple Israel of Boston in Boston, MA for to live judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact..
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- EIN
- 043491360
- Based in
- Cambridge, MA
- Assets
- $0
- Grants paid
- $670,558
- Tax year ended
- September 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended September 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed February 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202600469349100450. It reported $670,558 in grants paid; 42 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel of Boston | Boston, MA | To live judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact. | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | To provide those in need with access to basic services and mental health care, fight antisemitism and jewish hate, create opportunities for people to connect with jewish life and israel, ensure our je | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Brookline, MA | To provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseas | $54,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | To foster and maintain an organization dedicated to the making of music consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical art, creating performance and providing educational and training programs | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | To support the pursuit of knowledge and its transmission from generation to generation | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wbur | Boston, MA | To produce high-quality journalism and enriching experiences that foster understanding, connection and community for an expanding circle of people. | $42,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| WGBH | Boston, MA | To deliver compelling stories, experiences, and information to audiences wherever they are. | $40,358 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Musuem of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | To house and preserve preeminent collections and aspire to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art. | $31,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mass General Hospital | Boston, MA | To provide compassionate, research-infused care for generations to come | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Us Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | To teach the lessons of the holocaust, preserve the evidence, and amplify survivors' voices. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kollel of Greater Boston | Brighton, MA | To give back to the nation by bring torah to every jew and by creating leaders who will bring torah to every jew. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bryn Mawr College | Byrn Mawr, PA | To educate students to the highest standard of excellence to prepare them for lives of purpose. | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hebrew Senior Life | Roslindale, MA | To honor our elders, by respecting and promoting their independence, spiritual vigor, dignity, and choice, and by recognizing that they are a resource to be cherished. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | To defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the constitution and the laws of the united states guarantee everyone in this country. | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charley Davidson Children's Cancer Fund | Boston, MA | To support mass general brigham for children in its mission to improve the quality of life and the chance of a full recovery for young patients everywhere. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colel Chabad | Brooklyn, NY | To provide life-preserving assistance to israel's neediest people regardless of gender, age, marital status, ethnicity, or religious observance. | Religion-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Umass Foundation | Newton, MA | To stimulate philanthropic support for the university from alumni, parents, friends, foundations, and beyond, we professionally invest, manage, and distribute the investments of our donors to drive gr | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arlington Boys & Girls Club | Arlington, MA | To provide a fun, safe, supportive place for children to learn and grow; to have ongoing relationships with caring adults; and to take part in life enhancing programs emphasizing leadership, character | $8,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Coolidge Corner Theatre | Brookline, MA | To entertain, inform, and engage and to build a vital community through film culture. | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston, MA | To end hunger through compassion and action. | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friendship Circle | Brooklyn, NY | To spread happiness and companionship among children and young adults with special needs by celebrating individuality. | $7,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hadassah | New York, NY | To enhance the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, and youth development, and support of medical care and research at hadassah medical or | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | To provide impartial medical relief to vistims of war, desease, natural or man-made disaster. | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wellmet Project | Cambridge, MA | To help adults with psychiatric disabilities get back on their feet by providing transitional housing, counseling, and consistent structure. | Mental health and crisis intervention | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Womens Lunch Place | Boston, MA | To inspire hope and support the development of self-sustaining skills for women experiencing hunger, homelessness, and poverty. | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chabad On Campus | New York, NY | To support the vibrancy and growth of jewish student life on campus through sustainability and success of chabad houses worldwide. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mscpa-Angell | Boston, MA | To protect animals, relieve their suffering, advance their health and welfare, prevent cruelty, and work for a just and compassionate society. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rosie's Place | Boston, MA | To offer sanctuary and support to women struggling with homelessness and poverty. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | To advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vilna Shul | Boston, MA | To spark excitement and curiousity about jewish culture and our american immigrant story through vibrant and meaningful experiences. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Jewish Film Festival | West Newton, MA | To celebrate the richness of the jewish experience through film and media. | $3,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chabad of Tuscany | Firenze, IT | To set into motion a dazzling array of programs, services and institutions to serve jewish people worldwide. | $3,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Agassiz Village | Framingham, MA | To prepare kids for life's journey through our exceptional summer camp experience and year-long programming, youth develop and practice critical leadership and life-shaping skills that positively impa | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | To ensure magen david adom can save thousands of lives each year in israel, from a sick child to a victim of a rocket attack. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | To raise the necessary funds to send every eligible young jewish adult on birthright israel. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fuller Craft Museum | Brockton, MA | To explore the leading edge of craft through exhibtions, collections, education, and public programs, we challenge perceptions and build appreciation of the material world. | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hias | Silver Spring, MD | To provide vital services to refugees and asylum seekers around the world, which is needed now more than ever. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Women's Archive | Newton, MA | To document jewish women's stories, elevate their voices, and inspire them to be agents of change. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Brain Tumor Association | Newton, MA | To unrelentingly invest in, mobilize, and unite the brain tumor community to discover a cure, deliver effective treatments, and advocate for patients and caregivers. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre | Cambridge, MA | To create new ballets of excellence that are stimulating and culturally relevant to diverse audiences. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Boston, MA | To care for our patients, conduct research to gain knowledge and develop new treatments, and provide educational opportunitites for physicians and other healthcare professionals. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wyner Family Jewish Hertiage Center | Boston, MA | To preserve new england jewish history, explore jewish heritage, and educate wide audiences about the american jewish experience. | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended September 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed January 24, 2025, IRS object ID 202540249349100404. It reported $165,100 in grants paid; 32 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston | Boston, MA | To support and strengthen the jewish community in greater boston, in israel, and around the world with us | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Camera | Boston, MA | To promote accurate, balanced and complete media coverage of israel and the middle east | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | To foster and maintain an organization dedicated to the making of music consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical art, creating performance and providing educational and training programs | Arts, culture and humanities | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Brookline, MA | To provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of cancer and related disease | Medical research | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boston Jewish Film Festival | Newton, MA | To celebrate jewish religion through film and media | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colel Chabad | Brooklyn, NY | To provide assistance to the israeli community | Religion-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | To empower mgh to make further progress to improve patients' lives, strengthen communities and create a healthier world | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Temple Israel | Boston, MA | To live judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| WGBH | Boston, MA | To make trustworthy journalism be available and accessible to all people, of all income brackets, across every single region of america | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Musuem of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | To make the musuem of fine arts accessible to all and preserve it for the future | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hebrew Senior Life | Roslindale, MA | To provide care and services to seniors | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Us Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | To rescue holocaust evidence, confront hatred, and prevent genocide | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Friendship Circle | Brooklyn, NY | To bring happiness and companionship to children and young adults with special needs by celebrating their individuality, as well as bringing energy, support, and peace of mind to their families | $3,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chabad of Tuscany | Firenze, IT | To support programs dedicated to the welfare of the jewish people worldwide | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Haddassah | New York, NY | To advocate and advance the health and well-being of jewish women | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Women's Archive | Newton, MA | To document jewish women's stories, elevate their voices, and inspire them to be agents of change | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yeshiva Schools | Pittsburgh, PA | To ensure all children entrusted to us develop a love of torah, awe of hashem, refined character traits, and life and academic skills | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aclu | New York, NY | To defend the rights and liberties of the american people provided by the u.s. constitution | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Agassiz Village | Framingham, MA | To offer children the opportunity, in a summer camp environment, to develop and practice leadership and life skills that will impact their future in education, family, career, and in their communities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | To ensure israel has the resources today for the crisis it will face tomorrow, and every emergency in between | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Jewish Committee | Philadelphia, PA | To advance the safety and security of jewish communities across the u.s. and around the world | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Anti-Defamation League | Boston, MA | To stop the defamation of the jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment to all | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Arts Collarborative | Newton Center, MA | To curate, celebrate, and build community around the diverse world of jewish arts, culture, and creative expression | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Metro Opera | New York, NY | To support the metropolitan opera in bringing thrilling productions to opera lovers worldwide | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Brain Tumor Society | Newton, MA | To invest in, mobilize, and unite the brain tumor community to discover a cure, deliver effective treatments, and advocate for patients and caregivers | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unicef | New York, NY | To suppport quality education in malawi by providing kids in need with the desks and scholarships they need to continue to learn and build bright futures | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vilna Shul | Boston, MA | To spark excitement and curiosity about jewish culture and our american immigrant story through vibrant and meaningful experiences. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wellmet Project | Cambridge, MA | To help adults with psychiatric disabilities get back on their feet by providing transitional housing, counseling, and consistent structure | Mental health and crisis intervention | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Womens Lunch Place | Boston, MA | To support hunger-relief and combat poverty for women in the community | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hospitality Homes | Boston, MA | To make it possible for guests to find a place to call home while they receive essential medical treatment in boston | Housing and shelter | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish Heritage Center | Boston, MA | To fund the exploration, preservation and advancement of the history of jewish families, institutions, and communities in new england and beyond. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | To bring hope and healing to the world's forgotten poor | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $95,000 |
| Education | $70,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $63,000 |
| Religion-related | $20,000 |
| Medical research | $12,000 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $7,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $4,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $697,658 |
| New York | $67,900 |
| District of Columbia | $35,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $23,000 |
| Tennessee | $5,000 |
| Maryland | $1,000 |
| Texas | $500 |
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Updated February 15, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.