Chessed Rifka

Public charity · Grantmaker Lakewood, CO EIN: 84-1527138

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Chessed Rifka at a glance

In short: Chessed Rifka gave $28K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $28K), mostly in New Jersey. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$28,000
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$28,000
Median grant
$28,000
Total assets
$9,937,388
Primary geography
New Jersey (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Chessed Rifka funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Beth Medrash Gohova: $28KBeth Medrash Gohova$28K

The largest 2025 recipient was Beth Medrash Gohova ($28K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

LakewoodBrooklynJackson

How Chessed Rifka gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+4%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M4 grants2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2021) to $1.7M (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $28K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Beth Medrash Gohova Lakewood, NJSupport Org in Community Purposes$28,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$9,937,388$336,948$34,400$28,0001$112,422
2023$9,852,548$291,660$40,000$27,0001$144,101
2022$9,600,888$262,369$39,970$27,0001$37,833
2021$9,378,489$248,298$34,950$25,0001$23,806
2020$9,165,144$235,151$45,858$33,0001$36,950
2019$8,975,851$1,770,218$1,683,597$1,656,5004$59,232

About Chessed Rifka

Based on IRS filings

Chessed Rifka is a public charity, based in Lakewood, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $9.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $28K. Net investment income was $112K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Chessed Rifka is led by David Sebbag, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • David Sebbag

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Asher Sebbag

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack Mueller

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lawrence Rosenberg

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Eliezar Kuperman (2019–2023) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Chessed Rifka

How much does Chessed Rifka give each year?

Chessed Rifka gave $28K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990.

How large is Chessed Rifka?

Chessed Rifka reported $9.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $337K.

Where does Chessed Rifka operate?

Chessed Rifka has awarded grants in New Jersey, New York.

What is Chessed Rifka's EIN?

Chessed Rifka's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-1527138. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 12, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 10, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 29, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 17, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 27, 2024)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 13, 2026)

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