Saval Charitable Trust

Public charity · Grantmaker Needham, MA EIN: 22-6511492

To provide support to maimonides school of brookline, ma

Saval Charitable Trust at a glance

In short: Saval Charitable Trust gave $1.7M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1.7M), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,687,682
+56.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,687,682
+56.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,687,682
Total assets
$9,659,328
-0.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Massachusetts (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Saval Charitable Trust funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Maimonides School: $1.7MMaimonides School$1.7M

The largest 2025 recipient was Maimonides School ($1.7M).

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K1$250–500K1$500K–1M2$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 2 grants of 4 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

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

Cities

Brookline

How Saval Charitable Trust gives

  • Giving grew 203% from 2022 to 2025. 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$2M1 grant2021 1 grant2022 Total only2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $457K (2021) to $1.7M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1.7M.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Maimonides School Brookline, MATo Facilitate Maimonides School Operating Expenses$1,687,682
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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$9,659,328$654,708$1,784,990$1,687,6821$654,708
2024$9,676,504$301,286$1,153,382$1,075,7101$73,886
2023$9,543,029$315,170$1,011,759$930,962Total only$87,501
2022$9,520,104$460,603$643,791$556,5871$64,369
2021$10,777,617$1,133,106$460,876$456,7981$68,125

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Saval Charitable Trust

Based on IRS filings

Saval Charitable Trust is a public charity, based in Needham, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2021 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $9.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1.7M. Net investment income was $655K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Saval Charitable Trust's 2025 filing lists 3 officers; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Harvey Gertel

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter B. Finn

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Saval

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "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 Saval Charitable Trust

How much does Saval Charitable Trust give each year?

Saval Charitable Trust gave $1.7M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.1M across 1 grant.

How large is Saval Charitable Trust?

Saval Charitable Trust reported $9.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $655K.

Where does Saval Charitable Trust operate?

Saval Charitable Trust has awarded grants in Massachusetts.

What is Saval Charitable Trust's EIN?

Saval Charitable Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 22-6511492. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.

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

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 23, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 29, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS December 11, 2024)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 20, 2026)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 30, 2023)

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