Massachusetts · Private foundation
Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $264k
- Granted FY2018
- 28
- Grants FY2018
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
61% of Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Combined Jewish Philanthropies Of Greater Boston Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $264k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $117,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 6
- Total assets, FY2018
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 0% of the organizations Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 26 | $206k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $137k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Defamation League | $87,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Our Generation Speaks Inc | $58,535 | 7 | 2% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yad Chessed Fund Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Hebrew Senior Life Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $39,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Brothers for Life | $30,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Keshet Inc | $29,800 | 8 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Lahey Health Pharmacy Inc | $25,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Itrek Inc | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($431k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Safty5 Foundation Gordon Owades Trustee · Eastern Bank Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund
- How much does Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund give?
- Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund reported 28 grants totaling $263,600 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Philanthropy (25%), Civil Rights (6%).
- Who are Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Anti-Defamation League ($88k), Our Generation Speaks Inc ($59k), Birthright Israel Foundation ($55k).
- Does Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund based?
- Abraham Shapiro Charity Fund is based in MA.
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