· Private foundation
Alan Shapiro & Elizabeth Shapiro Charitable Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS | $8,400 |
| PARKINSONS FOUNDATION | $450 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH | $450 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS | $400 |
| VFW | $350 |
| BOYS REPUBLIC | $325 |
| USO | $300 |
| VALLEY FOOD BANK | $200 |
| ST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL | $150 |
| NATIONAL CHILDRENS CANCER SOCIETY | $150 |
| AARP | $150 |
| LOS ANGELES MISSION | $100 |
| AUTISM SPEAKS | $100 |
| DUCKS UNLIMITED | $100 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2023, 20 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BRBoys Republic4× · 2017–2023 · $3k · revenue +80%
- RMRESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE6× · 2017–2023 · $1k · revenue +16%
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC3× · 2021–2023 · $1k · revenue +102%
Funded once
- SOSPECIAL OLYMPICS INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $510 · revenue +44%
- VTVISION TRUST INTone grant, 2017 · $350
- TJTHE JOHN ZAY GUEST HOUSEone grant, 2017 · $200
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.
To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…
How this is measured
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 69 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds INNER-CITY ARTS ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
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- Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES FOUNDATION ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alan Shapiro & Elizabeth Shapiro Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alan Shapiro & Elizabeth Shapiro Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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