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Alfred A & Hanina Z Shasha Foundation at a glance

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Alfred A & Hanina Z Shasha Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$232k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.5MEnvironment$580kReligion$334kInternational$308kCivil Rights$283kYouth Development$184kEducation$158kArts & Culture$143kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $101k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
$3,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UJA Federation$84,550
Making Peace Visible$25,000
AJC Transatlantic Institute$25,000
Westchester Jewish Council$21,122
Nature Conservancy$20,000
American Jewish Committee$10,000
American Sephardi Federation$9,000
ISEF$5,000
PEF Israel Endowment Funds Inc$5,000
Pomfret School$4,000
Stand with Us$3,600
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy$3,600
Project Lyme$3,000
DOROT Inc$2,000
Education for Employment$1,800
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Fisherman Mark: $500 → 4%Chai4Ever: $1k → 11%Fisherman Mark: $360 → 4%DOROT Inc: $2k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
LA
AL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 23% of Alfred A & Hanina Z Shasha Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Alfred A & Hanina Z Shasha Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 25 repeat orgs$617k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
20

Total granted

$1.6M
$585k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+9%

Still filing today

64%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalCivil RightsArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $512k · revenue +39%
  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $198k · revenue +116%
  • AS
    AMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $183k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • AF
    American Friends of the Hebrew
    one grant, 2017 · $300k
  • TW
    THE WATERSHED CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -6%
  • JA
    JDC Arlene Fern School
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
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.

04Its field

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.

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Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
2
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
3
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
5
The Jerusalem Connection
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6
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
7
Sherit Isroel
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8
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc

The middle east media research institute (memri) explores the middle east through its media, providing timely translations from arabic, farsi, urdu, pashtu, and turkish media and publishing original analysis of political, ideological,…

International
9
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
10
Jewish News Service Inc

See schedule ojewish news service, inc. ("jns") was organized as a non-profit corporation under the general laws of massachusetts and is an independent business resource and syndication service covering jewish news and israel news for…

Education
11
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
12
American Council for World Jewry Inc

Founded so jews, worldwide, can join together in partnership, ensuring our common good and coolective survival. the council acts in the belief that the key to successfully countering threats against the jewish people and the state if…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Israel Policy Forum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

36 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. 36 of the 58 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
25/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $580,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYAmerican Friends of the Hebrew: $300,000 · OtherAmerican Friends of the HebrewISEF: $292,500 · OtherISEFJDC Arlene Fern School: $100,000 · OtherJDC Arlene Fern SchoolFilmmakers Collaborative: $64,000 · Other+34 more: $281,462 · Other+34 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABL…THE WATERSHED CENTER INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementTHE WATERSHED CENTER INCUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $511,800 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEA…PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $162,500 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMEN…+2 more: $29,200 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $197,860 · Civil RightsNonprofit VOTE Inc: $15,000 · Civil RightsUNITED NATIONS WATCH - USA: $8,200 · Civil RightsAMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION: $183,115 · Youth DevelopmentJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $43,960 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $27,400 · InternationalMAKING PEACE VISIBLE INC: $25,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $13,800 · InternationalEDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT: $8,600 · International+3 more: $4,600 · InternationalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $85,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,617,962Community Improvement$1,100,000Philanthropy$703,500Civil Rights$221,060Youth Development$183,115International$123,360Crime & Legal$85,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $580,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $511,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $197,860 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION: $183,115 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $162,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WATERSHED CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $43,960 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $27,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL INC: $24,922 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNonprofit VOTE Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC: $14,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $13,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT: $8,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NATIONS WATCH - USA: $8,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT LYME: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAM IN: $5,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD HOSPICE: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALGEMEINER INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFishermans Mark: $860 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundJewish National Fund …National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Silicon Valley Commun…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Renaissance Charitabl…Raymond James Charita…
Jewish Communal FundNY23.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth Leisrael) Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alfred A & Hanina Z Shasha Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alfred A & Hanina Z Shasha Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chai 4EVER Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Alfred A & Hanina Z Shasha Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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