California · Private foundation
Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc
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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
63% of Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $31,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 60% of the organizations Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $19k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $60k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $51k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $83k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Matan Inc | $36,000 | 2 | 3% |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| One Israel Fund Ltd | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Life's Door Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| The Gesher Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 2048 the Second Century | $1,800 | 1 | 2% |
| American Friends of Panim El Panim Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($119k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc 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: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc
- How much does Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc give?
- Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $50,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (51%), Religion (35%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
- Who are Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American Friends of Matan Inc ($36k), American Friends of Leket Israel Inc ($20k), One Israel Fund Ltd ($12k).
- Does Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc 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 Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc based?
- Benjamin and Susan Shapell Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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