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Blum Shapiro Foundation Inc at a glance

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Blum Shapiro Foundation Inc

Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$118k
Granted FY2020
57
Grants FY2020
3
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2020.

Human Services$58kFood & Nutrition$31kEducation$27kHealth$21kYouth Development$14kArts & Culture$14kHousing & Shelter$12kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2020 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,400
Median grant
3
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$8,000
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$8,000
FOODSHARE$8,000
MSCPA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$2,500
CAMBRIDGE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION$2,400
MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT$2,400
PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN INC$2,400
JUDY DWORIN PERFORMANCE PROJECTINC$2,400
MADONNA PLACE$2,400
THE FOGARTY CENTER$2,400
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CAPE COD$2,400
UNITES SERVICES INC$2,400
GATEWAYS TO CHANGE INC$2,400
FAMILY CENTERS INC$2,400
FAMILY SERVICES OF MERRIMACK VALLEY$2,400
02The need
03

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 (FY19–20, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%FRIENDSHIP HOME INC: $2k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $2k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES OF MERRIMACK VALLEY: $2k → 10%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $2k → 11%MADONNA PLACE: $2k → 9%OUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC: $2k → 11%UNITES SERVICES INC: $2k → 12%THE FOGARTY CENTER: $2k → 7%HOUSING FAMILIES: $2k → 8%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN INC: $2k → 10%OLD COLONY Y: $2k → 8%GATEWAYS TO CHANGE INC: $2k → 14%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 9%CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $2k → 9%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $2k → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $2k → 16%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $2k → 11%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

NH
NY
MA
CT
RI
MD
TN
SC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

10%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20k · 8 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 49 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
43

Total granted

$20k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+54%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2k · revenue +104%
  • QU
    QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2k · revenue +25%
  • BU
    BRYANT UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • MD
    MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • KF
    KLINGBERG FAMILY CENTERS
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • RT
    READ TO GROW INC
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -8%
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.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
3
Mental Health Connecticut Inc

Mhc partners with individuals, their families, and surrounding communities to create environments that support long-term health and wellness.

Health
4
Triangle Inc

Through support, challenge and opportunity, triangle empowers people with disabilities and their families to enjoy rich, fulfilling lives. we are committed to helping the world recognize that we are all people with ability.

—
5
Community Residences Inc

Housing and programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Human Services
6
United Way of Connecticut Inc

United way of connecticut is proud to be a trusted and vital resource for help and information about what the people of connecticut need. we respond to requests for food, housing, health care, child care, child development resources,…

Philanthropy
7
Family and Children's Aid Inc

Fca is a community-based behavioral health center that offers innovation, responsive and traditional mental health care and services for children, adolescents, adults and their families.

Human Services
8
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
9
The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc

The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…

Community Improvement
10
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
11
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
12
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifebridge Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bentley University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

69 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. 69 of the 100 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/69
Grantees still filing
60/69
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $8,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCFOODSHARE INC: $8,000 · OtherFOODSHARE INCMSCPA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherGreater Hartford Arts Council Inc: $4,000 · Other+56 more: $83,960 · Other+56 moreCHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesCHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY …REACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesREACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VI…GATEWAYS TO CHANGE INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesGATEWAYS TO CHANGE INCUNITED SERVICES INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesUNITED SERVICES INCPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $2,400 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINCMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT…LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SER…CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesHANDS ON HARTFORD INCTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WAND…FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICES OF THE M…CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INCMadonna Place Inc: $2,400 · Human ServicesMadonna Place IncTHE FOGARTY CENTER: $2,400 · Human ServicesTHE FOGARTY CENTEROUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesOUR PIECE OF THE PIE INCOLD COLONY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,300 · Human ServicesOLD COLONY YOUNG MEN'S C…FRIENDSHIP HOME INC: $2,300 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP HOME INCHOUSING FAMILIES INC: $2,250 · Human ServicesREAD TO GROW INC: $2,800 · EducationENGLISH FOR NEW BOSTONIANS INC: $2,400 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationBRYANT UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $1,000 · EducationFairfield University: $1,000 · EducationRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · Food & NutritionNEW BRITAIN ROOTS INC: $2,300 · Food & NutritionFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $2,400 · Housing & ShelterALWAYS HOME INC: $2,400 · Housing & ShelterROSIE'S PLACE INC: $2,300 · Housing & ShelterSOUTH PARK INN INC: $2,300 · Housing & ShelterTHE TOMMY FUND INC: $2,400 · HealthABILIS INC: $2,300 · HealthSPURWINKRI: $1,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 · HealthJUSTICE DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT INC: $2,400 · Arts & CultureHARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HORACE BUSHNELL MEMORIAL HALL: $750 · Arts & Culture
Other$108,960Human Services$42,850Education$15,200Food & Nutrition$10,300Housing & Shelter$9,400Health$6,950Arts & Culture$5,150

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 budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOODSHARE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Hartford Arts Council Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAYS TO CHANGE INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICES INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICESINC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARTFORD INTERVAL HOUSE INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEND HUNGER CONNECTICUT INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY CENTERS INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTEGRATED REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENGLISH FOR NEW BOSTONIANS INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALWAYS HOME INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMadonna Place Inc: $2,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUSTICE DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FOGARTY CENTER: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH PARK INN INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRYSALIS CENTER INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABILIS INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BRITAIN ROOTS INC: $2,300 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDOMUS KIDS INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD COLONY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHOLESOME WAVE INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOME INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUMIBILITY INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING FAMILIES INC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTREACH INC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRYANT UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $2,000 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.

Peoples United Commun…William Caspar Graust…Eversource Energy Fou…Dime Bank Foundation …J Walton Bissell Foun…Farmington Bank Commu…Liberty Bank Foundati…Newalliance Foundatio…Hartford Foundation f…Chelsea Groton Founda…Newman's Own Foundati…Aetna Foundation Inc
Peoples United Community FoundationCT33.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Peoples United Community Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Chelsea Groton Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc

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 Blum Shapiro Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blum Shapiro Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Chrysalis Center Inc: 93% of income from government
  • Pathways for Childreninc: 86% of income from government
  • Jewish Association for Community Living Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc: 83% of income from government
  • The Kennedy Collective Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Lumibility Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Abilis Inc: 74% of income from government
  • United Services Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Friendship Home Inc: 66% of income from government
  • The Bridge Family Center Inc: 61% of income from government
  • Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Artreach Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • New Britain Roots Inc: 46% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services: 37% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Community Services Inc: 32% of income from government
  • South Park Inn Inc: 29% of income from government
  • United Community and Family Servicesinc: 29% of income from government
  • Making Opportunity Count Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Our Piece of the Pie Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Madonna Place Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Hands On Hartford Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Housing Families Inc: 12% of income from government
  • English for New Bostonians Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Domus Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Cardinal Shehan Center Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cambridge Young Women's Christian Association: 3% of income from government
  • Hartford Stage Company Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Justice Dance Performance Project Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Riverfront Recapture Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • Bentley University: 1% of income from government
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
13rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Blum Shapiro Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Blum Shapiro Foundation Inc 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 100 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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