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Carole Shapiro Memorial Foundation at a glance

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Carole Shapiro Memorial Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2k
Granted FY2026still arriving
1
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2026.

Animals$28kEnvironment$6kInternational$4kReligion$2k
02FY2026 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$73k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Glory Project Burma$1,500
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%KEEPERS OF THE WILD: $1k → 17%International Animal Rescue: $1k → 11%Vital Ground Foundation: $1k → 9%Nova Elephant Fund: $1k → 10%Baby Rhino Rescue: $1k → 14%Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology: $1k → 16%National Audubon Society: $1k → 17%Colel Chabad: $1k → 20%TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $1k → 12%Greenpeace: $1k → 14%The White Wolf Sanctuary: $1k → 16%The Glory Project Burma: $2k → 9%Mara Elephant Project: $1k → 15%Noah's Lost Ark Animal Park: $1k → 19%The Nature Conservancy: $1k → 7%People for Ethical Treatment of Animals: $1k → 19%INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $1k → 11%National Audubon Society: $1k → 17%Greenpeace: $1k → 14%The White Wolf Sanctuary: $1k → 16%Mara Elephant Project: $1k → 15%NOAH'S LOST ARK ANIMAL PARK: $1k → 19%PEOPLE FOR ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS: $1k → 19%International Animal Rescue: $1k → 11%National Audubon Society: $1k → 17%Greenpeace: $1k → 14%MARA ELEPHANT PROJECT: $1k → 15%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $1k → 17%Jane Goodall Institute: $1k → 14%Jewish National Fund: $1k → 17%JEWISH NATIONAL FUND: $1k → 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

MT
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
CO
VA
AZ
DC
TX
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24k · 9 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2026, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$24k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

67%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25’26
AnimalsInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • NA
    National Audubon Society
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4k
  • IA
    INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $3k · revenue -38%
  • GI
    GREENPEACE INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue -4%

Funded once

  • NE
    Nova Elephant Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • KO
    Keepers of the Wild
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +21%
  • CC
    COLEL CHABAD
    one grant, 2025 · $1k
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
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
3
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
4
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
5
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
6
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
7
Northern Jaguar Project

The mission of the northern jaguar project is to preserve and recover the world's northermost population of the jaguar, its unique natural habitat, and native wildlife under its protection as a flagship, keystone, and umbrella species.

Animals
8
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
9
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
10
Wild Landscapes Inc

Wild landscapes, inc. (wli) is dedicated to conserving large and connected landscapes globally significant to wildlife and crucial to local communities. our environmental conservation strategy is to empower communities, conservationists,…

Animals
11
International Primate Protection League

Protecting the world's remaining primates by monitoring and exposing illegal trade, supporting a worldwide network of overseas sanctuaries and ngo's, publicising the plight of abused primates, and operating a sanctuary for resued gibbons.

Animals
12
Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Foundation for Rescued Animals Dba Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary; the most unlike its peers is Keepers of the Wild. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

National Audubon Society: $4,000 · OtherNational Audubon SocietyGREENPEACE INC: $3,000 · OtherGREENPEACE INCMara Elephant Project: $3,000 · OtherMara Elephant ProjectNoah's Lost Ark Animal Park: $2,000 · OtherNoah's Lost Ark Animal ParkThe Glory Project Burma: $1,500 · OtherThe Glory Project BurmaNova Elephant Fund: $1,000 · OtherCOLEL CHABAD: $1,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000 · OtherTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · OtherCornell Laboratory of Ornithology: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $1,070 · Other+2 moreINTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INC: $3,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INCPRIDEROCK WILDLIFE REFUGE: $3,000 · AnimalsPRIDEROCK WILDLIFE REFUGEPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $2,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS IN…WHITE WOLF SANCTUARY: $2,000 · AnimalsWHITE WOLF SANCTUARYTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRU…Keepers of the Wild: $1,000 · AnimalsKeepers of the WildJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $1,000 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH E…BABY RHINO RESCUE: $1,000 · AnimalsBABY RHINO RESCUENATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $1,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TI…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $500 · InternationalWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 · Environment
Other$19,570Animals$16,000International$2,500Environment$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRIDEROCK WILDLIFE REFUGE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE WOLF SANCTUARY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKeepers of the Wild: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $500 over 1y, 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.

Surendra and Karen Gu…Bradford Family Found…PC Fund for Animals C…The Edward E Hills Fu…Ratna Sabapathy Famil…Bernard Weinberg Foun…The Marianne H Halle …Joyce a Ward Foundati…The Susan and Ford Sc…Grace and Li Yu Famil…Amg Charitable Gift F…The Pfizer Foundation…
Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc FoundationMO15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · The Edward E Hills Fund · Ratna Sabapathy Family Foundation I · Bernard Weinberg Foundation · The Marianne H Halle Animal Suppor Foundation Inc C/O Mj Porter · Joyce a Ward Foundation · The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation · Grace and Li Yu Family Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · The Pfizer 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 Carole Shapiro Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carole Shapiro Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.

    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 24 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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