Illinois · Private foundation
Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc
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.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 99
- Grants FY2025
- 99
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 1%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $152,390
- Organizations funded a year
- 97 to 104
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $52M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 1% of the organizations Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 96 | $2.3M | 3% |
| FY2024 | 99 | $2.3M | 1% |
| FY2023 | 97 | $2.2M | 2% |
| FY2022 | 100 | $2.0M | 2% |
| FY2021 | 104 | $2.1M | 5% |
| FY2020 | 102 | $2.1M | 23% |
| FY2019 | 100 | $2.2M | 6% |
| FY2018 | 98 | $2.2M | 6% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center | $1,163,986 | 8 | 0% |
| The Board of Jewish Education | $760,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $675,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $570,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Centers of Chicago | $555,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $450,000 | 9 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $390,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cancer Wellness Center | $335,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $325,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $324,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 93 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles and M R Shapiro 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 Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Maury and Nancy Fertig Family Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc
- How much does Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc give?
- Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc reported 99 grants totaling $2,380,490 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 97 and 104 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (21%), Education (20%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rush University Medical Center ($1.2M), The Board of Jewish Education ($760k), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion ($675k).
- Does Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 1% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles and M R Shapiro 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 Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, Circle of Service Foundation.
- Where is Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc based?
- Charles and M R Shapiro Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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