California · Private foundation
David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation
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.
- $3.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 28
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $60M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 7 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $11M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $4.9M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $6.1M | 41% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $5.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $10,549,800 | 4 | 4% |
| American Society for Yad Vashem Inc | $5,108,000 | 4 | 8% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $3,336,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,098,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Beth Jacob Congregation | $436,630 | 5 | n/a |
| The Shalem Foundation | $132,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Shalhevet High School | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc | $33,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation 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 · Lee and Anne Samson Charitable Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation
- How much does David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation give?
- David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $3,383,150 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Science & Tech (23%), Religion (12%).
- Who are David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($11M), American Society for Yad Vashem Inc ($5.1M), American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc ($3.3M).
- Does David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation 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 David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Lee and Anne Samson Charitable Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Where is David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation based?
- David & Fela Shapell Family Foundation is based in CA.
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