· Private foundation
David S Shapira Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $176k
- $50k–250k11 grants · $893k
- $250k+2 grants · $767k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HILLEL INTERNATIONAL | $500,000 |
| HILLEL ACADEMY OF PITTSBURGH | $267,220 |
| PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES | $138,145 |
| BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| HILLEL INTERNATIONAL | $100,000 |
| COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL | $90,500 |
| HILLEL ACADEMY OF PITTSBURGH | $90,000 |
| MOISHE HOUSE | $79,451 |
| Individual grant recipient | $75,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH | $70,000 |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| ONETABLE | $50,000 |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| MOISHE HOUSE | $35,662 |
| ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNING BOARDS OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES | $35,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $192k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 20% of David S Shapira Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 48% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 44%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.
83 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 66 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE8× · 2017–2024 · $5.8M · revenue +42%- PIPARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC6× · 2018–2024 · $3.9M · revenue +20% · 32% of their budget
- HAHILLEL ACADEMY OF PITTSBURGH8× · 2017–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +21%
Funded once
- APAREIVIM PHILANTHROPIC GROUP INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $154k · revenue +60%
FRACTURED ATLAS INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +57%- FOFRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCOUTS INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue +56%
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.
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.
Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…
To enrich the lives of jewish and undergraduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world. penn state hillel's student leaders, professionals, and lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming, and…
The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…
The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…
The mission of penn hillel is to identify and prioritize the important issues and needs of our local and global community, then organize and mobilize human and financial resources to successfully impact them. penn hillel focuses on jewish…
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How this is measured
138 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. 138 of the 201 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ↗
- Who funds PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds HILLEL ACADEMY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA'S STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ONETABLE INC ↗
- Who funds MOISHE HOUSE ↗
- Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds 412 FOOD RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FOOD SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds AREIVIM PHILANTHROPIC GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds KAVOD ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MOSAIC UNITED ↗
- Who funds SQUIRREL HILL HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds SHADY SIDE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVA ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds JUDAISM AND DEMOCRACY ACTION ALLIANCE OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds SAY YES TO EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNING BOARDS OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH JEWISH PUBLICATION & EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ↗
- Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
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 Greater Pittsburgh · The Fine Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Giant Eagle Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Upmc Group · The Grable Foundation · Morris Charles M Tr Ua-Char
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David S Shapira Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David S Shapira Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
- Jewels School Inc: 2% of income from government
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
- Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
- Keshet Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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