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Donn Shapiro & Dolores Keating Shapiro Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Donn Shapiro & Dolores Keating Shapiro Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$62kArts & Culture$52kEnvironment$35kHuman Services$15kEducation$14kAnimals$13kPhilanthropy$10kScience & Tech$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$647k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN$5,000
ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC$2,500
02The need
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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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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS: $3k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $5k → 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

MN
IL
WI
NY
SD
NJ
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Donn Shapiro & Dolores Keating Shapiro Charitable Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Donn Shapiro & Dolores Keating Shapiro Charitable Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$116k · 10 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
22

Total granted

$116k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+13%

Still filing today

50%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • CH
    CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
    7× · 2018–2025 · $35k · revenue +38%
  • MJ
    MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $21k · revenue +71%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $5k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SEEING EYE LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • University of Chicagograduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +25%
  • PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +50%
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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
2
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Unlocking the secrets of life itself is the driving force behind the salk institute. our team of world-class, award-winning scientists pushes boundaries of knowledge in areas such as neuroscience, cancer research, aging, immunobiology,…

Science & Tech
3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
9
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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10
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
11
Vitalant

Unite blood and biologics donors, talent, and innovation to save and improve lives.

Health
12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 35 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMART MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · OtherSMART MUSEUM OF ARTDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: $7,500 · OtherDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSSCHOOL SISTER OF ST FRANCIS OF CHR: $6,500 · OtherSCHOOL SISTER OF ST FRANCIS OF CHRMax Planck Foundation: $5,000 · OtherMax Planck FoundationTHE SEEING EYE LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5,000 · OtherTHE SEEING EYE LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLINDSmart Museum of Art - The University of Chicago: $5,000 · OtherSmart Museum of Art - The University of ChicagoIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLUPUS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherLUPUS FOUNDATIONALS: $5,000 · OtherALSLOVE INC: $3,500 · OtherUniversity of Chicago: $5,000 · OtherUniversity of Chicago+10 more: $13,000 · Other+10 moreMAYO CLINIC: $19,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDAT…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S …AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $5,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE…CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $35,000 · EnvironmentCHICAGO HORTICULTU…MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $21,000 · Arts & CultureMALTZ JUPIT…Givers Legacy Foundation Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropyOPERATION WOUNDED WARRIORS INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS: $2,500 · Human ServicesPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $2,500 · Animals
Other$90,500Health$36,500Environment$35,000Arts & Culture$21,000Philanthropy$12,500Human Services$7,500Animals$7,500

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 budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $19,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGivers Legacy Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION WOUNDED WARRIORS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS WISCONSIN INC: $1,000 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.

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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 Donn Shapiro & Dolores Keating Shapiro Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donn Shapiro & Dolores Keating Shapiro Charitable 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 35 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home