Illinois · Private foundation
Earl & Brenda Shapiro 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.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 85%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Brown University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 40
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 85% of the organizations Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $1.6M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $2.1M | 85% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $3.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inside Climate News Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $250,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nourishing Hope | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Chicago High School for the Arts | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| SkyArt NFP | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inside Climate News Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $250,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nourishing Hope | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Chicago High School for the Arts | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| SkyArt NFP | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reading Between the Lines Nfp | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Via Art Fund Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Yale University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Math4science | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sga Youth & Family Services Nfp | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leap Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Barth Syndrome Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| BIG Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chikaming Open Lands | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nicasio Volunteer Fire Dept | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fernwood Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Reva and David Logan Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation
- How much does Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation give?
- Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $3,554,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 40 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (37%), Arts & Culture (7%), Social Science (3%).
- Who are Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Inside Climate News Inc ($250k), Steppenwolf Theatre Company ($250k), Anti-Defamation League ($200k).
- Does Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 85% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Earl & Brenda Shapiro 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 Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Reva and David Logan Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation based?
- Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation is based in IL.
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