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Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry

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.

$219k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$169,700
Organizations funded a year
12 to 27
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$2.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionArts & CultureHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving18$219k28%
FY202412$196k17%
FY202321$189k33%
FY202222$226k41%
FY202119$196k5%
FY202025$284k32%
FY201927$189k56%
FY201822$104k18%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.4MPhilanthropy$140kReligion$115kHuman Services$53kRecreation & Sports$40kFood & Nutrition$22kInternational$16kCivil Rights$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Orot$130,60486%
Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc$86,00060%
Camp Ramah in the Poconos$39,54850%
Congregation Beth Sholom - Teaneck NJ$34,7137n/a
Jewish Funders Network$31,09250%
Jewish Relief Agency$29,52080%
Politz Day School of Cherry Hill a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation$13,50021%
South Philadelphia Shtiebel$13,3604n/a
The Nagen Project Inc$11,0001n/a
Westchester Jewish Community Services Inc$10,00030%
Show all 31 grantees
All grantees of Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Orot$130,60486%
Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc$86,00060%
Camp Ramah in the Poconos$39,54850%
Congregation Beth Sholom - Teaneck NJ$34,7137n/a
Jewish Funders Network$31,09250%
Jewish Relief Agency$29,52080%
Politz Day School of Cherry Hill a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation$13,50021%
South Philadelphia Shtiebel$13,3604n/a
The Nagen Project Inc$11,0001n/a
Westchester Jewish Community Services Inc$10,00030%
Kohelet Yeshiva High School Inc$7,50050%
Birthright Israel Foundation$5,80020%
Opendor Media Inc$5,00030%
2164 Inc$5,00010%
Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy$3,72640%
Jewish Learning Venture$3,13860%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$1,80010%
Israel Emergency Alliance$1,80010%
American Jewish Committee$1,68040%
Moving Traditions$1,44030%
Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence$1,25030%
The Chevra Inc$1,08040%
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc$1,00020%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$1,00010%
Federation Day Care Services D/B/A Federation Early Learning Services$78020%
Tribe 12$61310%
Jevs Human Services$54010%
Jewish Women International$50010%
Gratz College$50010%
Ramah in the Rockies$50010%
Jewish Heritage Programs$18010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOrot: $130,604 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetPrizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc: $86,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCamp Ramah in the Poconos: $39,548 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJewish Funders Network: $31,092 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Relief Agency: $29,520 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPolitz Day School of Cherry Hill a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation: $13,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWestchester Jewish Community Services Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKohelet Yeshiva High School Inc: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $5,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOpendor Media Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget2164 Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJack M Barrack Hebrew Academy: $3,726 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Learning Venture: $3,138 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $1,680 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMoving Traditions: $1,440 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJudith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chevra Inc: $1,080 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAgahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFederation Day Care Services D/B/A Federation Early Learning Services: $780 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTribe 12: $613 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJevs Human Services: $540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Women International: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGratz College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRamah in the Rockies: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Heritage Programs: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

Katz Family Charitabl…The Saramar Charitabl…The Specter FoundationErlbaum Family Founda…Jewish Federation of …Jewish Communal FundLasko Family Foundati…The Solomon & Sylvia …Julius & Ray Charlest…The Barrack FoundationThe Clayman FoundationCovenant Foundation
Katz Family Charitable TrustPA28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Katz Family Charitable Trust · The Saramar Charitable Fund · The Specter Foundation · Erlbaum Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Jewish Communal Fund · Lasko Family Foundation · The Solomon & Sylvia Bronstein Fdn · Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation · The Barrack Foundation · The Clayman Foundation · Covenant Foundation

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.

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About Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry

How much does Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry give?
Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry reported 18 grants totaling $218,733 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Philanthropy (8%), Religion (6%).
Who are Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Orot ($131k), Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc ($86k), Camp Ramah in the Poconos ($40k).
Does Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry 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 Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Katz Family Charitable Trust, The Saramar Charitable Fund, The Specter Foundation.
Where is Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry based?
Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry is based in PA.

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 88 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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