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Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$170k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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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
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $170k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PH$169,700
PRIZMAH CENTER FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOO$16,000
THE NAGEN PROJECT$11,000
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA SHTEIBEL$6,100
CAMP RANAH IN THE POCONOS$5,000
WJCS$3,000
JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY$1,800
DIRAH$1,000
OPENDOR MEDIA$1,000
OROT$820
TRIBE 12$613
JEWISH LEARNING VENTURE$540
JUDITH CREED HORIZON FOR ACHIEVING$500
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL$500
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$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 (FY17–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $480 → 22%FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $300 → 22%JUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVIN: $500 → 10%JUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVIN: $500 → 10%JCHAI: $250 → 10%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $6k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $4k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $4k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $4k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $4k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $4k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $4k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $2k → 7%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
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 41 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
40

Total granted

$1.7M
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+32%

Still filing today

41%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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

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EducationReligionHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • O
    Orot
    8× · 2017–2025 · $131k · revenue +30%
  • PC
    PRIZMAH CENTER FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $86k · revenue +13%
  • CR
    CAMP RAMAH IN THE POCONOS
    5× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILA
    one grant, 2017 · $73k
  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN NJ
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • PC
    PRIZMAH CENTER FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOO
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
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
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
3
J Leaders

Our vision is to develop ethical, impactful Jewish young adult leaders to ensure a vibrant Jewish community and make the world a better place. Our mission is to empower and engage Jewish young adults through leadership development and…

Youth Development
4
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
5
University of Judaism Foundation
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6
National Council of Jewish Women Inc Jersey Hills Section
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7
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
8
Connect Israel

Connect israel is a life-long program that aims to strengthen the gap between american jews and israelis through business, creative teamwork, and developing personal relationships.

International
9
The Jerusalem Connection
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10
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
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11
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media

Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…

Human Services
12
Sherit Isroel
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Orot. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 88 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PH: $1,007,755 · OtherTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHPERELMAN DAY SCHOOL: $105,000 · OtherPERELMAN DAY SCHOOLJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILA: $73,000 · Other+67 more: $293,727 · Other+67 moreOrot: $130,604 · EducationOrotPRIZMAH CENTER FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS INC: $86,000 · EducationPRIZMAH CENTER…POLITZ DAY SCHOOL OF CHERRY HILL A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $13,500 · EducationPOLITZ DAY SCH…+3 more: $9,000 · EducationCAMP RAMAH IN THE POCONOS: $39,548 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $31,092 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $5,334 · PhilanthropyJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $29,520 · Human ServicesJUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE: $1,250 · Human Services+1 more: $780 · Human ServicesJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $7,650 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $5,800 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $1,800 · InternationalTHE NAGEN PROJECT INC: $11,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,680 · Civil Rights
Other$1,479,482Education$239,104Recreation & Sports$40,048Philanthropy$36,426Human Services$31,550International$15,250Civil Rights$12,680

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 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 budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $7,650 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 budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $5,334 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
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 Orot ↗
  • Who funds PRIZMAH CENTER FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP RAMAH IN THE POCONOS ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds POLITZ DAY SCHOOL OF CHERRY HILL A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NAGEN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds KOHELET YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds OPENDOR MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds 2164 INC ↗
  • Who funds JACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH LEARNING VENTURE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 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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