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Gerald and Olivia Shapiro Family Foundation at a glance

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Gerald and Olivia Shapiro Family Foundation

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.

$373k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$700kInternational$381kPhilanthropy$307kArts & Culture$265kFood & Nutrition$164kHealth$158kHuman Services$87kEducation$86kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $165k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$115,000
BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART$50,000
RUTH AND NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$35,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY$30,000
LAMBS FARM$27,500
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL$25,000
JEWISH UNITED FUND$22,000
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY$15,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$15,000
JEWISH ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE$6,100
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$5,000
JARC FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC$5,000
SPECIAL GIFTS THEATRE INC$2,500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION$2,500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$2,500
02The need
03

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 (FY20–22, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Jewish Adoption and Foster Care: $5k → 13%Jewish Adoption and Foster Care: $2k → 13%Jewish Adoption and Foster Care: $2k → 13%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 21 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
6

Total granted

$2.1M
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+233%

Still filing today

76%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsInternationalEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TL
    THE LAMBS FARM INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $164k · revenue +49%
  • BR
    Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $153k · revenue +54%
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    5× · 2020–2025 · $94k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • CC
    Carrington Charitable Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • JA
    JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -11%
  • BF
    Brothers for Lifegraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +233%
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

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…

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2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
Jewish Senior Life

To enhance the quality of life, health, and well-being of jewish older adults, their families, and others in our community, consistent with the values and traditions of our jewish heritage.

Religion
4
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
5
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
6
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
7
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
8
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
9
Jewish Association for Community Living Inc

The jewish association for community living responds to the needs of persons with developmental disabilities and their families in our community by providing quality support and services enhanced by jewish tradition.

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10
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

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…

International
11
Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home Inc

The organization's mission is to provide individuals throughout the greater boston area with the highest level of skilled nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living services without regard to ability to pay. the goal is to ensure both…

Health
12
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

27 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. 27 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NSSRA FOUNDATION: $602,250 · Recreation & SportsNSSRA FOUNDATIONNorthwestern University: $80,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern University+1 more: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $347,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $31,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL F…+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $150,000 · Arts & CultureBOCA RATON MU…HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MEM…SPECIAL GIFTS THEATRE INC CO ELISE LARSEN: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,550 · Arts & CultureJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $93,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITE…Carrington Charitable Foundation: $76,000 · PhilanthropyCarrington C…JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $70,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDER…Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $152,500 · HealthBoca Raton …RUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $55,500 · HealthRUTH & NORM…JARC FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · HealthRUTH AND NORMAN RALES JEWISH: $78,500 · OtherRUTH AND NORMA…Jewish Federation of South: $65,000 · OtherJewish Federat…JEWISH ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE: $15,100 · OtherCarrington Charitable Foundation: $15,000 · OtherDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · OtherDEPAUL UNIVERS…+11 more: $35,700 · Other+11 moreTHE LAMBS FARM INC: $164,100 · Employment
Recreation & Sports$684,750International$381,000Arts & Culture$264,550Philanthropy$239,500Health$219,000Other$289,300Employment$164,100

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 budgetNSSRA FOUNDATION: $602,250 over 3y, 73% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $347,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAMBS FARM INC: $164,100 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc: $152,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $150,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $93,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCarrington Charitable Foundation: $76,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $55,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL GIFTS THEATRE INC CO ELISE LARSEN: $11,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetJARC FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Adoption and Foster Care Options Inc: $8,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKESHET: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrothers for Life: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $2,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT ANDREW'S SCHOOL OF BOCA RATON INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHIN MUSIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $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.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA11.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Gerald and Olivia Shapiro Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gerald and Olivia Shapiro Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Jewish Association for Residential Care Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Gerald and Olivia Shapiro Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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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