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Ida & Joseph Shapiro Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Ida & Joseph Shapiro Foundation Inc

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.

$117k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$42k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$115kHealth$80kEducation$31kArts & Culture$22kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kScience & Tech$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $42k
$3,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$903k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIV OF MA FOUNDATION ENVIRONMENTAL$42,397
WYPR - NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO$9,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC$6,500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$6,000
WETA$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$5,000
GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL$4,500
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE$4,000
JOHNS HOPKINS ALZHEIMER RESEARCH$3,500
JOHNS HOPKINS ANNUAL FUND$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,000
CHESTNUT RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPA$3,000
EVERYMAN THEATRE$2,500
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION INC$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UNIV OF MA FOUNDATION ENVIRONMENTAL: $42k → 16%VAIL MOUNTAIN RESCUE: $3k → 7%LAKE ERIE COLLEGE: $4k → 9%WETA: $5k → 7%AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION INC: $3k → 9%GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL: $5k → 11%BALITMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY: $2k → 19%UNIV OF MA FOUNDATION ENVIRONMENTAL: $25k → 16%VAIL MOUNTAIN RESCUE: $2k → 7%LAKE ERIE COLLEGE: $3k → 9%GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL: $5k → 11%AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM: $2k → 19%UNIV OF MA FOUNDATION ENVIRONMENTAL: $25k → 16%VAIL MOUNTAIN RESCUE: $2k → 7%LAKE ERIE COLLEGE: $3k → 9%GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL: $5k → 11%MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER: $1k → 19%UNIV OF MA FOUNDATION ENVIRONMENTAL: $23k → 16%VAIL MOUNTAIN RESCUE: $2k → 7%LAKE ERIE COLLEGE: $3k → 9%GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL: $4k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS ALZHEIMER RESEARCH: $4k → 19%CHESTNUT RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPA: $3k → 11%WYPR - NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: $9k → 19%CHESTNUT RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPA: $3k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS ANNUAL FUND: $4k → 19%CHESTNUT RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPA: $3k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS ANNUAL FUND: $3k → 19%CHESTNUT RIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPA: $2k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS ANNUAL FUND: $3k → 19%JOHNS HOPKINS ANNUAL FUND: $3k → 19%THE MARYLAND ZOO: $5k → 19%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $2k → 19%See Schedule: $80k → 19%See Schedule: $66k → 19%See Schedule: $54k → 19%See Schedule: $52k → 19%See Schedule: $48k → 19%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $7k → 19%EVERYMAN THEATRE: $3k → 19%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

IL
MA
OH
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$217k · 9 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
1

Total granted

$217k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
0%

Still filing today

67%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • GF
    GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $18k · revenue +4%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $17k · revenue +25%
  • LE
    LAKE ERIE COLLEGE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $13k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • KS
    KABUKI SYNDROME FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
2
American Academy of Dermatology Association Inc

To represent the interests of dermatologists and their patients. to influence and be a credible resource for public and private entities related to all policies and regulations that have the potential to affect the delivery of dermatologic…

Health
3
American Academy of Dermatology Inc

To assure that dermatologists have access to the highest quality education, research and innovations in the field, and that patients and the public have access to the highest quality medical and surgical dermatologic care and to…

Health
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Advancing medicine through excellence in the science, education and professional practice of medical physics. the mission is carried out through driving scientific and clinical innovation in medical physics to improve human health,…

Science & Tech
6
International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology Inc

The organization provides peer reviewed scientific research and education in the field of biological dentistry.

Health
7
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
9
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
10
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
11
American Academy of Neurology

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

Community Improvement
12
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kabuki Syndrome Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
5/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIV OF MA FOUNDATION ENVIRONMENTAL: $114,897 · OtherUNIV OF MA FOUNDATION ENVIRONMENTALJOHNS HOPKINS ANNUAL FUND: $12,500 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS ANNUAL FUNDWYPR - NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: $9,000 · OtherWYPR - NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIOIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+2 more: $8,500 · Other+2 moreAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IN…American Heart Association Inc: $17,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association…KABUKI SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthKABUKI SYNDROME FOUNDATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $6,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARY…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $4,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INCAmerican Diabetes Association: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $4,100 · Health+2 moreGARRISON FOREST SCHOOL INC: $17,500 · EducationGARRISON FOR…LAKE ERIE COLLEGE: $13,000 · EducationLAKE ERIE CO…GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureEVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $2,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM INC: $1,921 · Arts & CultureMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHESTNUT RIDGE VOL FIRE COMPANY: $10,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$153,397Health$64,100Education$30,500Arts & Culture$14,421Public Safety & Disaster$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGARRISON FOREST SCHOOL INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE ERIE COLLEGE: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKABUKI SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CHESTNUT RIDGE VOL FIRE COMPANY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $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.

T Rowe Price Program …France-Merrick Founda…Baltimore Community F…Ida & Joseph Shapiro …Herbert Bearman Found…The John J Leidy Foun…The Bunting Family Fo…Edward St John Founda…Associated Jewish Cha…Johns Hopkins Univers…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Ida & Joseph Shapiro Foundation Inc · Herbert Bearman Foundation · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · Edward St John Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Johns Hopkins University · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Ida & Joseph Shapiro Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ida & Joseph Shapiro Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Everyman Theatre Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences: 9% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The American Visionary Art Museum Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 23 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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