· Private foundation
Isa-Maria & David Shoolman Family Founda
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE FUND | $22,945 |
| NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS | $22,945 |
| JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER | $22,945 |
| PINE STREET INN | $22,945 |
| CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND | $22,945 |
| MSPCA - ANGELL | $22,945 |
| UNITED SERVICE ORGAINZATION INC | $22,945 |
| BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $22,945 |
| EARTHJUSTICE | $22,945 |
| UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND | $22,945 |
| SPAULDING REHABILILTATION HOSPITAL | $22,945 |
| HOME BASE | $22,945 |
| THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST | $22,945 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEDGE FUND | $22,945 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +64% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VVVIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS8× · 2018–2025 · $151k · revenue +76%
PINE STREET INN INC8× · 2018–2025 · $143k · revenue +90%- CHChildren's Hospital Corporation8× · 2018–2025 · $134k · revenue +78%
Funded once
- AFALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue +64%
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +64%- FAFRAMINGHAM ANIMAL HOSPITALone grant, 2018 · $4k
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.
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.
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…
Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 30 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 VIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
- Who funds MALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Isa-Maria & David Shoolman Family Founda funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Isa-Maria & David Shoolman Family Founda. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
- Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
- Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
- Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc: 11% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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