Maryland · Private foundation
Jacob S Shapiro Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $242k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 40
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Jacob S Shapiro Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 36 | $176k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $157k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $145k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $140k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $146k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $145k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $154k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $154k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Central Scholarship Bureau Inc | $62,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City | $48,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Foundation for the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School Inc | $21,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $19,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Park School of Baltimore Inc | $18,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | $17,150 | 8 | 0% |
| Torah Institute of Baltimore Inc | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Etz Chaim Center Inc | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($809k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jacob S Shapiro Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Patricia and Mark Joseph Shelter Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Wolman Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Jacob S Shapiro Foundation
- How much does Jacob S Shapiro Foundation give?
- Jacob S Shapiro Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $241,821 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jacob S Shapiro Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (66%), Education (17%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Jacob S Shapiro Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Central Scholarship Bureau Inc ($62k), Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City ($48k), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc ($45k).
- Does Jacob S Shapiro Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jacob S Shapiro Foundation 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 Jacob S Shapiro Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore.
- Where is Jacob S Shapiro Foundation based?
- Jacob S Shapiro Foundation is based in MD.
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