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Leslie C & Leonard a Shapiro Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Leslie C & Leonard a Shapiro Family 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.

$158k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$325kHealth$281kCivil Rights$150kArts & Culture$100kEnvironment$73kFood & Nutrition$45kCrime & Legal$36kInternational$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $128k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$20,000
BLOOD CANCER UNITED$15,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$12,500
THE TREVOR PROJECT$10,000
BAIL PROJECT$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$10,000
EARTHJUSTICE$10,000
GIVEWELL$10,000
SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS$10,000
DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION$10,000
HIAS$10,000
PROPUBLICA$8,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$8,000
FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION$5,000
NPR$5,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20k → 22%GIVEWELL: $10k → 10%EARTHJUSTICE: $10k → 10%PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $10k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20k → 22%EARTHJUSTICE: $10k → 10%PROPUBLICA: $10k → 17%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $10k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20k → 22%EARTH JUSTICE: $9k → 10%PRO PUBLICA: $9k → 17%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $9k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20k → 22%EARTH JUSTICE: $8k → 10%PROPUBLICA: $8k → 17%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $8k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LIBRARIES: $20k → 22%EARTHJUSTICE: $8k → 10%PRO PUBLICA: $8k → 17%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $8k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20k → 22%EARTH JUSTICE: $8k → 10%THE TREVOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%PROPUBLICA: $8k → 17%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $8k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20k → 22%EARTHJUSTICE: $8k → 10%THE TREVOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%PRO PUBLICA: $8k → 17%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $8k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LIBARIES: $20k → 22%TREVOR PROJECT: $9k → 14%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%HIAS: $10k → 8%ACLU FOUNDATION: $13k → 17%HIAS: $10k → 8%ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10k → 17%ACLU FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $9k → 17%BLOOD CANCER UNITED: $15k → 14%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

NY
MA
IN
PA
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$725k · 22 repeat orgs$63k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
6

Total granted

$725k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+177%

Still filing today

73%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthCivil RightsArts & CultureFood & NutritionCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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

  • EARTHJUSTICE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $73k · revenue +82%
  • TREVOR PROJECT INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $73k · revenue +802%
  • PRO PUBLICA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $71k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LIBARIES
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +253%
  • PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +177%
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 Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
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
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
7
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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8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Democracy Forward Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Capital Area Food Bank Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 33 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TREVOR PROJECT INC: $72,500 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INCSouthern Center for Human Rights: $72,500 · Civil RightsSouthern Center for Hu…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $52,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTI…ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,000 · Civil RightsTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $69,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX …BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $51,750 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITE…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $41,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD…PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDA…+1 more: $4,500 · HealthBROWN UNIVERSITY: $160,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $120,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF …PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $31,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LIBRARIES: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA…UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LIBARIES: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES U…NPR: $13,500 · OtherNPRTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $35,500 · OtherTHE BAIL PROJECT INCDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $40,000 · OtherFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & ED…HIAS INC: $20,000 · OtherHIAS INCWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $12,731 · OtherTHE CLEAR FUND: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $20,300 · Other+6 morePRO PUBLICA INC: $70,500 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $4,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureEARTHJUSTICE: $72,500 · Environment
Civil Rights$207,500Health$177,250Community Improvement$160,000Education$120,000Other$253,031Arts & Culture$77,500Environment$72,500

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 budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $160,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $72,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $72,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $72,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $70,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $69,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $52,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $51,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $41,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $35,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $12,731 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $5,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC: $500 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 BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Southern Center for Human Rights ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BAIL PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds HIAS INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEAR FUND ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds AVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CABARET THEATRE INC ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Leslie C & Leonard a Shapiro Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leslie C & Leonard a Shapiro Family 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 33 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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