Delaware · Private foundation
Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2021
- 25
- Grants FY2021
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc’s FY2022 grant dollars went to The San Francisco Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 31% of the organizations Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 13 | $1.6M | 31% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $1.3M | 57% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $3,126,548 | 4 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $470,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $400,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Emanu-El | $250,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sports Humanitarian Group Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hairtostay | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $3,126,548 | 4 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $470,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $400,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Emanu-El | $250,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sports Humanitarian Group Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hairtostay | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Film Institute | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bay Area Jewish Healing Center | $2,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Reimagine Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Commmunity High School of the Bay | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Grabhorn Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc 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: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · John Pritzker Family Fund · Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund · Marin Community Foundation · Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc
- How much does Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc give?
- Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $1,967,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (40%), Health (36%), Education (8%).
- Who are Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($3.1M), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ($470k), The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ($400k).
- Does Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc 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 Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, John Pritzker Family Fund, Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund.
- Where is Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc based?
- Lydia and Doug Shorenstein Foundation Inc is based in DE.
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