Ohio · Public charity
Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation
To further the charitable, educational and religious purposes of the jewish federation of cleveland ("federation").
- $179k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
79% of Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Cleveland, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2025
- $158k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,420
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $58k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $117k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $58k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $99,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $97,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University Circle Incorporated | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of University Circle | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Academy of Torah | $33,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Fuchs Mizrachi Schools | $33,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Park Synagogue | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hathaway Brown School | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
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: Marla & Joseph Shafran Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation
- How much does Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation give?
- Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $157,920, out of $179,420 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (71%), Education (10%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Cleveland Museum of Natural History ($99k), Case Western Reserve University ($97k), University Circle Incorporated ($35k).
- Does Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marla & Joseph Shafran Foundation, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation based?
- Nathan & Fannye Shafran Foundation is based in OH.
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