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Richard S Shineman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
98
Grants FY2024
76
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
59 to 76
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$39M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Richard S Shineman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $431k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving93$1.4M88%
FY202376$1.4M46%
FY202264$1.5M44%
FY202159$1.9M49%
FY202065$1.8Mn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$2.7MHealth$1.1MCommunity Improvement$968kArts & Culture$858kHuman Services$627kPhilanthropy$297kFood & Nutrition$258kHousing & Shelter$257kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Richard S Shineman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oswego University Foundation Inc$800,00027%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$461,79240%
Oswego Health Foundation Inc$411,000515%
Centerstate Ceo Foundation Inc$275,000261%
Victory Transformation Inc$164,500328%
Oswego Players Inc$162,975282%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Fulton New York Inc$144,60026%
On Point for College Inc$135,00023%
Farnham Inc$134,50042%
Museum of Science & Technology Foundation$116,53033%
Cac Foundation Inc$110,00033%
The Childrens Museum of Oswego$100,650312%
The Desens House Inc$100,500249%
The Reading League Inc$95,50022%
Oswego County Habitat for Humanity Incorporated$89,50038%
United Way of Greater Oswego County$87,913412%
Clear Path for Veterans Inc$80,00031%
Fulton Wrestling Club Inc$75,0001n/a
Fulton Community Basketball Inc$75,000234%
Restore Cny Inc$72,080257%
Volunteer Transportation Center Inc$70,00012%
Farnham Foundation Inc$64,0691n/a
Schroeppel Historical Society$62,056282%
Kristinas House of Hope Inc$60,481334%
Oswego County Opportunities Inc$57,70030%
Minetto Hsa Inc$45,4501n/a
Musical Associates of Central New York$40,68841%
Operation Oswego County Foundation Inc$40,15020%
The Salvation Army$38,3072n/a
Oswego Bookmobile Inc$35,000119%
Salmon River Fine Arts Center$29,000469%
David's Refuge Inc$28,29231%
Fulton Public Library$28,00017%
H Lee White Maritime Museum Oswego$25,30028%
Friends of Camp Hollis Inc$25,000134%
Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust$25,00012%
Syracuse Area Landmark Theatre$25,00014%
Oswego Lacrosse Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
CNY Arts Inc$20,00011%
Parents of Special Children Inc$20,0001n/a
Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce Inc$19,7121n/a
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse Inc$15,00011%
Art Association of Oswego Inc$14,7201n/a
Oswego County Historical Society$13,500217%
Oswego Rotary Foundation Inc$11,5003n/a
Arise Child & Family Service Inc$11,50010%
Oswego Industries Inc$11,25040%
Ontario Center for Performing Arts Inc$10,000114%
Peaceful Remedies Inc$10,000410%
Safe Haven Museum and Education Center Inc$9,630311%
Garrett Dunsmoor Memorial Foundation Inc$9,50039%
Oswego County Childrens Fund Inc$8,600227%
Paws of Cny Inc$8,1004n/a
Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park Inc$7,00010%
Integrated Community Planning of Oswego County Inc$6,52540%
Friends of Oswego County Hospice Inc$5,50036%
Longhouse Council Inc$5,00010%
Friends of Fort Ontario Inc$5,000140%
Keys Corp$4,80012%
Toy Library of the North Shore Inc$4,0491n/a
Human Concerns Inc$4,00031%
Young Mens Christian Association of Oswego Inc$4,00020%
St Lawrence Valley Educational Television Council Inc$3,20010%
Cny Bearteam Inc$2,8002n/a
Francis House Inc$2,50020%
Fulton Community Revitalization Corp$2,5001n/a
The Children's Center of Oswego Inc$2,03010%
Oswego Community Youth Orchestra Inc$2,0002n/a
Oswego Opera Theater Inc$2,00014%
Purpose Farm Inc$1,77710%
Jowonio School Inc$1,70040%
Pulaski Historical Society$1,50033%
Erins Angels of Cny Inc$1,32540%
New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers Associ$1,2502n/a
Trustees of Boston University$1,00020%
North Shore Food Pantry Inc$1,00022%
Wellhouse Ministries Inc$1,0001n/a
Oswego County Humane Society Inc$1,00020%
Helping Hounds Dog Rescue Inc$90030%
Zonta International$5001n/a
The Humane Association of CNY Inc$50010%
Food Bank of Central New York$50010%
Central Square Essentials for Success Inc$45023%
A Tiny Home for Good Inc$20010%
Weston T Hyde Oswego County Educational Foundation Inc$15010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 154 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Richard S Shineman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 68 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOswego University Foundation Inc: $800,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $461,792 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOswego Health Foundation Inc: $411,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetCenterstate Ceo Foundation Inc: $275,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetVictory Transformation Inc: $164,500 over 3y, 28% of budgetOswego Players Inc: $162,975 over 2y, 82% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Fulton New York Inc: $144,600 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetOn Point for College Inc: $135,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFarnham Inc: $134,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetMuseum of Science & Technology Foundation: $116,530 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetCac Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetThe Childrens Museum of Oswego: $100,650 over 3y, 12% of budgetThe Desens House Inc: $100,500 over 2y, 49% of budgetThe Reading League Inc: $95,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetOswego County Habitat for Humanity Incorporated: $89,500 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Oswego County: $87,913 over 4y, 12% of budgetClear Path for Veterans Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFulton Community Basketball Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetRestore Cny Inc: $72,080 over 2y, 57% of budgetVolunteer Transportation Center Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSchroeppel Historical Society: $62,056 over 2y, 82% of budgetKristinas House of Hope Inc: $60,481 over 3y, 34% of budgetOswego County Opportunities Inc: $57,700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMusical Associates of Central New York: $40,688 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetOperation Oswego County Foundation Inc: $40,150 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOswego Bookmobile Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSalmon River Fine Arts Center: $29,000 over 4y, 69% of budgetDavid's Refuge Inc: $28,292 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFulton Public Library: $28,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetH Lee White Maritime Museum Oswego: $25,300 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetFriends of Camp Hollis Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetTug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSyracuse Area Landmark Theatre: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetCNY Arts Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMerry-Go-Round Playhouse Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOswego County Historical Society: $13,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetArise Child & Family Service Inc: $11,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOswego Industries Inc: $11,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOntario Center for Performing Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPeaceful Remedies Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetSafe Haven Museum and Education Center Inc: $9,630 over 3y, 11% of budgetGarrett Dunsmoor Memorial Foundation Inc: $9,500 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetOswego County Childrens Fund Inc: $8,600 over 2y, 27% of budgetFriends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIntegrated Community Planning of Oswego County Inc: $6,525 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Oswego County Hospice Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetLonghouse Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Fort Ontario Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 40% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 68.

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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.

Central New York Community Foundation IncNY64.6× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc · Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc · The Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation · The Dorothy and Marshall M Reisman Foundation · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The James V Tesoriero Charitable Fund · Kinney Drugs Foundation Inc · Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc · The William G Pomeroy Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Allyn Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Richard S Shineman Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Richard S Shineman Foundation

How much does Richard S Shineman Foundation give?
Richard S Shineman Foundation reported 98 grants totaling $1,387,543 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 76 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Richard S Shineman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Health (13%), Community Improvement (12%).
Who are Richard S Shineman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Oswego University Foundation Inc ($800k), The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ($462k), Oswego Health Foundation Inc ($411k).
Does Richard S Shineman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Richard S Shineman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Richard S Shineman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central New York Community Foundation Inc, The John Ben Snow Foundation Inc, Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc.
Where is Richard S Shineman Foundation based?
Richard S Shineman Foundation is based in NY.

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 242 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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