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Shalom Family Charitable 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.

$280k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
63%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,563
Largest grant, FY2024
$224,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 38
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$986k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Shalom Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving13$270k54%
FY202316$237k63%
FY20228$213k50%
FY20216$193k33%
FY201936$143k64%
FY201838$125k61%
FY201730$148kn/a
79% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$167kCivil Rights$131kInternational$59kEducation$46kPhilanthropy$46kHealth$44kHuman Services$28kHousing & Shelter$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Shalom Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Rochester$46,40050%
University of Richmond$20,00020%
Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporation$15,00010%
Pine Street Inn Inc$12,50020%
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston$11,64030%
Julies Family Learning Program Inc$5,50030%
Anti-Defamation League Foundation$5,06920%
Chabad of Downtown Boston Inc$4,0001n/a
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$3,75120%
Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc$3,50020%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$2,82840%
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc$2,62510%
GivenGain Foundation USA$2,62510%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$2,56310%
Keshet Inc$2,51210%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc$2,50010%
Dana-Farber Inc$2,50010%
Boston Cancer Support Org Inc$1,50011%
Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc$1,00010%
Hostage US Inc$1,00010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$1,0001n/a
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program Inc$1,00010%
Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Roxbury Stone House Inc$61020%
Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation$50010%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$50010%
Moishe House$36010%
Global Orphan Relief$3501n/a
United Nations Association of Greater Boston$30010%
New England Aquarium Corporation$30010%
Silent Spring Institute Inc$25010%
Armenian Women's Welfare Association Inc$25010%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$25010%
Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc$25010%
Temple Shalom Inc$2361n/a
Chatham Fire Association Inc$20010%
Berklee College of Music Inc$10310%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$10010%
The Lenny Zakim Fund$10010%
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation Inc$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$4010%
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism$361n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shalom Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Rochester: $46,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Richmond: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBreaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Centers of Greater Boston: $11,640 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJulies Family Learning Program Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAnti-Defamation League Foundation: $5,069 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $3,751 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $2,828 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc: $2,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGivenGain Foundation USA: $2,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $2,563 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeshet Inc: $2,512 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Cancer Support Org Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFoundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHostage US Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoxbury Stone House Inc: $610 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMoishe House: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Nations Association of Greater Boston: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew England Aquarium Corporation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSilent Spring Institute Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArmenian Women's Welfare Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaltham Boys & Girls Club Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChatham Fire Association Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBerklee College of Music Inc: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lenny Zakim Fund: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brain Aneurysm Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $40 over 1y, 0.0% 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 37.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation Inc · The Klarman Family Foundation · Network for Good · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving 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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About Shalom Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Shalom Family Charitable Foundation give?
Shalom Family Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $279,928 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Shalom Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (12%), Civil Rights (10%), International (4%).
Who are Shalom Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Rochester ($46k), University of Richmond ($20k), Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporation ($15k).
Does Shalom Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Shalom Family Charitable 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 Shalom Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
Where is Shalom Family Charitable Foundation based?
Shalom Family Charitable Foundation is based in MA.

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 102 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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