California · Private foundation
Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company
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.
- $109k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,025
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $492k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 6 | $109k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $56k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $84k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $57k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $24k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $29k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Iranian American Council | $226,230 | 8 | 5% |
| Westminster Free Clinic | $86,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Conejo Valley Foundation | $6,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Iranian Alliances Across Borders | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Our Community House of Hope | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safer Crocker | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Share Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Iranian American Council | $226,230 | 8 | 5% |
| Westminster Free Clinic | $86,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Conejo Valley Foundation | $6,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Iranian Alliances Across Borders | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Our Community House of Hope | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safer Crocker | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Share Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Advancing Real Change Inc | $103 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($156k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company
- How much does Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company give?
- Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company reported 6 grants totaling $108,525 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (57%), Health (31%), Social Science (4%).
- Who are Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Iranian American Council ($226k), Westminster Free Clinic ($87k), Alameda County Community Food Bank ($18k).
- Does Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company 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 Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company based?
- Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company is based in CA.
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