· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| niac | $75,025 |
| QUINCY INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE ST | $10,000 |
| WESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC | $10,000 |
| ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| save the children | $2,000 |
| THE INTERCEPT | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WFWESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC8× · 2017–2025 · $87k · revenue +503%
ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK3× · 2023–2025 · $18k · revenue +18%- CVCONEJO VALLEY FOUNDATION3× · 2017–2019 · $7k · revenue +88%
Funded once
- AMAJAM MEDIA COLLECTIVE KICKSTARTERone grant, 2018 · $5k
- IAIranian Alliances Across Bordersone grant, 2017 · $5k
- OCOur Community House of Hopeone grant, 2017 · $4k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…
The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action is a grassroots, member-led, statewide community organization working with more than 16,000 members in six counties across California, dedicated to raising the voices of…
To collaborate with diverse community partners for policy change, ensuring equitable access to food, health, and well-being for all Californians.
The Law Foundation uses the law as a tool for change. The Law Foundation addresses problems linked to social injustices like poverty, discrimination, child abuse, and neglect. Every day, our attorneys, social workers, and advocates craft…
The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…
FVLC helps diverse communities in Alameda County heal from domestic violence and sexual assault, advocating for justice and healthy relationships. We provide survivor-centered legal and crisis intervention services, offer prevention for…
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and…
California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.
The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…
Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.
To combat community deterioration, defend human and civil rights secured by law, and promote the common good and social welfare of the people by educating the public and advocating with respect to the importance of safe and affordable…
Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds CONEJO VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Iranian Alliances Across Borders ↗
- Who funds Our Community House of Hope ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds SAFER CROCKER ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds FOOD SHARE INC ↗
- Who funds Advancing Real Change Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shams Foundation Co Blankstein & Company. Bigger dots raise more.
- Advancing Real Change Inc: 12% of income from government
How this is measured
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