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Shana Glassman Foundation at a glance

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Shana Glassman 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.

$716k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$155k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$3.9MHuman Services$529kPhilanthropy$522kFood & Nutrition$516kHealth$474kEducation$396kInternational$238kYouth Development$235kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $209k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $465k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH$155,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$100,000
EFSHAR PROJECT$60,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL$50,000
THE ACTION CENTER$50,000
JEWISH COLORADO$38,500
JEWISH NATIONAL FOUNDATION$36,000
SHALOM PARK$25,000
KAVOD SENIOR LIFE$25,000
Individual grant recipient$24,000
RAMAH IN THE ROCKIES$15,000
DENVER KEHILLA$15,000
MARION DOWNS CENTERS$10,000
DENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $162k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SHALOM PARK: $25k → 8%SHALOM PARK: $25k → 8%SHALOM PARK: $25k → 8%SHALOM PARK: $25k → 8%SHALOM PARK: $20k → 8%SHALOM PARK: $2k → 8%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 12%DENVER HOSPICE: $10k → 12%DENVER HOSPICE: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 40 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
32

Total granted

$6.1M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+6%

Still filing today

48%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DA
    DENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +44%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $426k · revenue +23%
  • JA
    JEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $345k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • MO
    MIKVA OF EAST DENVER
    one grant, 2019 · $640k
  • EH
    East High Angel Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -18%
  • BM
    BAIS MENACHEM INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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2
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
3
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
4
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
5
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
6
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
7
Jewish Community Centers of Denver

Provide recreational, cultural, education, and social programs to the community.

Human Services
8
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
9
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
10
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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11
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
12
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mi Casa Resource Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 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. 39 of the 81 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIKVA OF EAST DENVER: $640,000 · OtherMIKVA OF EAST DENVERJEWISH NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $351,000 · OtherJEWISH NATIONAL FOUNDATIONJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER: $345,000 · OtherJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTERJEWISH COMMUNITY OF COLORADO: $250,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY OF COLORADOJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $180,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL: $165,000 · OtherURBAN SERVANTS CORP: $125,315 · Other+53 more: $1,565,292 · Other+53 moreDENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH: $2,250,000 · EducationDENVER ACADEMY OF TORAHTHE DENVER WALDORF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $171,000 · EducationTHE DENVER WALDORF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION+5 more: $175,000 · Education+5 moreFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $426,000 · Food & NutritionWEDONTWASTE INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionJEWISHColorado: $223,500 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $280,000 · Health+3 more: $11,000 · HealthSHALOM PARK: $121,500 · Human ServicesMI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesRAMAH IN THE ROCKIES: $55,000 · Recreation & SportsDenver Park Trust: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$3,621,607Education$2,596,000Food & Nutrition$461,000Philanthropy$313,500Health$291,000Human Services$161,500Recreation & Sports$70,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH: $2,250,000 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $426,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER: $345,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $280,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $223,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DENVER WALDORF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $171,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSHALOM PARK: $121,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetALLIED HOUSING INC: $110,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAmp the Cause: $80,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetDENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRAMAH IN THE ROCKIES: $55,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT: $55,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMARION DOWNS CENTER: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEast High Angel Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROSE ANDOM CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Park Trust: $15,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetJUDAISM YOUR WAY: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION BENJAMIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNLI USA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FERTILITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL LIVINGSTON INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget50CAN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLERGY SAFE KIDS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCANCER LEAGUE OF COLORADO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

  • Who funds DENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds JEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ↗
  • Who funds JEWISHColorado ↗
  • Who funds THE DENVER WALDORF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SHALOM PARK ↗
  • Who funds ALLIED HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Amp the Cause ↗
  • Who funds DENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds RAMAH IN THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S BEAN PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds MARION DOWNS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds East High Angel Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds WEDONTWASTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER ↗

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.

Rose Community Founda…Colorado Gives Founda…JEWISHColoradoThe Denver FoundationMile High United Way …The Chotin Family Fou…Flora and Morris Mize…Xcel Energy FoundationShlieberan Family Fou…Mb Glassman FoundationThe Anna and John J S…Richmond American Fou…
Rose Community FoundationCO40.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · JEWISHColorado · The Denver Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Chotin Family Foundation · Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation II · Xcel Energy Foundation · Shlieberan Family Foundation · Mb Glassman Foundation · The Anna and John J Sie Foundation · Richmond American Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Shana Glassman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shana Glassman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Shana Glassman Foundation?

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

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 81 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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