Kentucky · Private foundation
Shapira Foundation Inc
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.
- $129k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
88% of Shapira Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Of Louisville Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $113,687
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $113,687
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Shapira Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k 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 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $102k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $182k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $207k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Filson Historical Society Inc | $20,234 | 2 | 0% |
| Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($491k), not named here.
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About Shapira Foundation Inc
- How much does Shapira Foundation Inc give?
- Shapira Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $128,687 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Shapira Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (72%), Human Services (13%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are Shapira Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Filson Historical Society Inc ($20k), Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet ($15k).
- Does Shapira Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shapira Foundation Inc 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.
- Where is Shapira Foundation Inc based?
- Shapira Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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