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Shapiro Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$136k
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$52k
Largest
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Philanthropy$6.5MEducation$5.8MHealth$1.8MEnvironment$477kReligion$343kArts & Culture$177kCivil Rights$168kInternational$167kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k32 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
$1,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA FOUNDATION$51,500
GUARDIANS OF LOS ANGELES JEWISH HOM$25,000
DRAVET SYNDROME FOUNDATION$10,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$5,000
TREE PEOPLE$5,000
SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION$5,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$3,000
OPICA$2,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$2,000
CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY$2,000
COLLINS KATZ FAMILY YMCA$2,000
PBS SO CAL$2,000
LAFD FOUNDATION$2,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO$2,000
KCRW$1,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $25k → 9%The Achievable Foundation: $25k → 14%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $500 → 12%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $1k → 13%ARC VENTURA COUNTY: $500 → 10%AYUDA INC: $1k → 7%THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $250 → 14%FOOD ON FOOT: $1k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $1k → 14%The Arc Los Angeles & Orange Counties: $500 → 14%Uncommon Good: $10k → 14%Uncommon Good: $9k → 14%Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles: $1k → 14%Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles: $1k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $3k → 14%Go Campaign: $3k → 14%Go Campaign: $3k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $3k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $2k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $1k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $1k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE LOS ANGELES: $1k → 14%WESTSIDE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services: $500 → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD FAMILY SVCS: $500 → 14%Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.5M · 136 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +30% for the ones you funded once.

136 repeat relationships — 28 still active in FY2025, 108 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

136
135

Total granted

$3.5M
$997k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+30%

Still filing today

63%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CP
    CEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $251k · revenue +182%
  • WW
    WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECTS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $130k · revenue +114%
  • TS
    THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    3× · 2019–2022 · $112k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • UC
    UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF LA
    one grant, 2021 · $232k
  • B9
    BRENTWOOD 90049
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +131%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
4
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
5
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
6
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
9
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

11
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

12
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Osa Wildlife Sanctuary Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community Organizati…Cancer Support ServicesDevelopmental Disabilities …Health Access Advocacy and …Environmental Conservation …Animal Rescue and ShelterOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Food Banks and PantriesPolicy Research and AdvocacyAffordable Housing Construc…Community Arts CentersLocal History MuseumsCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr17%31%20–35yr11%27%35–55yr13%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr17%3%20–35yr11%47%35–55yr13%48%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%4/175
the rest of the field
14%
25,999/186,803

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

163 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 163 of the 284 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
157/163
Grantees still filing
121/163
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,930,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY INC — $511,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC+6 more — $97,500 · PhilanthropyUCLA FOUNDATION — $5,504,451 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION+10 more — $339,530 · Education+10 moreUnited Cerebral Palsy — $511,760 · OtherUnited Cerebral P…UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF LA — $232,000 · OtherUNITED CEREBRAL P…UCP WHEELS FOR HUMANITY — $220,000 · OtherUCP WHEELS FOR HU…SINAI TEMPLE — $134,000 · OtherSINAI TEMPLECHABAD OF BEVERLYWOOD — $110,000 · OtherBRENTWOOD 90049 — $100,000 · Other+130 more — $1,089,565 · Other+130 moreCEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION INC — $251,000 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $112,000 · HealthCureshank — $40,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Health+13 more — $86,500 · HealthWESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECTS INC — $130,000 · EnvironmentTREEPEOPLE INC — $90,000 · EnvironmentRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY — $60,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $34,560 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE — $22,000 · EnvironmentSustainable Conservation — $21,500 · EnvironmentLOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER — $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $16,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $15,000 · Environment+4 more — $12,750 · EnvironmentTHE ASIA SOCIETY — $100,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $40,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $6,500 · International+4 more — $13,380 · InternationalSWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Human ServicesUNCOMMON GOOD — $18,500 · Human ServicesGo Campaign — $12,000 · Human ServicesVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES — $5,500 · Human Services+3 more — $7,000 · Human Services
Philanthropy$6,538,500Education$5,843,981Other$2,397,325Health$514,500Environment$421,810International$159,880Human Services$93,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,930,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $5,504,451 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY INC — $511,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION INC — $251,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetWESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECTS INC — $130,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $112,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — $101,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASIA SOCIETY — $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC — $90,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION — $72,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC — $60,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCureshank — $40,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah — $36,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $34,560 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMDRC — $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $22,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Conservation — $21,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER — $20,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetDRAVET SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNCOMMON GOOD — $18,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC — $16,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL AT UCLA — $16,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC — $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES — $15,280 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS — $13,743 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO — $12,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICES INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGo Campaign — $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $11,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Skin Disease Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFOODCORPS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION — $9,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION — $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds UNITED WAY INC
  • Who funds CEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECTS INC
  • Who funds THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE ASIA SOCIETY
  • Who funds TREEPEOPLE INC
  • Who funds THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC
  • Who funds RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY
  • Who funds THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Cureshank
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
  • Who funds Beit T'Shuvah
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
  • Who funds SWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC
  • Who funds SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
  • Who funds MDRC
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Community FoundationCA37.7× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Joseph Drown Foundation · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · The William C Bannerman Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Shapiro Family Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 6%
  • Foodcorps Inc21% of income from government
  • From the Top Inc6% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation2% of income from government
  • Our House Inc1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Shapiro Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Shapiro Family Charitable 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 284 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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