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Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation at a glance

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Shapiro-Silverberg 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.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$3.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$28MCivil Rights$8.7MPhilanthropy$8.2MInternational$6.1MHealth$5.3MArts & Culture$3.9MCrime & Legal$3.5MHousing & Shelter$1.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $855k
  • $250k+6 grants · $11M
$150,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$3,600,000
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON$3,000,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$1,500,000
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY$1,288,950
THE NEW JEWISH HOME$1,250,000
LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC$550,000
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY$230,000
THE TONY BLAIR FOUNDATION$200,000
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$150,000
THE JEWISH MUSEUM$100,000
ISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC$75,000
FOOTSTEPS INC$50,000
HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE$50,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHALVA$40,000
CONFERENCE BOARD OF THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES INC$25,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $236k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $100k → 17%THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $25k → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $10k → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $10k → 17%CANAVAN FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 17%DOROT INC: $15k → 17%DOROT INC: $15k → 17%CANAVAN FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%CANAVAN FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $50k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
DC
GA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$59M · 40 repeat orgs$8.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
23

Total granted

$59M
$5.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-10%

Still filing today

78%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • WU
    WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2024 · $18M · revenue +45%
  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $8.7M · revenue +39%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $7.9M · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • TA
    TARGET ALS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5.0M · revenue -58%
  • JF
    JERUSALEM FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue +69%
  • HC
    HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -55%
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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
5
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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6
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
7
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
11
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
12
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Village Academies Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

53 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. 53 of the 68 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/53
Grantees still filing
33/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $17,661,000 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVERSITYTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $10,413,950 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYTARGET ALS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000,000 · EducationTARGET ALS FOUNDATION INC+4 more: $41,000 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $8,720,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWIS…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $7,903,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH…+3 more: $313,550 · PhilanthropyMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON: $3,000,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF FIN…THE NEW JEWISH HOME: $1,750,000 · OtherTHE NEW JEWIS…The Hastings Center Inc: $930,000 · OtherThe Hastings …CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $529,000 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAG…TONY BLAIR AFRICA GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE -US D/B/A TONY BLAIR FOUNDATION: $700,000 · OtherTONY BLAIR AF…+34 more: $1,475,500 · Other+34 moreWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $4,850,000 · InternationalWASHINGTO…JERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · InternationalJERUSALEM…ISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $300,000 · International+5 more: $178,600 · InternationalLAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $3,500,000 · Crime & LegalTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $625,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $125,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $33,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $68,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$33,115,950Civil Rights$8,720,000Philanthropy$8,216,550Other$8,384,500International$5,828,600Crime & Legal$3,500,000Arts & Culture$851,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $17,661,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $10,413,950 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $8,720,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $7,903,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTARGET ALS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $4,850,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetLAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $3,500,000 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetThe Hastings Center Inc: $930,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetTONY BLAIR AFRICA GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE -US D/B/A TONY BLAIR FOUNDATION: $700,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $625,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $300,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOTSTEPS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERIT SPREAD FOUNDATION INC: $43,550 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION INC: $43,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMOVING TRADITIONS: $36,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $33,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCONFERENCE BOARD OF THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRECESS ACTIVITIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PRINT CENTER NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFELLOWSHIPS AT AUSCHWITZ FOR THE STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVILLAGE ACADEMIES NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESSIBILITY ACCELERATOR INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBROWN HILLEL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SUMMER CAMP INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundCombined Jewish Phila…The New York Communit…The Ford FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…Lily Auchincloss Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…The Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Tides FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…
Jewish Communal FundNY28.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The New York Community Trust · The Ford Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Tides Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 68 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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