Massachusetts · Private foundation
Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 2 | $130k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $110k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $670k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $113k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | $685,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Center for Coastal Studies Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Theatre Workshop Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Provincetown Art Association and Museum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Public Art Fund Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Local Journalism Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | $685,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Center for Coastal Studies Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Theatre Workshop Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Provincetown Art Association and Museum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Public Art Fund Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Local Journalism Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls Educational and Mentoring Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart to Heart International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 20 Summers Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Harlem Village Academies Charter Schools | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($213k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation
- How much does Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation give?
- Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $130,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (68%), Philanthropy (11%), Education (4%).
- Who are Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences ($685k), Center for Coastal Studies Inc ($35k), Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc ($35k).
- Does Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Impactassetsinc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation based?
- Sharon E Fay & Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation is based in MA.
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