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Shear Family Foundation Inc

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.

$9.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
78
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$951k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$15MHealth$13MInternational$11MFood & Nutrition$11MPhilanthropy$4.2MHuman Services$3.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$3.1MRecreation & Sports$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 78 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $103k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $230k
  • $50k–250k29 grants · $3.1M
  • $250k+14 grants · $5.6M
$50,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$226M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DONOR ADVISED FUNDS- CHARLES SCHWAB$951,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC$600,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$600,000
AMERIAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FUND$450,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS$400,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$380,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$350,000
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOODBANK$300,000
JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH$300,000
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY$300,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION$250,000
PALM BEACH COUNTY FOODBANK$250,000
FOUNDATION FOR THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES$250,000
ALPERT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$250,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES$231,000
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, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $75k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $55k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $35k → 17%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF LAS VEGAS: $50k → 13%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF LAS VEGAS: $15k → 13%SHALVA: $54k → 14%SHALVA: $50k → 14%SHALVA: $25k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $400k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $300k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $300k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $300k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $275k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $250k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $250k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $250k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $8k → 11%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

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WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
AL
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Shear Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Shear Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.4% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$58M · 106 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

106 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2024, 48 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

106
58

Total granted

$58M
$3.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+34%

Still filing today

59%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $735k 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
Food & NutritionEducationAnimalsInternationalHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $11M · revenue +44%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.6M · revenue +169%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +102%

Funded once

  • CS
    CHARLES SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $656k
  • UC
    UMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $515k
  • AI
    AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
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
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
2
Better Food Foundation Inc

To promote dietary changes to build a healthy, equitable, humane, and environmentally-sustainable food system.

Food & Nutrition
3
Philabundance

PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…

Food & Nutrition
4
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
5
Feeding Pennsylvania

Feeding pennsylvania is the partner state association of feeding america food banks. it is our mission to promote and aid our members in securing food and other resources to reduce hunger and food insecurity for their communities and…

Philanthropy
6
Humane Pennsylvania Foundation

To encourage and motivate the making of gifts and donations by deed, will, or otherwise, for the advancement, promotion, extension, and maintenance of the various causes and objectives fostered by the humane pennsylvania.

Animals
7
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
8
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
9
Community Food Bank of New Jersey Inc

We serve as a champion for addressing the root causes of hunger, delivering neighbor-centric solutions, and fostering collaborative partnerships across all sectors of society for New Jersey.

Food & Nutrition
10
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
11
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
12
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Hills Community Outreach Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mckeesport Agape Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

122 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. 122 of the 188 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)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
119/122
Grantees still filing
90/122
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERIAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FUND: $2,750,000 · OtherAMERIAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FUNDDONOR ADVISED FUNDS- CHARLES SCHWAB: $2,158,000 · OtherDONOR ADVISED FUNDS- CHARLES SCHWABFRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES: $1,928,200 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCESUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $1,650,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADOUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS: $1,500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGASJEWISH NATIONAL FUND: $1,458,000 · OtherJEWISH NATIONAL FUNDCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO: $1,255,000 · OtherNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI): $1,117,500 · Other+112 more: $11,769,650 · Other+112 moreUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $10,526,820 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $1,850,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF TH…UCLA FOUNDATION: $1,072,500 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONBERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL: $519,500 · Education+13 more: $1,011,600 · Education+13 moreJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,836,300 · InternationalJEWISH NATION…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,760,800 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIE…FRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC: $1,475,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF IR…Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $1,369,200 · InternationalFoundation fo…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $875,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIE…Central Fund of Israel: $420,000 · International+5 more: $305,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $4,558,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN F…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $961,180 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVI…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $300,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $157,500 · PhilanthropyGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $1,552,500 · Food & NutritionGREATER P…GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,156,300 · Food & NutritionGREATER C…THREE SQUARE: $865,000 · Food & NutritionTHREE SQU…Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $800,000 · Food & NutritionPalm Beac…GROW PITTSBURGH: $430,000 · Food & NutritionGROW PITT…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $225,000 · Food & Nutrition+10 more: $400,000 · Food & Nutrition+10 moreCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,800,000 · HealthONE MIND: $950,000 · HealthINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $527,818 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Health+5 more: $225,000 · HealthJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $2,325,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $415,000 · Human ServicesSHALVA INC: $129,000 · Human Services+3 more: $77,500 · Human Services
Other$25,586,350Education$14,980,420International$8,041,800Philanthropy$5,976,680Food & Nutrition$5,428,800Health$3,752,818Human Services$2,946,500

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $10,526,820 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $4,558,000 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $2,325,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $1,850,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,836,300 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,800,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,760,800 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $1,552,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC: $1,475,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $1,369,200 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,156,300 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,072,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $961,180 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetONE MIND: $950,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $875,500 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $865,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $800,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $527,818 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL: $519,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $485,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Utah: $440,000 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetSECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $436,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetGROW PITTSBURGH: $430,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $420,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $415,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetERADICATE HATE GLOBAL SUMMIT: $400,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $300,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWEST PALM BEACH CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY INC: $250,000 over 4y, 46% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE DANIEL CENTERS FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM: $240,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetCONNECTING CHAMPIONS: $226,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $225,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $225,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $190,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSummit Land Conservancy: $175,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $140,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSHALVA INC: $129,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetSOLDIERS SAVE LIVES CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $99,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN PITTSBURGH SECTION: $95,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetNEVADA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $80,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetNORTHERN ISRAEL CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY LTD: $70,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF LAS VEGAS INC: $65,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetPARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% 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 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE MIND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED ↗
  • Who funds THREE SQUARE ↗
  • Who funds Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BERNARD ZELL ANSHE EMET DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah ↗
  • Who funds SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds GROW PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ERADICATE HATE GLOBAL SUMMIT ↗

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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Jewish Federation of …Richard King Mellon F…The Heinz EndowmentsEqt FoundationMargaret Raphael Foun…Hillman Family Founda…The Grable FoundationThe Cigna Group Found…The Fine FoundationPeter C Dozzi Family …The Burke Family Foun…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA32.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Eqt Foundation · Margaret Raphael Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The Fine Foundation · Peter C Dozzi Family Foundation Aka Eugene Dozzi Charitable Foundation · The Burke Family 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 Shear Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shear Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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

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How do I get to Shear Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Shear Family Foundation Inc 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 188 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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