· Private foundation
Sheldon Shapiro 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $78k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Univ of MD Terrapin Club Impact Fund | $10,000 |
| Univ of MD College Park Foundation | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Drexel University | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| Liberty University | $5,000 |
| George Washington University | $5,000 |
| University of Central Florida | $5,000 |
| DC Student Construction Trades Foundation | $5,000 |
| George Mason University | $5,000 |
| ABC CraftMasters Training Trust | $5,000 |
| University of MD | $5,000 |
| East Carolina University | $5,000 |
| Towson University | $5,000 |
| Univ of MD College Park Foundation | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC5× · 2021–2025 · $90k · revenue +72%- ACABC CRAFTMASTERS TRAINING TRUST5× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +124%
- RCROANOKE COLLEGE2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +4%
Funded once
- UOUniv of MD Office of Student Fin Svcsone grant, 2024 · $15k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDone grant, 2023 · $15k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TERRAPIN CLUB IMPACT FUNDone grant, 2023 · $10k
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.
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.
Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.
Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. the council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…
Washington college challenges and inspires emerging citizen leaders to discover lives of purpose and passion.core valueswe share these values of our founding patron, george washington: integrity, determination, curiosity, civility,…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DC STUDENTS CONSTRUCTION TRADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ABC CRAFTMASTERS TRAINING TRUST ↗
- Who funds ROANOKE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MARYLAND CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION AND INNOVATION ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds The George Washington University ↗
- Who funds MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN SUBCONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF METRO WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds ACE MENTOR PROGRAM ANNAPOLIS ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sheldon Shapiro Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Maryland Center for Construction Education and Innovation: 29% of income from government
How this is measured
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