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Sherman and Linda Saperstein Charitable Trust at a glance

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Sherman and Linda Saperstein Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$69k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$60kArts & Culture$51kHuman Services$34kHousing & Shelter$33kReligion$31kPublic Benefit$17kPhilanthropy$16kEducation$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$500
Median grant
9
States reached
$60k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Arizona Jewish Historical Society$25,000
First Place Phoenix$10,000
Hyde Square Task Force$10,000
Mama Hill's Help$5,000
Arizona Musicfest$5,000
Sagewood Residents' Foundation$3,000
Jewish Family Children's Service$2,500
Friends of AZ PBS$1,500
Honor Health Foundation$1,000
Jewish Free Loan$1,000
CJP of Greater Phoenix$1,000
NYU Langone Health$1,000
GBH$500
Individual grant recipient$500
Feeding America$250
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%Mama Hill's Help: $5k → 14%Mama Hill's Help: $4k → 14%Mama Hill's Help: $4k → 14%Mama Hill's Help: $3k → 14%Mama Hill's Help: $3k → 14%Mama Hill's Help: $3k → 14%American Red Cross: $200 → 14%American Red Cross: $200 → 14%American Red Cross: $114 → 14%American Red Cross: $100 → 14%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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IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
AZ
DC
GA
TX
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$208k · 39 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
14

Total granted

$208k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+19%

Still filing today

79%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • THE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +104%
  • FP
    FIRST PLACE AZ
    6× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +77%
  • MH
    MAMA HILLS HELP
    6× · 2020–2025 · $22k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • BI
    BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • TB
    Temple Beth Israel
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • AJ
    Am Jewish Joint Distrib Comm
    one grant, 2022 · $500
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
3
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
4
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
5
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

—
6
Council of the Americas Inc

Council of the americas is a business organization whose members share a common commitment to economic and social development, open markets, the rule of law, and democracy throughout the americas. the council's membership consists of…

—
7
Center for the Future of Arizona

Bringing arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for our state.

Community Improvement
8
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
9
Education Forward Arizona

To advocate for and act on education improvements that advance the quality of life for all arizonans.

—
10
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
11
Arizona Theatre Company

ATC's mission is to create world-class theatre about what it means to be alive today - inspiring curiosity and creativity, sparking empathy and joy - bringing all Arizonans together.

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is Mama Hills Help. 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

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 60 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
30/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION: $25,100 · OtherBETH ISRAEL CONGREGATIONArizona Jewish Historical Society: $25,000 · OtherArizona Jewish Historical SocietyCJP of Greater Phoenix: $17,000 · OtherCJP of Greater PhoenixJewish Federation of Greater Phoeni: $14,000 · OtherJewish Federation of Greater PhoeniJewish Family Children's Service: $9,000 · OtherJewish Family Children's ServiceTemple Beth Israel: $5,000 · Other+32 more: $21,811 · Other+32 moreTHE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementTHE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORC…FIRST PLACE AZ: $31,000 · Housing & ShelterFIRST PLACE A…Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc: $2,250 · Housing & ShelterRosies House …MAMA HILLS HELP: $22,000 · Human ServicesMAMA HILL…+2 more: $914 · Human ServicesARIZONA MUSICFEST INC: $12,200 · Arts & CultureSCOTTSDALE ARTS: $1,750 · Arts & CultureACT ONE: $1,750 · Arts & CultureTHE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY: $1,700 · Arts & CultureBALLET ARIZONA: $1,450 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $800 · Arts & CultureYOUNG ARTS ARIZONA LTD: $800 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $900 · Arts & CultureARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,700 · EducationSAGEWOOD RESIDENTS' FOUNDATION: $5,500 · EducationThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $450 · EducationHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $375 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $250 · Health
Other$116,911Community Improvement$60,000Housing & Shelter$33,250Human Services$22,914Arts & Culture$21,350Education$11,650Health$5,125

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 budgetTHE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFIRST PLACE AZ: $31,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAMA HILLS HELP: $22,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetARIZONA MUSICFEST INC: $12,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAGEWOOD RESIDENTS' FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCOTTSDALE ARTS: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACT ONE: $1,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY: $1,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET ARIZONA: $1,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG ARTS ARIZONA LTD: $800 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK: $775 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $614 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $375 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDETOUR COMPANY THEATER INC: $300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $236 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Arizona Community Fou…Jewish Community Foun…Virginia G Piper Char…Thunderbirds CharitiesMargaret T Morris Fou…The Herberger Foundat…The Diane and Bruce H…Scottsdale League for…Twiford FoundationFlinn FoundationWilliam & Ruth Pendle…The Kemper & Ethel Ma…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ29.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Thunderbirds Charities · Margaret T Morris Foundation · The Herberger Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Scottsdale League for the Arts · Twiford Foundation · Flinn Foundation · William & Ruth Pendleton Memorial Fund US Bank National Association · The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn

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 Sherman and Linda Saperstein Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sherman and Linda Saperstein Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • The Hyde Square Task Force Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 60 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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