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Sherwat Charitable Trust at a glance

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Sherwat Charitable Trust

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.

$89k
Granted FY2025still arriving
82
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$54kHealth$43kReligion$41kYouth Development$40kCivil Rights$38kPhilanthropy$24kFood & Nutrition$8kEducation$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k80 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
$500
Median grant
16
States reached
$387k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KING STREET CENTER$12,500
VIRGINIA LEAGUE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD$10,000
TEMPLE MICAH$7,682
SIERRA CLUB$4,500
NATURE CONSERVANCY$4,500
AUDUBON SOCIETY$4,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$3,500
OHEF SHOLOM TEMPLE$2,550
CARNEGIE FOUNDATION$2,500
KATIE'S KIDS$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$1,500
THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL$1,300
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY$1,200
BATES$1,200
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 (FY20–25, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%KING STREET CENTER: $10k → 10%THE KING STREET CENTER: $10k → 10%KING STREET CENTER: $10k → 10%KING STREET CENTER: $5k → 10%KING STREET CENTER: $5k → 10%VERMONT AFGHAN ALLIANCE: $500 → 10%SPECTRUM: $500 → 10%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
VT
MN
NY
MA
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
SC
DC
AL
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$275k · 26 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 59 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
14

Total granted

$275k
$22k

Still filing today

58%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • KS
    KING STREET CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $53k · revenue +125%
  • BF
    BREAD FOR THE CITY INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +59%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2025 · $5k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • 4C
    41 CHARITABLE ENTITIES
    one grant, 2024 · $13k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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 Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
2
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
3
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
4
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
5
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
6
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
7
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
8
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
9
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
10
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
11
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
12
American Geosciences Institute

The american geosciences institute (agi) was founded in 1948, under a directive of the national academy of sciences, as a network of associations representing geoscientists with a diverse array of skills and knowledge of our planet. the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern Poverty Law Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Isaac Jacobowitz Foundation Fkathe Carnegie Foundation. 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

46 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. 46 of the 103 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
16/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE MICAH WASHINGTON DC: $46,260 · OtherTEMPLE MICAH WASHINGTON DCVA LEAGUE PLAN PARNTHD: $40,000 · OtherVA LEAGUE PLAN PARNTHDSOUTHERN POV LAW CTR: $36,000 · OtherSOUTHERN POV LAW CTRSIERRA CLUB: $18,800 · OtherSIERRA CLUBTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $17,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYTHE NATURE CONSERVATORY: $16,050 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVATORY41 CHARITABLE ENTITIES: $12,591 · Other40 CHARITABLE ENTITIES: $10,491 · Other+66 more: $65,124 · Other+66 moreKING STREET CENTER INC: $52,500 · Human ServicesKING STREET CENT…+2 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesVIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCORPORATED: $10,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,000 · Health+3 more: $660 · HealthSIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $5,125 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $1,950 · EducationPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $1,625 · EducationGEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL: $850 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES: $500 · Education+2 more: $400 · EducationBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $7,500 · Food & NutritionVERMONT FOODBANK: $2,000 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $4,650 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $800 · Environment+2 more: $300 · EnvironmentJEVAIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,300 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,172 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND: $750 · InternationalNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $250 · International+1 more: $150 · International
Other$262,816Human Services$53,500Health$12,660Education$10,450Food & Nutrition$9,500Environment$9,250International$5,622

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 budgetKING STREET CENTER INC: $52,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $18,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $5,125 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $4,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEVAIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,300 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFriendship Place: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $1,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $1,625 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILLIAMS SCHOOL: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,172 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT AFGHAN ALLIANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NORFOLK ACADEMY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Forests: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALEX MANFULL FUND: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN SERIES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Louis D Brandeis Center Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $50 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.

  • Who funds KING STREET CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds BREAD FOR THE CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEVAIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Friendship Place ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Sherwat Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sherwat Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • King Street Center Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Simmons University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 103 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
where grant money is based, and what stays home