· Private foundation
Shifrin Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $59k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $71k
Anchored by a single position: about 92% of reported assets are held in Apple Computer.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| B'NAI JESHURUN CONGREGATION | $19,000 |
| CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART | $12,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION (CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA) | $10,000 |
| WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| YELLOWSTONE FOREVER | $10,000 |
| SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA | $8,000 |
| LAND STUDIO | $6,000 |
| CLEVELAND BALLET | $6,000 |
| CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | $5,000 |
| GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| LAKE ERIE NATURE & SCIENCE CENTER | $5,000 |
| CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND | $4,000 |
| BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| MIDDLE EAST FORUM | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
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 Shifrin Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
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 +48% since the first grant, against -12% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 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, 96% 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
Backed again, and grew
- CMCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART8× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +71%
- TMThe Musical Arts Association9× · 2017–2025 · $77k · revenue +45%
- YFYELLOWSTONE FOREVER8× · 2018–2025 · $37k · revenue +164%
Funded once
- NNNATURES NURSERY CENTER FOR WILDLIFE REHAB & CONSRone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -12%
- YPYELLOWSTONE PARK FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $4k
- HFHOLDEN FORESTS AND GARDENSone grant, 2024 · $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.
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.
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
The holden arboretum connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.
The cleveland botanical garden connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.
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."
Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…
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…
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
Western reserve historical society preserves and uses its collections, historic sites, and museums to inspire people to discover the american experience by exploring the tangible history of northeast ohio.
To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement.
How this is measured
31 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. 31 of the 39 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 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds YELLOWSTONE FOREVER ↗
- Who funds WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC ↗
- Who funds LAND STUDIO INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND BALLET ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MIDDLE EAST FORUM ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds LAKE ERIE NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE ↗
- Who funds GREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds GROSS SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds CONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ↗
- Who funds NATURES NURSERY CENTER FOR WILDLIFE REHAB & CONSR ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
- Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL ↗
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: The George Gund Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · The Reinberger Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · George Codrington Fdnhirtlena · Kulas Foundation · Perkins Charitable Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Shifrin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shifrin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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