California · Private foundation
The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation
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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $649k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $80k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $90k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $76k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $50k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Eisner Scholars | $170,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Burning Man Project | $75,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The People's Music School | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillcrest Country Club Charitable Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Eisner Scholars | $170,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Burning Man Project | $75,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The People's Music School | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillcrest Country Club Charitable Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wags and Walks | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($82k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation with peer funders
About The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation
- How much does The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation give?
- The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $97,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Arts & Culture (23%), International (18%).
- Who are The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Young Eisner Scholars ($170k), Burning Man Project ($75k), Oxfam-America Inc ($40k).
- Does The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation based?
- The Allen & Darian Shapiro Foundation is based in CA.
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