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The Bernard and Rena Shapiro Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bernard and Rena Shapiro Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$316k
Granted FY2017
32
Grants FY2017
6
States reached
$106k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

98% of The Bernard and Rena Shapiro Family Foundation’s FY2018 grant dollars went to The Jewish Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year The Bernard and Rena Shapiro Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 20 organizations, $316k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

20
’17
9
’18

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$7.6MHealth$164kYouth Development$73kReligion$37kEducation$36kAnimals$30kArts & Culture$26kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2017 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k25 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $152k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $106k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$128k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONCERN FOUNDATION$106,000
ISRAELI AIR FORCE CTR FDN$47,500
HUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY$25,000
UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY$25,000
JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL$25,000
UCLA FOUNDATION$15,000
MALIBU JEWISH CENTER$14,189
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$6,000
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS FDN$5,500
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL$5,000
CENTER FOR CITY BUILDING EDUCATION$5,000
LOS ANGELES YOUTH ORCHESTRA$5,000
USC INITIATIVE FOR ISRAELI ARTS$5,000
STAND WITH US$5,000
BEIT T'SHUVAH$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $500) 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%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 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

NH
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
VA
TN
DC
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.

28%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$116k · 6 repeat orgs$291k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2017, 0 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2017 (too recent to call). Read against FY2017, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
36

Total granted

$116k
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+30%

Still filing today

50%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
PhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • IA
    ISRAELI AIR FORCE CTR FDN
    2× · 2017–2018 · $73k
  • MJ
    MALIBU JEWISH CENTER
    2× · 2017–2018 · $22k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HILLEL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • CF
    CONCERN FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $106k · revenue +30%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1Dgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +31%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +34%
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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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2
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
3
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
5
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
6
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…

Religion
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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9
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc

Since 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has acted on behalf of North America's Jewish communities and others to fulfill the principle that "kol Yisrael arevim zeh l'zeh" - all Jews are responsible for one…

International
10
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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11
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
12
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Society for Yad Vashem Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. 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

31 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. 31 of the 47 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,567,463 · OtherTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+27 more: $187,696 · OtherCONCERN FOUNDATION: $106,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $5,529 · PhilanthropyUCLA FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $6,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $25,000 · HealthThe diaTribe Foundation: $5,000 · HealthHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $25,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC: $5,000 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $5,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $500 · InternationalLos Angeles Youth Orchestra: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $1,600 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $900 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & Culture
Other$7,755,159Philanthropy$186,529Education$31,000Health$30,000Animals$25,000International$10,500Arts & Culture$7,600

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 JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,567,463 over 1y, 66% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION: $106,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HILLEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Youth Orchestra: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe diaTribe Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTOP CANCER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTroops Direct: $29 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Jarvis Taxpayer Association: $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.

The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 The Bernard and Rena Shapiro Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bernard and Rena Shapiro Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Bernard and Rena Shapiro Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bernard and Rena Shapiro Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 47 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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