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The Howard and Jackie Shapiro Foundation at a glance

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The Howard and Jackie 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.

$559k
Granted FY2017
10
Grants FY2017
4
States reached
$170k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Howard and Jackie Shapiro Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year The Howard and Jackie Shapiro Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $559k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

9
’17
7
’18
3
’19
1
’20
1
’21
0
’22
0
’23
0
’24

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 2024.

Philanthropy$5.7MEducation$231kCivil Rights$150kPublic Benefit$100kEnvironment$80kReligion$51kArts & Culture$50kHealth$43kOther$0
02FY2017 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $471k
$40,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE$170,000
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS$150,000
MOTHER JONES$100,000
J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC$51,000
GREENINFO NETWORK$40,000
WRITERS' THEATRE$22,000
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$10,000
BRIGHT PINK$10,000
BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,000
NEW STORY LEADERSHIP$1,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $900k → 7%GREENINFO NETWORK: $40k → 10%MOTHER JONES: $100k → 10%BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $170k → 17%CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $150k → 14%PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%MITCHELL COLLEGE: $1k → 9%CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $900k → 7%GREENINFO NETWORK: $40k → 10%BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $50k → 17%JOHN ALEXANDER PROJECT: $25k → 14%BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $850k → 7%AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $25k → 17%DC GREENS: $10k → 14%BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $777k → 7%NEW STORY LEADERSHIP: $1k → 14%BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $750k → 7%NEW STORY LEADERSHIP: $1k → 14%BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $740k → 7%NEW STORY LEADERSHIP: $1k → 14%WRITERS' THEATRE: $22k → 14%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $725k → 7%BRIGHT PINK: $10k → 14%JEWISH UNITED FUND: $25k → 14%BRIGHT PINK: $10k → 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.
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$343k · 5 repeat orgs$422k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2017, 0 since wound down; 11 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

5
11

Total granted

$343k
$422k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+8%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationPublic BenefitHealthPhilanthropyCivil RightsReligionOther
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

  • WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $220k · revenue +206%
  • GN
    GreenInfo Network
    2× · 2017–2018 · $80k · revenue +61%
  • BR
    BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue -28%
  • TC
    The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progressgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +67%
  • JS
    J STREET EDUCATION FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $51k · revenue +40%
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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
3
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
4
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
5
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
6
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
9
New Jersey Policy Perspective

New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) is a nonpartisan think tank that drives policy change to advance economic, social, and racial justice through evidence-based, independent research, analysis, and strategic communications.

Arts & Culture
10
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
11
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
12
The National Bureau of Asian Research

Nbr conducts advanced independent research on strategic, political, economic, energy, globalization, and health issues affecting u.s. relations with asia. drawing upon an extensive network of the world's leading specialists and leveraging…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Philanthropic Trust; the most unlike its peers is GreenInfo Network. 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

16 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. 16 of the 17 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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $5,641,970 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST+2 more: $50,000 · PhilanthropyWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $220,000 · EducationCHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $100,000 · Public BenefitGreenInfo Network: $80,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $150,000 · Civil RightsJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $51,000 · ReligionAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $25,000 · InternationalBRIGHT PINK NFP: $20,000 · OtherNEW STORY LEADERSHIP: $3,000 · OtherBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherWriters Theatre Inc: $22,000 · OtherDC Greens Inc: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $2,500 · Other
Philanthropy$5,691,970Education$231,000Public Benefit$180,000Civil Rights$150,000Religion$51,000International$25,000Other$77,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $5,641,970 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $220,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGreenInfo Network: $80,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $51,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN ALEXANDER PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $22,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBRIGHT PINK NFP: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDC Greens Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMITCHELL COLLEGE: $1,000 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.

National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Howard and Jackie Shapiro Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Howard and Jackie Shapiro Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Mitchell College: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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How do I get to The Howard and Jackie Shapiro Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Howard and Jackie Shapiro 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 17 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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