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The Jerome and Joyce Cutler Shaw Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Jerome and Joyce Cutler Shaw Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$182k
Granted FY2019
14
Grants FY2019
4
States reached
$81k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Health$88kArts & Culture$31kCivil Rights$14kHuman Services$13kCrime & Legal$13kCommunity Improvement$13kEducation$12kHousing & Shelter$7kOther$0
02FY2019 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k10 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $81k
$6,710
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNERSTONE THERAPUTIC RIDING CENTER$81,208
HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC$13,388
SEAFAIR FOUNDATION$10,000
MUSEUM OF GLASS$10,000
TIDES CENTER FISCAL SPONSOR FOR FIRST EXPOSURES$6,720
JEWS FOR RACIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE$6,710
THE BAIL PROJECT INC$6,710
MAKE THE ROAD NY$6,710
TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC$6,710
LOST LIGHT PROJECTS INC DBA INSIDECLIMATENEWS$6,705
BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAIL FUND INC$6,705
URBAN HOMESTEADING ASSISTANCE BOARD INC$6,705
RIP MEDICAL DEBT MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC$6,705
NEW YORK COMMUNITIES ORGANIZING FUND$6,705
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 (FY19–19, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $13k → 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

WA
MN
NY
CA
VA
MD
NM
DC
AL
TX
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.

4%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9k · 7 repeat orgs$195k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2019, 7 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
21

Total granted

$9k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+59%

Still filing today

29%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $182k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Crime & LegalArts & CultureInternationalHousing & ShelterEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +78%
  • JA
    JACOB AND CUSHMAN FOOD BANK
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k
  • K
    KPBS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k

Funded once

  • AL
    ATHENAEUM LIBRARY
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +89%
  • LJ
    LA JOLLA SYMPHONY CHORUS
    one grant, 2018 · $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
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
2
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
3
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
6
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
7
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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8
Office of the Appellate Defender

Oad strives to ensure that poor people convicted of felonies receive full and equal access to justice by providing exceptional appellate representation, improving the quality of indigent defense representation through education & training,…

Crime & Legal
9
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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10
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make the Road New York; the most unlike its peers is Cornerstone Therapeutic Riding Center. 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

25 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. 25 of the 43 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cornerstone Therapeutic Riding Center: $81,208 · Recreation & SportsCornerstone Therapeutic Riding CenterSEAFAIR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherSEAFAIR FOUNDATIONTIDES CENTER FISCAL SPONSOR FOR FIRST EXPOSURES: $6,720 · OtherTIDES CENTER FISCAL SPONSOR FOR FIR…TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC: $6,710 · OtherTRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INCRIP MEDICAL DEBT MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $6,705 · OtherRIP MEDICAL DEBT MEDICAL DEBT RESOL…ATHENAEUM LIBRARY: $5,275 · OtherATHENAEUM LIBRARYNew York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $6,705 · OtherNew York Communities Organizing Fun…INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS INC: $6,705 · OtherINSIDE CLIMATE NEWS INCUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $5,500 · OtherUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION+23 more: $9,166 · Other+23 moreTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $6,710 · Crime & LegalTHE BAIL PR…Make the Road New York: $6,710 · Crime & LegalMake the Ro…BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAIL FUND INC: $6,705 · Crime & LegalBROOKLYN CO…+1 more: $500 · Crime & LegalHUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $13,388 · Human ServicesMuseum of Glass: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureURBAN HOMESTEADING ASSISTANCE (U-HAB) INC: $6,705 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $200 · Housing & ShelterJEWS FOR RACIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $6,710 · Civil Rights
Recreation & Sports$81,208Other$63,486Crime & Legal$20,625Human Services$13,388Arts & Culture$11,100Housing & Shelter$6,905Civil Rights$6,710

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 budgetCornerstone Therapeutic Riding Center: $81,208 over 1y, 28% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $13,388 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSEAFAIR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC: $6,710 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $6,710 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWS FOR RACIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $6,710 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMake the Road New York: $6,710 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Communities Organizing Fund Inc: $6,705 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetURBAN HOMESTEADING ASSISTANCE (U-HAB) INC: $6,705 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAIL FUND INC: $6,705 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINSIDE CLIMATE NEWS INC: $6,705 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHREEPENNY REVIEW: $955 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $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 Ford FoundationBrooklyn Community Fo…Amalgamated Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ford FoundationNY14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Jerome and Joyce Cutler Shaw Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jerome and Joyce Cutler Shaw Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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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    Find your warmest path to The Jerome and Joyce Cutler Shaw Family Foundation Inc 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 43 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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