California · Private foundation
The Shekels Charitable 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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $29k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $29,346
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $29,346
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $59M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Shekels Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $2.3M | 53% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $979k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $1.2M | 27% |
| FY2017 | 42 | $450k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $327,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County | $293,085 | 4 | 0% |
| Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation | $145,520 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvard-Westlake School | $115,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $105,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cal Poly Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Geffen Playhouse Inc | $82,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Aegis America Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Global Fund for Women Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 64 grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Shekels Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc · Pasadena Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Ann Peppers Foundation · Helen and Will Webster Foundation · Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc · Jerry & Terri Kohl Family Foundation · The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit (Aka the Music Man Foundation)
How this is measured
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About The Shekels Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Shekels Charitable Foundation give?
- The Shekels Charitable Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $29,346, out of $1,693,846 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Shekels Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Arts & Culture (6%), Community Improvement (4%).
- Who are The Shekels Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery ($328k), Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County ($293k), Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation ($146k).
- Does The Shekels Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shekels Charitable 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 Shekels Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ahmanson Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
- Where is The Shekels Charitable Foundation based?
- The Shekels Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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