California · Private foundation
The Shillman 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.
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,849,199
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $103M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Shillman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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 | 7 | $10M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $8.4M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $2.3M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $240k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $12M | 45% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $4.5M | 63% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $388k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $428k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $2,000,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chabad Fenway - Huntington Avenue Inc | $1,133,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Rsf | $1,070,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $704,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $257,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Lahey Clinic Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Jolla Music Society | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Diego Youth Symphony & Conservatory | $25,500 | 2 | 1% |
| South Bay United Pentecostal Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Build the Vote | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $2,000,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chabad Fenway - Huntington Avenue Inc | $1,133,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Rsf | $1,070,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $704,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $257,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Lahey Clinic Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Jolla Music Society | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Diego Youth Symphony & Conservatory | $25,500 | 2 | 1% |
| South Bay United Pentecostal Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Build the Vote | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shield of David Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| NRA Freedom Action Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Philharmonic Society of Orange County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Am | $3,425 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Institute for National Security of America | $2,135 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego-Yantai Friendship Society | $2,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Gibbon Conservation Center | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($33M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shillman 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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Sempra Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shillman Foundation
- How much does The Shillman Foundation give?
- The Shillman Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $10,604,199 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Shillman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (81%), Religion (9%), Education (6%).
- Who are The Shillman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Uc San Diego Foundation ($2.0M), Chabad Fenway - Huntington Avenue Inc ($1.1M), Chabad Jewish Center of Rsf ($1.1M).
- Does The Shillman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shillman 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 Shillman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, Sempra Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Shillman Foundation based?
- The Shillman Foundation is based in CA.
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