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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 FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$9.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$32MReligion$3.5MEducation$2.3MInternational$706kPhilanthropy$460kArts & Culture$348kHealth$250kPublic Benefit$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
  • $250k+2 grants · $10M
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$103M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY GIFT FUND$9,849,199
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$500,000
BRADLEY IMPACT FUND$200,000
RICCARDO MULTI ITALIAN OPERA ACADEMY$20,000
BUILD THE VOTE$15,000
SHIELD OF DAVID FOUNDATION$10,000
SOUTH BAY UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH$5,000
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHABAD AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 16%PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5k → 10%CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF RSF: $1.0M → 11%CONGREGATION BETH AM: $5k → 14%BUILD THE VOTE: $15k → 14%BRADLEY IMPACT FUND: $260k → 17%CULTURES IN CONTEXT: $25k → 17%NRA FREEDOM ACTION FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%FIDELITY GIFT FUND: $11.7M → 11%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $257k → 16%WE HAVE RIGHTS: $20k → 10%CHABAD OF RANCHO SANTE FE: $100k → 11%CONGREGATION BETH AM: $3k → 14%JEWISH INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS: $2k → 14%BRADLEY IMPACT FUND: $200k → 17%CULTURES IN CONTEXT: $20k → 17%FIDELITY GIFT FUND: $9.8M → 11%LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $50k → 11%GIBBON CONSERVATION CENTER: $1k → 14%CULTURES IN CONTEXT: $20k → 17%FIDELITY GIFT FUND: $6.1M → 11%SAN DIGO YANTAI FREINDSHIP SOCIETY: $3k → 11%FIDELITY GIFT FUND: $3.1M → 11%SAN DIEGO YANTAI FREINDSHIP SOCIETY: $1k → 11%FIDELITY GIFT FUND: $1.0M → 11%SAN DIEGO YANTAI FREINDSHIP SOCIETY: $1k → 11%SAN DIGO YANTAI FREINDSHIP SOCIETY: $1k → 11%CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF RSF: $70k → 11%SHIELD OF DAVID FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%CONGREGATION BETH AM: $3k → 11%SOUTH BAY UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH: $10k → 11%SOUTH BAY UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH: $5k → 11%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 11%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $500k → 11%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $500k → 11%SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY: $15k → 11%SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY: $11k → 11%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

WI
NY
MA
CA
KY
VA
TN
DC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37M · 13 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
11

Total granted

$37M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+43%

Still filing today

23%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalReligionYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +34%
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    4× · 2017–2020 · $704k · revenue +53%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $26k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • CF
    Chabad Fenway - Huntington Avenue Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $1.1M
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $257k · revenue +22%
  • LC
    LAHEY CLINIC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +43%
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
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
2
Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

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3
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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4
Sandler Foundation

The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the…

Philanthropy
5
Bach Collegium San Diego

The mission of bach collegium san diego engages audiences with accessible, historically informed performances and educational programs featuring repertoire from the renaissance, baroque and early classical eras.

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6
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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7
Hillel of San Diego

Hillel seeks to be a vibrant jewish presence for san diego college students.

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8
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
9
La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Association

La Jolla Symphony Chorus Association was organized in 1957 under the nonprofit public benefit corporation laws for public and charitable purposes. The mission of the association is to inspire the San Diego community with the joy of music…

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10
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
11
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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12
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is San Diego-Yantai Friendship Society. 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

14 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. 14 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY GIFT FUND: $31,739,167 · OtherFIDELITY GIFT FUNDCHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL: $1,200,000 · Other+15 more: $1,603,220 · OtherUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $257,002 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationChabad Fenway - Huntington Avenue Inc: $1,133,200 · ReligionFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $704,000 · International+1 more: $2,135 · InternationalBRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $460,000 · PhilanthropyLAHEY CLINIC INC: $250,000 · HealthLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO-YANTAI FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$34,542,387Education$2,267,002Religion$1,133,200International$706,135Philanthropy$460,000Health$250,000Arts & Culture$57,000

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 budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $704,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $460,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $257,002 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAHEY CLINIC INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY: $25,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSHIELD OF DAVID FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetNRA FREEDOM ACTION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $2,135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO-YANTAI FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY: $2,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetGibbon Conservation Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Chabad Fenway - Huntington Avenue Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LAHEY CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds SHIELD OF DAVID FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NRA FREEDOM ACTION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO-YANTAI FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Gibbon Conservation Center ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foun…Sempra FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Shillman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shillman 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Lahey Clinic Inc: 1% 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 · 0–10%
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.

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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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