New York · Private foundation
The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $68k
- Granted FY2023
- 18
- Grants FY2023
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $68k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $20,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 18 | $68k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $94k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $78k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $70k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $58k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $57k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $49k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding Westchester Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Westchester Medical Center Foundation | $30,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $21,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Phelps Memorial Hospital Association | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $16,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Nejeda Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ossining Children's Center Inc | $11,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding Westchester Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Westchester Medical Center Foundation | $30,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $21,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Phelps Memorial Hospital Association | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $16,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Nejeda Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ossining Children's Center Inc | $11,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Spca of Westchester Inc | $3,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Ossining Food Pantry | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $2,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Autistic Self Advocacy Network Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($237k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc give?
- The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $68,100 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (81%), Food & Nutrition (5%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Feeding Westchester Inc ($80k), Westchester Medical Center Foundation ($30k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($22k).
- Does The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc 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 Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bessemer Giving Fund, Network for Good, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc based?
- The Sidney and Betty Shames Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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