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The Susan Stein Shiva Foundation Fka the Susan S Shiva Foundation at a glance

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The Susan Stein Shiva Foundation Fka the Susan S Shiva Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$400k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.1MEducation$1.3MHealth$185kInternational$108kHuman Services$100kReligion$66kPhilanthropy$38kPublic Benefit$32kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $478k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$5,150
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PUBLIC THEATER$400,000
VASSAR COLLEGE$220,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHET EILON$58,000
THE FILM COLLABORATIVE$50,000
AMERICANS FOR THE ISRAELI THIRD WAY$50,000
WOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO$50,000
THE GLORIA FOUNDATION$50,000
WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER$25,000
STORYLINE INC$25,000
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC$10,000
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS$10,000
THE BRONX DEFENDERS$5,250
SNACK & FRIENDS INC$5,181
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARENTS CIRCLE$5,150
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%THE GLORIA FOUNDATION: $50k → 16%HOT BREAD KITCHEN: $1k → 20%HOT BREAD KITCHEN: $1k → 20%GOODFOUNDATION: $13k → 17%GOODFOUNDATION: $10k → 17%GOODFOUNDATION: $8k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $8k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $5k → 17%ASIA INITIATIVES INC: $1k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $2k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $2k → 17%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

ME
MN
IL
NY
OH
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC
OK
GA
FL
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 73 repeat orgs$712k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

73 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 62 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
66

Total granted

$4.3M
$431k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+6%

Still filing today

73%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $282k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • NY
    NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +29%
  • VC
    VASSAR COLLEGE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +43%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHET EILON INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $296k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • RS
    Ross School Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -9%
  • AN
    ARS NOVA THEATER I INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -19%
  • AP
    AUBIN PICTURES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -67%
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
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
7
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
8
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
9
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
10
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
11
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
12
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Foundation for the Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jigsaw Educational Productions Inc. 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

111 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. 111 of the 156 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
108/111
Grantees still filing
72/111
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $2,040,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL+36 more: $446,889 · Arts & Culture+36 moreVASSAR COLLEGE: $1,168,500 · OtherVASSAR COLLEGETHE METROPOLITAN OPERA: $66,000 · OtherWOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER: $60,000 · Other+70 more: $488,900 · Other+70 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHET EILON INC: $295,800 · Philanthropy+5 more: $22,650 · PhilanthropyICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $100,000 · EducationRoss School Foundation: $50,000 · EducationTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $10,000 · Education+5 more: $17,500 · EducationAMERICANS FOR THE ISRAELI THIRD WAYINC: $50,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 · InternationalU S-UKRAINE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $4,000 · International+10 more: $16,258 · InternationalTHE GLORIA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesGOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $31,088 · Human ServicesSNACK & FRIENDS INC: $12,681 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $4,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesNEXT FOR AUTISM INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $12,600 · HealthKING HUSSEIN CANCER FOUNDATION USA: $7,500 · HealthVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $4,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $2,000 · Health+5 more: $5,500 · Health
Arts & Culture$2,486,889Other$1,783,400Philanthropy$318,450Education$197,500International$115,258Human Services$100,769Health$46,600

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 budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $2,040,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $1,168,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHET EILON INC: $295,800 over 5y, 17% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetRoss School Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetARS NOVA THEATER I INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICANS FOR THE ISRAELI THIRD WAYINC: $50,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetAUBIN PICTURES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHICKEN & EGG FILMS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSHED NYC INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $35,350 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $31,088 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTORYLINE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTYPE MEDIA CENTER INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFILM FORUM INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT FOR AUTISM INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NEW GROUP INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $14,333 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSNACK & FRIENDS INC: $12,681 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FORTUNE SOCIETY INC: $12,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRVOTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetU S-UKRAINE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKING HUSSEIN CANCER FOUNDATION USA: $7,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREUT USA: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRONX DEFENDERS: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PARENTS CIRCLE - FAMILIES FORUM: $5,150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSESAME WORKSHOP: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALEX FUND INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $5,000 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Ford FoundationThe New York Communit…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Community Fede…The Hyde and Watson F…Arison Arts FoundationBlavatnik Family Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bessemer Giving F…California Community …National Philanthropi…
Jewish Communal FundNY37.4× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ford Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Arison Arts Foundation · Blavatnik Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Susan Stein Shiva Foundation Fka the Susan S Shiva Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Susan Stein Shiva Foundation Fka the Susan S Shiva Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 Susan Stein Shiva Foundation Fka the Susan S Shiva Foundation 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 156 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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