· Private foundation
Tillie & Alfred Shemanski Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE | $7,450 |
| JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON | $4,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE | $2,000 |
| THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY | $500 |
| SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $300 |
| TEMPLE DE HIRSCH SINAI | $300 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | $300 |
| SEATTLE UNIVERSITY | $300 |
| CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON | $200 |
| HEBREW UNION COLLEGE | $200 |
| CITY OF HOPE | $200 |
| SEATTLE TIMES FUND FOR THE NEEDY | $100 |
| BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY | $100 |
| MARCH OF DIMES | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $750) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHolocaust Center For Humanity2× · 2018–2019 · $16k · revenue +121%
- SUSEATTLE UNIVERSITY9× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +62%
- SASEATTLE ART MUSEUM9× · 2017–2025 · $900 · revenue +0%
Funded once
- CSCollege Success Foundationone grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -14%
- TATILLIE & ALFRED SHEMANSKI TESTAMENTARY TRUSTone grant, 2024 · $11k · revenue +9%
- HFHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +26%
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.
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.
The mission of Hillel at the University of Washington (Hillel UW) is to inspire students and young adults (ages 18-35) to explore, embrace, and celebrate Jewish life and identity.
Fundraising activities to support Seattle University
Seattle children's foundation exists to improve the quality of health care services to infants, children, and adolescents through contributions to organizations providing health care services, research and education.
Arcs foundation advances science and technology in the united states by providing financial awards to academically outstanding u.s. citizens studying to complete degrees in science, engineering and medical research.
Mission: Inspired by their history and values, Jewish Family Service supports the needs of Jewish individuals and families, refugees and immigrants, and the broader community to achieve well-being, health, and stability. From food security…
Seattle christian schools is committed to providing a premier, christ-centered education for k-12 students. blessed with a legacy of over 70 years of god's provision and leading, students benefit from an unparalleled educational…
Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.
The seattle waldorf school mission is: daily we strive to inspire learning, courage, and joy in the developing human being.
Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.
The Seattle Athenaeum connects a dynamic literary community through a curated book collection, diverse programming, and opportunities for engaging conversations and transformative ideas.
The seattle colleges foundation catalyzes community support to advance the mission, work and impact of seattle colleges. we engage our community to transform lives, promote equity and increase access to quality, affordable education.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 33 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE ↗
- Who funds Holocaust Center For Humanity ↗
- Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
- Who funds TILLIE & ALFRED SHEMANSKI TESTAMENTARY TRUST ↗
- Who funds HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SEATTLE ↗
- Who funds Dress for Success Seattle ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE SEATTLE TIMES COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
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: Seattle Foundation · Tillie & Alfred Shemanski Testamentary Trust · Samis Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tillie & Alfred Shemanski Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tillie & Alfred Shemanski Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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