New York · Nonprofit
DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC
DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,500 to it, the largest being THE CLAIRE FRIEDLANDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $114k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $370k
What Dr Edward B Shils Entrepreneurial Fund Inc does
Mission
Recognize, develop and connect health care leadership to innovative,entrepreneurial approaches advancing oral health and its link to overall health
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The dr. Edward b. Shils entreprenurial fund, inc. ( shils fund)is committed to furthering the vision of dr, edward b. Shils who was a pioneer of entrepreneurship. The organization endeavors to inspire and enable new generations of entrepreneurs and recognizes those individuals, organizations, and programs that positively influenced the dental and medical community in the public health arena.in 2025 the shils fund continued to expand its reach smf sharpen its focus on empowering a new and diverse generation of oral health entrpreneurs.through robust programming. Prestigious awards and mentorship opportunities, the organizrion championed innovation to all levels of the dental profession.
$0 spentof which $36,500 as grants
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $484k to $364k (−25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
86% of DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
98% of DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC?
- DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,500 to it, the largest being THE CLAIRE FRIEDLANDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,500 in grants to DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC.
- Who is the largest funder of DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC?
- THE CLAIRE FRIEDLANDER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DR EDWARD B SHILS ENTREPRENEURIAL FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing