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Shapiro Foundation

Needham, MA  ·  EIN 043541595  ·  Website ↗  ·  990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$123.7M

Total Giving

$35.7M

Grants on File

365

Average Grant

$98K

Giving Radius

Where Shapiro Foundation Has Given

AK — no grants on file AL — $1K across 1 grant AR — $216K across 5 grants AZ — no grants on file CA — $2.3M across 25 grants CO — $3K across 3 grants CT — $49K across 7 grants DC — $1.5M across 21 grants DE — $982K across 5 grants FL — $32K across 6 grants GA — $80K across 14 grants HI — no grants on file IA — $2K across 2 grants ID — no grants on file IL — $897K across 8 grants IN — no grants on file KS — $49K across 1 grant KY — no grants on file LA — $2.2M across 6 grants MA — $13.9M across 133 grants MD — $910K across 6 grants ME — $103K across 5 grants MI — no grants on file MN — $1.8M across 7 grants MO — $1K across 1 grant MS — no grants on file MT — no grants on file NC — $138K across 2 grants ND — no grants on file NE — $1K across 1 grant NH — $663K across 8 grants NJ — $117K across 5 grants NM — no grants on file NV — $5K across 1 grant NY — $8.6M across 58 grants OH — $1K across 1 grant OK — no grants on file OR — $2K across 2 grants PA — $694K across 8 grants RI — $254K across 6 grants SC — no grants on file SD — no grants on file TN — $30K across 3 grants TX — $33K across 3 grants UT — $1K across 1 grant VA — $136K across 4 grants VT — $1K across 1 grant WA — $53K across 4 grants WI — no grants on file WV — no grants on file WY — no grants on file
Historical grants to 231 recipients across 34 states. Top concentrations: BOSTON ($8.9M, 53 grants), NEW YORK ($8.5M, 46 grants), NEW ORLEANS ($2.2M, 6 grants), DEDHAM ($2.0M, 5 grants), WASHINGTON ($1.5M, 21 grants). Plus international giving not shown on this map.

Section I

How to Apply

No application guidelines on file — check the foundation's website directly.

On Unsolicited Proposals no

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient Amount Year
Cohen Camps $185 2020
Friends of the University of Ottawa $300K 2020
Become - Israel Gives - American Support for Israel $1K 2020
Chapel & York Foundation $10K 2020
Emory $7K 2020
Franciscan Children's Hospital $20K 2020
Alima USA $100K 2020
Beaver Country Day School $150K 2020
Boston Children's Hospital $752K 2020
Bridge2Rwanda $37K 2020
Duet $104K 2020
Edesia $50K 2020
Facing History and Ourselves $2K 2020
Focusing Philanthropy $57K 2020
Acs Athens $223K 2020
Agahozo Shalom Youth Village $20K 2020
Alzheimer's Association $100 2020
Americans for Oxford -Oxford University Refugee Studies $500 2020
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center $6K 2020
Boston Bullpen Project $10K 2020
Boston Medical Center Corporation $355K 2020
Brandeis University Jewish Identity Fund $67K 2020
Dana Farber Jimmy Fund $6K 2020
De Novo Center for Justice & Healing $42K 2020
Health Law Advocates $10K 2020

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Section V

Board of Directors

  • EDWARD L SHAPIRO TRUSTEE
  • BARBARA J SHAPIRO TRUSTEE
  • EDWARD L SHAPIRO TRUSTEE
  • BARBARA J SHAPIRO TRUSTEE
  • EDWARD L SHAPIRO TRUSTEE
  • BARBARA J SHAPIRO TRUSTEE
  • EDWARD L SHAPIRO TRUSTEE
  • BARBARA J SHAPIRO TRUSTEE

Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year Total Assets Qualifying Distributions Total Revenue Total Expenses
2023 $125.1M $7.2M $4.6M $14.6M
2022 $136.3M $6.9M $10.7M $11.5M
2021 $157.3M $6.9M $11.5M $9.2M
2020 $143.6M $7.4M $-23,969,781 $10.1M
2019 $159.3M $7.6M $328K $11.4M
2015 $96.0M $3.5M $49.7M $4.3M
2014 $50.6M $2.9M $8.8M $3.6M
2013 $45.4M — $10.0M $3.6M
2012 $38.9M $1.6M $12.3M $2.7M
2011 $29.3M $1.0M $11.2M $1.7M

Section VII

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