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Private foundation (trust)EIN 450524597Est. 2003-10

Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation

CHICAGO, IL 60611

Total Assets

$22.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$3.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

17

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$209K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$2M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.8M

Total Expenses

$3.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$3.6M

Distributable Amount

$1.1M

Min. Investment Return

$1.1M

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

17 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $100K to maximum $2M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $9.4M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

63 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

Brown University
$4M
2 grants
The Trustees of Princeton University
$1M
2 grants
University of Chicago - Division Social Science
$291K
2 grants
Inside Climate News
$250K
2 grants
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
$250K
2 grants
Art Institute of Chicago - Exhibitions Trust
$250K
1 grant
Anti-Defamation League
$200K
2 grants
Nourishing Hope
$200K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

63 grants

<$10K
18
grants
$10–50K
19
grants
$50–250K
18
grants
$250K–1M
2
grants
$1–5M
6
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

14 states

Illinois
$15.9M
72% of total
Rhode Island
$4M
18% of total
New Jersey
$1M
5% of total
New York
$631K
3% of total
District of Columbia
$200K
1% of total
Connecticut
$115K
1% of total
Oregon
$100K
0% of total
Virginia
$100K
0% of total
Idaho
$20K
0% of total
California
$15K
0% of total

+4 more states

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