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Private foundation (trust)EIN 471833006Est. 2015-03

SHEAR FAMILY FOUNDATION INC

PITTSBURGH, PA 15238

Total Assets

$225.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$9.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

78

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$116K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$2K–$951K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Human Services

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$14.0M

Total Expenses

$12.9M

Qualifying Distributions

$10.0M

Distributable Amount

$10.6M

Min. Investment Return

$10.7M

Undistributed Income

$10.6M

Payout rate 94%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.94%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

78 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $50K to maximum $951K, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $9.5M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

279 grants

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
$4.1M
4 grants
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC
$2.4M
4 grants
DONOR ADVISED FUNDS- CHARLES SCHWAB
$2.2M
2 grants
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
$1.8M
8 grants
AMERIAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FUND
$1.6M
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
$1.2M
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS
$1.1M
4 grants
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES
$1.1M
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

279 grants

<$10K
86
grants
$10–50K
61
grants
$50–250K
94
grants
$250K–1M
34
grants
$1–5M
4
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

24 states

Pennsylvania
$13.1M
37% of total
Illinois
$4.9M
14% of total
Florida
$3.4M
10% of total
District of Columbia
$2.5M
7% of total
New Jersey
$2.4M
7% of total
Nevada
$2.3M
7% of total
New York
$1.4M
4% of total
Colorado
$1.4M
4% of total
California
$1.4M
4% of total
Utah
$988K
3% of total

+14 more states

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