Funding search · EIN 010850218 · Somerville, MA
The Joan Shafran and Rob Haimes
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 286
- grants reported
- $1.1M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $1,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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4 grants matching “muriel” · $9,500
- $4,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Mit press muriel cooper design fund and mit media lab discretionary fund
- $1,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Muriel cooper memorial design fund
- $4,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2023
Mit press muriel cooper design fund/media lab discretionary fund
- $500
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Mit press-restricted for muriel cooper publication fund
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Friends of Mendelsohn1 grant · $250,000
- Cleveland Museum of Natural History4 grants · $210,000
- Boston Architectural College8 grants · $162,300
- The Cultural Landscape Foundation11 grants · $152,560
- Mobile Makers1 grant · $50,000
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology6 grants · $21,500
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute2 grants · $15,000
- Chicago Mobile Makers2 grants · $12,500
- Westport Land Conservation Trust7 grants · $10,500
- American Jewish Committee3 grants · $10,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 286 grants.
- $250,000
Friends of Mendelsohn · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Annual fund
- $135,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2022
The nathan & fanny shafran planetarium renovations & technology upgrade
- $50,000
Mobile Makers · Chicago, IL · 2024
Boston fund
- $50,000
Boston Architectural College · Boston, MA · 2023
Mobile makers boston fund
- $37,300
Boston Architectural College · Boston, MA · 2022
Mobile makers
- $25,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Shafran planetarium
- $25,000
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Annual fund
- $25,000
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
The landscape prize
- $25,000
Boston Architectural College · Boston, MA · 2024
Social innovation & entrepreneurship initiative
- $25,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Annual fund
- $25,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2023
The nathan and fannye shafran planetarium
- $25,000
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Ny times new landscape architecture award
- $20,000
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Annual fund
- $20,000
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Annual fund
- $20,000
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Annual fund
- $10,000
Boston Architectural College · Boston, MA · 2025
Bac exhibition program
- $10,000
Chicago Mobile Makers · Chicago, IL · 2025
Annual fund
- $10,000
Boston Architectural College · Boston, MA · 2024
School of architecture and bac exhibition program
- $10,000
Boston Architectural College · Boston, MA · 2024
Walter hood native(s) exhibit
- $10,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2024
Cll research
- $10,000
Boston Architectural College · Boston, MA · 2023
School of architecture and bac exhibition program
- $10,000
Boston Architectural College · Boston, MA · 2022
$3,500 to a student in the school of architecture, $3,500 to a student in the school of landscape architecture and $3,000 to the bac exhibition program
- $8,500
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $8,334
Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Park synagogue donation
- $5,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2025
Leukemia research and ccl
- $5,000
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Soak it up conference
- $5,000
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $5,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Annual fund
- $5,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Cll research
- $5,000
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational, scientific, literary, religious, and charitable
- $4,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Mit press muriel cooper design fund and mit media lab discretionary fund
- $4,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2023
Mit press muriel cooper design fund/media lab discretionary fund
- $3,500
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Media lab discretionary fund
- $2,500
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,500
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,500
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,500
Chicago Mobile Makers · Chicago, IL · 2025
New bedford seaport art walk installation
- $2,500
Free Speech for People · Amherst, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,500
Israel21c · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,500
Lahaina Restoration Foundation · Puunene, HI · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,500
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,500
Passim · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Club passim
- $2,500
Project Education · Bellingham, WA · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,500
Public Media Company · Boulder, CO · 2025
Public media bridge fund
- $2,500
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2025
Fund for wbur
- $2,500
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,500
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Annual fund
- $2,500
Israel21c · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Annual fund
- $2,500
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual fund
- $2,500
Passim · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Annual fund
- $2,500
Project Education · Brookline, MA · 2024
Annual fund
- $2,500
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
Wbur
- $2,500
Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts · Edgecomb, ME · 2024
Founders hill
- $2,500
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Annual fund
- $2,500
Friends of Horseshoe Lake · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Save horseshoe lake
- $2,500
Israel21c · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Annual fund
- $2,500
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center · Tivoli, NY · 2023
Kaatsbaan kitchen upgrade
- $2,500
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2023
Annual fund
- $2,500
New Bedford Light · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Annual fund
- $2,500
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual fund
- $2,500
Passim · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Annual fund
- $2,500
Project Education · Brookline, MA · 2023
Annual fund
- $2,500
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
Wbur
- $2,500
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Annual fund
- $2,500
Friends of Horseshoe Lake · Shaker Heights, OH · 2022
Save horseshoe lake campaign
- $2,500
Passim · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Pear fund (passim emergency artist relief)
- $2,500
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2022
The berry hill farm project
- $2,000
Hudson Opera House · Hudson, NY · 2025
Giulio cesare opera
- $2,000
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park · Tivoli, NY · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,000
One Community Nyc · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Annual fund
- $2,000
Hudson Opera House · Hudson, NY · 2024
Giulio cesare opera
- $2,000
Hudson Opera House · Hudson, NY · 2023
Support for rodelina opera
- $2,000
Hudson Opera House · Hudson, NY · 2022
Educational, scientific, literary, religious, and charitable
- $1,650
Foundation To Combat Antisemitism · Foxborough, MA · 2023
Stand up to jewish hate
- $1,650
The Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Annual fund
- $1,500
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Presidential priorities fund
- $1,500
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,500
Our Sisters School · New Bedford, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,500
Westport Food Pantry · Westport, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,500
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,500
Our Sisters School · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Annual fund
- $1,500
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2024
Annual fund
- $1,500
Cool Culture · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Annual fund
- $1,500
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual fund
- $1,500
Our Sisters School · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Annual fund
- $1,500
Project Education · Brookline, MA · 2023
For stem initiative
- $1,500
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2023
Annual fund
- $1,500
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
Wbur
- $1,500
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2022
Annual fund
- $1,500
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Annual fund
- $1,000
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,000
Cool Culture · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,000
Datma · New Bedford, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,000
Fidalgo Island Rotary Foundation · Anacortes, WA · 2025
Guatemala surgical mission
- $1,000
Handel and Haydn Society · Boston, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,000
International Institute of New England · Boston, MA · 2025
Annual fund
- $1,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Annual fund
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Similar grant size
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