Funding search · EIN 134027049 · New York, NY

Shanken Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

49
grants reported
$1.5M
total given
2023–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20232025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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3 grants matching “charitycharity · $15,000

  • $5,000

    Spence School · New York, NY · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Spence School · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Spence School · New York, NY · 2023

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Congregation Emanu-El3 grants · $322,500
  • Els for Autism3 grants · $320,715
  • Film Society of Lincoln Center3 grants · $259,118
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai1 grant · $100,000
  • Diabetes Research Institute3 grants · $75,000
  • Keepers of the Quaich2 grants · $50,000
  • Conquer Cancer the Asco Foundation1 grant · $50,000
  • Sammy Gelband Foundation1 grant · $50,000
  • American Cancer Society2 grants · $30,000
  • Jewish Voters Unite1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$444,500
2023
$624,333
2024
$425,938
2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

  • $147,500

    Congregation Emanu-El · New York, NY · 2025

    Charity

  • $140,715

    Els for Autism · Jupiter, FL · 2023

    Charity

  • $125,000

    Congregation Emanu-El · New York, NY · 2023

    Charity

  • $120,000

    Els for Autism · Jupiter, FL · 2024

    Charity

  • $100,000

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $90,333

    Film Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $87,000

    Film Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2025

    Charity

  • $81,785

    Film Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Charity

  • $60,000

    Els for Autism · Jupiter, FL · 2025

    Charity

  • $50,000

    Congregation Emanu-El · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $50,000

    Conquer Cancer the Asco Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Charity

  • $50,000

    Sammy Gelband Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2024

    Charity

  • $30,000

    Keepers of the Quaich · New York, NY · 2023

    Charity

  • $25,000

    Diabetes Research Institute · Hollywood, FL · 2025

    Charity

  • $25,000

    Blue Check Charitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $25,000

    Diabetes Research Institute · Hollywood, FL · 2024

    Charity

  • $25,000

    Jewish Voters Unite · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $25,000

    Diabetes Research Institute · Hollywood, FL · 2023

    Charity

  • $20,000

    Keepers of the Quaich · Duluth, GA · 2025

    Charity

  • $20,000

    The Allen - Stevenson School · New York, NY · 2025

    Charity

  • $17,500

    American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Charity

  • $15,000

    The Bridge Golf Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $13,638

    Constellation Culinary Group · New York, NY · 2025

    Charity

  • $12,500

    American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Charity

  • $10,000

    Afmo · New York, NY · 2025

    Charity

  • $10,000

    The Bridge Golf Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Charity

  • $10,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $10,000

    Autism Project of Palm Beach County · Jupiter, FL · 2024

    Charity

  • $10,000

    City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $10,000

    Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $10,000

    Hillel at Virginia Tech · Blacksburg, VA · 2023

    Charity

  • $5,000

    Autism Project of Palm Beach County · Jupiter, FL · 2025

    Charity

  • $5,000

    Seaver Autism Center Mount Sinai Medical Center · New York, NY · 2025

    Charity

  • $5,000

    Spence School · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitycharity

  • $5,000

    Quogue Wildlife Refuge · Quogue, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $5,000

    Seaver Autism Center Mount Sinai Medical Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $5,000

    Spence School · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitycharity

  • $5,000

    University of Miami Hillel · Coral Gable, FL · 2024

    Charity

  • $5,000

    Autism Project of Palm Beach County · Jupiter, FL · 2023

    Charity

  • $5,000

    Chop Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Charity

  • $5,000

    Seaver Autism Center Mount Sinai Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Charity

  • $5,000

    Spence School · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitycharity

  • $5,000

    Susan G Komen · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Charity

  • $5,000

    University of Miami Hillel · Coral Gable, FL · 2023

    Charity

  • $1,000

    Jcrc-Ny · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $1,000

    Jafco · Sunrise, FL · 2023

    Charity

  • $1,000

    Palm Beach County Sheriff'S Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    Charity

  • $500

    Dorot · New York, NY · 2024

    Charity

  • $300

    Selfhelp Community Services Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Charity

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.