Funding search · EIN 810927124 · New York, NY

Burt & Stanley Shaffer Foundation

Name: Burt & Stanley Shaffer Foundation grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

67
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Akhand Param Dham of America Corp Grant Award3 grants · $150,000
St Judes Hospital3 grants · $120,000
Childrens Education Foundation - Vietnam3 grants · $105,000
Childrens Museum of the East End3 grants · $100,000
Island Harvest3 grants · $90,000
Casa Viva3 grants · $75,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children2 grants · $60,000
Wikimedia Foundation2 grants · $60,000
Make a Wish Greater Bay Area3 grants · $60,000
Direct Relief2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$475,100

2021

$475,100

2022

$405,500

2023

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$60,000
St Judes Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2021
Unrestricted use
$50,000
Akhand Param Dham of America Corp Grant Award · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$50,000
Childrens Museum of the East End · Bridgehampton, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$50,000
Akhand Param Dham of America Corp Grant Award · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$50,000
Akhand Param Dham of America Corp Grant Award · Virginia Beach, VA · 2021
Unrestricted use
$45,000
Childrens Education Foundation - Vietnam · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Island Harvest · Bethpage, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Museums at Mitchel Grant Award · Garden City, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$30,000
St Judes Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Childrens Education Foundation - Vietnam · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Island Harvest · Bethpage, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$30,000
St Judes Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Childrens Education Foundation - Vietnam · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Island Harvest · Bethpage, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$30,000
Wikimedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Casa Viva · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Casa Viva · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Childrens Museum of the East End · Bridgehampton, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Cradle of Aviation Museum · Garden City, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Casa Viva · Wheaton, IL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Childrens Museum of the East End · Bridgehampton, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Cradle of Aviation Museum · Garden City, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
Unrestricted use
$25,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$20,000
Make a Wish Greater Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$20,000
Make a Wish Greater Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$20,000
Make a Wish Greater Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2021
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Austins Compassion Exchange Lending Closet · Palmer, AK · 2023
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Donors Choose · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Peconic Land Trust · Southhampton, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Austins Compassion Exchange Lending Closet · Palmer, AK · 2022
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Donors Choose · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Peconic Land Trust · Southhampton, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Austins Compassion Exchange Lending Closet · Palmer, AK · 2021
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Donors Choose · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Peconic Land Trust · Southhampton, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$15,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$10,500
Blazing Wisdom Institute · Saugerties, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$10,100
Blazing Wisdom Institute · Saugerties, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$10,100
Blazing Wisdom Institute · Saugerties, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Riley Hawkins Avengers Fdn · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Riley Hawkins Avengers Fdn · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Unrestricted use
$10,000
The Mr Holland'S Opus Foundation Grant Award · Studio City, CA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Riley Hawkins Avengers Fdn · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2021
Unrestricted use
$10,000
The Mr Holland'S Opus Foundation Grant Award · Studio City, CA · 2021
Unrestricted use
$10,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$5,000
New Community Cinema Club · Huntington, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$5,000
Southhampton Township Wild Fowl Association · Quogue, NY · 2023
Unrestricted use
$5,000
Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary · Floyd, VA · 2023
Unrestricted use
$5,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$5,000
New Community Cinema Club · Huntington, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$5,000
Southhampton Township Wild Fowl Association · Quogue, NY · 2022
Unrestricted use
$5,000
Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary · Floyd, VA · 2022
Unrestricted use
$5,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$5,000
New Community Cinema Club · Huntington, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$5,000
Southhampton Township Wild Fowl Association · Quogue, NY · 2021
Unrestricted use
$5,000
Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary · Floyd, VA · 2021
Unrestricted use

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

The Bloomberg Family Foundation815 grants · $3.00B
Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation134 grants · $5.49B

Similar grant size

The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund32,081 grants · $1.40B

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.