Funding search · EIN 450524597 · Chicago, IL

Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation

Name: Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation grants, 2023–2024
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.

59
grants reported: $7.7M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

expenses

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.

Brown University2 grants · $4.0M
The Trustees of Princeton University2 grants · $1.0M
University of Chicago - Division Social Science2 grants · $291,000
Art Institute of Chicago - Exhibitions Trust1 grant · $250,000
Steppenwolf Theatre Company2 grants · $250,000
Inside Climate News2 grants · $250,000
Nourishing Hope2 grants · $200,000
Anti-Defamation League2 grants · $200,000
The Aspen Institute2 grants · $200,000
One World Network of Schools2 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$4.2M

2023

$3.6M

2024

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$2.0M
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$2.0M
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$500,000
The Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$500,000
The Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$250,000
Art Institute of Chicago - Exhibitions Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$161,000
University of Chicago - Division Social Science · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$130,000
University of Chicago - Division Social Science · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$125,000
Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$125,000
Steppenwolf Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$125,000
Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$125,000
Steppenwolf Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$100,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$100,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$100,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$100,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$100,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$100,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$100,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$75,000
One World Network of Schools · New York, NY · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$75,000
Elpc (Environmental Law & Policy Center) · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$75,000
One World Network of Schools · New York, NY · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$70,000
Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$50,000
Yale School of Architecture · New Haven, CT · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$50,000
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$50,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$50,000
Nature Conservancy - Il Chapter · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$50,000
Wfmt · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$50,000
Yale School of Architecture · New Haven, CT · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$34,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$30,000
Skyart · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$30,000
Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$25,000
Harris Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$25,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$20,000
Art Institute Chicago - Photography Dept · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$20,000
Chicago High School for the Arts · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$20,000
University of Chicago - Court Theatre · Chicago, ID · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$15,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$15,000
Via Art Fund · New York, NY · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$15,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$15,000
Reading Between the Lines · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$15,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$10,000
Chicago High School for the Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$10,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$10,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$10,000
Fulcrum Point · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$10,000
Leap · San Geronimo, CA · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$10,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$10,000
Sga Youth and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$10,000
University of Chicago-Division Humanities Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$6,000
Barth Syndrome Foundation · Larchmont, NY · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$5,000
Math4science · Lincolnville, ME · 2024
To support program and operational expenses
$5,000
Big Baseball Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$5,000
Chikaming Open Lands · Sawyer, MI · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$5,000
Math4science · Lincolnville, ME · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$5,000
Nicasio Volunteer Fire Department · Nicasio, CA · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$5,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$5,000
University of Chicago - Smart Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support program and operational expenses
$2,500
Fernwood Botanical Garden · Niles, MI · 2023
To support program and operational expenses

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.