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Funding search · EIN 510186114 · Chicago, IL

Emma a Sheafer Charitable Tr Xxxxx7006

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

57
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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New York Pooled Private Fund Llc1 grant · $150,000
Superhero Clubhouse2 grants · $75,000
Theater Et Al Dba2 grants · $65,000
Gallim Dance Company2 grants · $60,000
Theater Mitu2 grants · $60,000
Braata Production2 grants · $55,250
Prospect Theater Company2 grants · $55,000
Dancing in the Street2 grants · $55,000
Teatro Circulo2 grants · $50,000
Multicultural Music Group2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$378,000

2022

$425,000

2023

$350,000

2024

$400,000

2025

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
New York Pooled Private Fund Llc · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
Superhero Clubhouse · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$40,000
Hip-Hop Theater Festival · New York, NY · 2024
General
$40,000
Theater Et Al Dba · New York, NY · 2024
General
$40,000
Theater Mitu · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$30,250
Braata Production · Saint Albans, NY · 2023
General
$30,250
Triskelion Arts-Kick-Standance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$30,000
Colt Coeur Theater Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$30,000
Dancing in the Street · Bronx, NY · 2023
General
$30,000
Gallim Dance Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$30,000
Prospect Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023
General
$30,000
Gallim Dance Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$30,000
Jack Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$30,000
Teatro Circulo · New York, NY · 2022
General
$28,000
Wild Project · New York, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Cave Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Capacity building
$25,000
Foundation for Independent Artists · New York, NY · 2025
Capacity building support
$25,000
Miami Dance Futures · Miami, FL · 2025
Capacity building
$25,000
Pioneers Go East Collective · New York, NY · 2025
Capacity building
$25,000
Yaa Samar Dance Theatre · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Capacity building
$25,000
Braata Production · Saint Albans, NY · 2024
General
$25,000
Dancing in the Street · Bronx, NY · 2024
General
$25,000
Epic Players · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$25,000
Oye Group · Queens, NY · 2024
General
$25,000
Prospect Theater Company · New York, NY · 2024
General
$25,000
Choral Chameleon · Bronx, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Dance Entropy · Long Island City, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Multicultural Music Group · Bronx, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Oye Group · Queens, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Pipeline Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
The Chocolate Factory Theatre · Queens, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Broadway Advocacy Coalition · New York, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Choral Chameleon · Bronx, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Colab Theater Group · New York, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Kyoung Pacific Beat · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Mabou Mines Development · New York, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Multicultural Music Group · Bronx, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Pipeline Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Superhero Clubhouse · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Theater Et Al Dba · New York, NY · 2022
General
$24,500
Heartbeat Opera Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
General
$20,000
Colt Coeur Theater Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General
$20,000
Culturehub · New York, NY · 2025
General
$20,000
Theater Labrado · New York, NY · 2025
General
$20,000
Theater Mitu · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General
$20,000
Culturehub · New York, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Fault Line Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Thalia Spanish Theater · Sunnyside, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Teatro Circulo · New York, NY · 2023
General
$20,000
Broken Box Mome Theater · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$15,000
Epic Players · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General
$15,000
Fault Line Theatre · New York, NY · 2025
General
$15,000
Thalia Spanish Theater · Sunnyside, NY · 2025
General
$15,000
Moliere in the Park · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$15,000
Houses On the Moon Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023
General
$15,000
Moliere in the Park · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$15,000
Houses On the Moon Theater Company · New York, NY · 2022
General

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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.