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Joan & James Shapiro Foundation

Name: Joan & James Shapiro Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

105
grants reported: $480,602
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Top recipients

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Chicago Opera Theater2 grants · $52,000
Reading Between the Lines2 grants · $50,000
Cambridge in America2 grants · $40,000
Kam Isaiah Israel1 grant · $33,333
Kam Isaiah Isreal1 grant · $33,333
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists2 grants · $30,000
Science Reserch 201 grant · $25,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust3 grants · $22,500
Center for Large Landscape Conservation3 grants · $22,500
Union of Concerned Scientists1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$182,168

2022

$147,099

2023

$151,335

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 105 grants.

$50,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
See above
$33,333
Kam Isaiah Israel · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$33,333
Kam Isaiah Isreal · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$25,000
Science Reserch 20 · Alexandria, VA · 2024
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$25,000
Reading Between the Lines · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$25,000
Reading Between the Lines · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$20,000
Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2024
See above
$20,000
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$20,000
Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2022
See above
$20,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
See above
$10,000
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$10,000
Innovation 80 · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$7,500
Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
See above
$7,500
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2024
See above
$7,500
Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
See above
$7,500
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2023
See above
$7,500
Center for Large Landscape Conservation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
See above
$7,500
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2022
See above
$7,000
Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2022
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$5,000
Chelsea Fund · Lander, WY · 2024
See above
$5,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2023
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$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
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$5,000
Wellspring Health Access · Lander, WY · 2023
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$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
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$3,000
Chicago West Community Music Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
See above
$3,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
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$3,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
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$3,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2023
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$3,000
Naacp · Chicago, IL · 2023
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$3,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2023
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$3,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
See above
$3,000
Chelsea'S Fund · Lander, WY · 2022
See above
$3,000
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2022
See above
$3,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
See above
$3,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022
See above
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2022
See above
$2,500
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
See above
$2,500
Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2024
See above
$2,500
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2024
See above
$2,500
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2024
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$2,500
Wyoming Civic Engagement Network · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
See above
$2,500
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2023
See above
$2,400
Wfmt 987 · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$2,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$2,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$2,000
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of the Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$2,000
Wbez Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$2,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2023
See above
$2,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$2,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$2,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$1,500
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2024
All contributions are made to
$1,500
Court Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$1,500
Illinois Humanities · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$1,500
Court Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$1,500
Illinois Humanities · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$1,500
Court Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$1,206
Wfmt 987 · Chicago, IL · 2023
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$1,200
Wfmt 987 · Chicago, IL · 2022
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$1,150
American Friends of Wigmore Hall · Chicago, IL · 2023
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$1,000
Boston Review · Cambridge, MA · 2024
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$1,000
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2024
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$1,000
Hyde Park Hunger Programs · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$1,000
Madd Rhythms · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$1,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
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$1,000
Aant · Boston, MA · 2023
All contributions are made to
$1,000
Center of Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
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$1,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
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$1,000
Hyde Park Hunger Programs · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$1,000
Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$1,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
See above
$1,000
Aant · Boston, MA · 2022
All contributions are made to
$1,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2022
See above
$1,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$1,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$1,000
Contextos · Chicago, IL · 2022
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$1,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$1,000
Hyde Park Hunger Programs · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$1,000
Illinois Humanities · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$1,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
See above
$500
Rush University · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$500
Association of Marshall Scholars · New York, NY · 2023
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$500
Boston Review · Cambridge, MA · 2023
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$500
Cameron Kravitt Foundation · Madison, CT · 2023
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$500
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2023
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$500
Madd Rhythms · Chicago, IL · 2023
See above
$500
New Israel Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
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$500
Rush University · Chicago, IL · 2023
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$500
American Friends of Wigmore Hall · Chicago, IL · 2022
Further the goals of the recipient organzataion.
$500
Association of Marshall Scholars · New York, NY · 2022
See above
$500
Cameron Kravitt Foundation · Madison, CT · 2022
See above
$500
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022
See above
$500
John Howard Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
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$500
Madd Rhythms · Chicago, IL · 2022
See above
$500
Responsible Wealth · Boston, MA · 2022
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$500
Rush University · Chicago, IL · 2022
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$500
The American Friends of the Donmar · New York, NY · 2022
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$250
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
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$250
Digestive Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
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$250
Chicago Ensemble · Chicago, IL · 2022
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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.