Funding search · EIN 223255723 · White Plains, NY

The Sidney and Betty Shames

Name: The Sidney and Betty Shames grants, 2022–2024
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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.

43
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Fidelity Charitable2 grants · $1.9M
Jcc of Mid Westchester2 grants · $40,200
Feeding Westchester2 grants · $40,000
Hias2 grants · $10,000
Jcc On the Hudson2 grants · $9,000
Planned Parenthood2 grants · $7,000
Uja Federation2 grants · $6,000
Doctors Without Border1 grant · $5,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy (Cdp)1 grant · $5,000
Hadassah1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$94,200

2022

$68,100

2023

$1.9M

2024

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$1.8M
Fidelity Charitable · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$108,853
Fidelity Charitable · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$20,100
Jcc of Mid Westchester · Scarsdale, NY · 2023
General support
$20,100
Jcc of Mid Westchester · Scarsdale, NY · 2022
General support
$20,000
Feeding Westchester · Elmsford, NY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Feeding Westchester · Elmsford, NY · 2022
General support
$7,000
Jcc On the Hudson · Tarrytown, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Doctors Without Border · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Hias · Silver Springs, MD · 2023
General support
$5,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy (Cdp) · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Hadassah · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
General support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$4,600
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$4,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc (Jdc) · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$4,000
Uja Federation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committe Inc (Jdc) · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2,000
Autistic Self Advocacy Network · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$2,000
Jcc On the Hudson · Tarrytown, NY · 2023
General support
$2,000
Ossining Children'S Centerildren · Ossining, NY · 2023
General support
$2,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2,000
Uja Federation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2,000
Ossining Children'S Center · Ossining, NY · 2022
General support
$2,000
Phelps Memorial Hospital · Sleepy Hollow, NY · 2022
General support
$1,500
Citymeals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Camp Nejeda · Stillwater, NJ · 2023
General support
$1,000
Phelps Memorial Hospital · Sleepy Hollow, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Thirteenwnet · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Westchester Medical Center Foundation · Valhalla, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Camp Nejeda · Stillwater, NJ · 2022
General support
$1,000
Environmental Defense Action Fund (Edf Action) · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$1,000
Isaacs Center · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Naral Pro Choice America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Thirteenwnet · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Westchester Medical Center Foundation · Valhalla, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Yivo · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$500
New York Public Radio (Wnyc Radio) · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500
Spca of Westchester · Briarcliff Manor, NY · 2023
General support
$500
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support
$500
Yivo · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500
New York Public Radio (Wnyc Radio) · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$500
Spca of Westchester · Briarcliff Manor, NY · 2022
General support

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