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Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Los Angeles, California · EIN 826686148

Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Los Angeles, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $230,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $47,500 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $223,333 the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$223,3334$7.2 million
2024$230,0004$8.0 million

How to apply

ContactDennis Aspland
11601 Wilshire Blvd Suite 1960, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone or email(310) 858-2200
What to submitWritten statement on letterhead identifying the organization, stating that the organization is in fact an exempt charitable organization recognized by the internal revenue service.
DeadlinesNo specific deadline as long as requests are received within a reasonable period of time prior to th
RestrictionsProspective donees must be an accredited college or university and be located in the us & qualify under irc sec 501(c)(3) as an exempt organization.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York3$190,000
Connecticut1$40,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
American Associates of the National Theatre
New York, NY
3rd installment of pledge$100,000
Playwright Horizons
New York, NY
Third year grant payment$55,000
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Yale repertory theatre$40,000
Cambridge in America
New York, NY
Trinity student support - to establish the sir peter shaffer award for playwriting$35,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No specific deadline as long as requests are received within a reasonable period of time prior to th.

How much does Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation give?

$230,000 in tax year 2024, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $47,500.

Who runs Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Alan U Schwartz Esq (Trustee).

What does Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture and education.

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