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Shein Charitable Trust

Accepts applications South Bend, Indiana · EIN 876845501

Shein Charitable Trust is a private foundation in South Bend, Indiana. In tax year 2024 it gave $337,628 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $20,000 and the largest $104,500. 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 $332,500 the year before.

20% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$332,50012$6.5 million
2024$337,62810$6.5 million

How to apply

ContactCari Shein
127 N Michigan Street, South Bend, IN 46601
Phone or email(574) 286-5658, caris@barcacap.com
What to submitWritten submission describing use of funds and purpose, budget, and participants.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Shein Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Indiana9$335,628
Michigan1$2,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
South Bend Symphony Orchestra Assoc
South Bend, IN
2023/2024 events$104,500
South Bend Museum of Art Inc
South Bend, IN
General support$76,000
South Bend Civic Theatre Inc
South Bend, IN
Education$67,000
Southhold Dance Theater
South Bend, IN
General funding$27,028
River Bend Cancer Services
South Bend, IN
General support$25,000
Rusalia Resource Foundation Inc
South Bend, IN
Education$15,000
South Bend Alumni Assocation
South Bend, IN
General funding$12,500
100 Black Men of Greater South Bend
South Bend, IN
General funding$5,000
Fischoff National Chamber Music Asn
Notre Dame, IN
General funding$3,600
Gobles Public Schools
Gobles, MI
General funding$2,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Shein Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Shein Charitable Trust give?

$337,628 in tax year 2024, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $20,000.

Who runs Shein Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Cari Shein (Trustee).

What does Shein Charitable Trust fund?

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

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