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Lewis S Shapiro Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Hackensack, New Jersey · EIN 464469576

Lewis S Shapiro Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Hackensack, New Jersey. In tax year 2024 it gave $439,700 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $7,500 and the largest $275,000. 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 $51,000 the year before.

63% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$51,0003$934,260
2024$439,7008$566,076

How to apply

ContactLewis S Shapiro Charitable Foundati
Two University Plaza Suite 511, Hackensack, NJ 07601-6210
Phone or email(201) 880-8030, michael@strulowitzgroup.com
What to submitPurpose of funds

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lewis S Shapiro Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to New Jersey.

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey2$285,000
Pennsylvania2$130,000
Florida1$15,100
New York3$9,600

Grants paid in 2024

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Pascack Valley Chabad
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
To promote Jewish religious and cultural activities.$275,000
Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy
Bryn Mawr, PA
Jewish Education$125,000
Boca Jewish Center
Boca Raton, FL
To promote Jewish religious and cultural activities.$15,100
Englewood Chabad
Englewood, NJ
To promote Jewish religious and cultural activities.$10,000
Temple University Hillel
Philadelphia, PA
To promote Jewish religious and cultural activities.$5,000
Bowery Chabad House
New York, NY
To promote Jewish religious and cultural activities.$5,000
Beis Midrash of Queens
New York, NY
To promote Jewish religious and cultural activities.$3,600
Grilling For Israel
Great Neck, NY
To feed IDF troops.$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lewis S Shapiro Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Lewis S Shapiro Charitable Foundation give?

$439,700 in tax year 2024, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $7,500.

Who runs Lewis S Shapiro Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Michael J Strulowitz (Trustee), Anita Sniderman (Trustee) and Rachel Baum (Trustee).

What does Lewis S Shapiro Charitable Foundation fund?

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

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