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Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Fund

Accepts applications Brooklyn, Ohio · EIN 916027124

Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Fund is a private foundation in Brooklyn, Ohio. In tax year 2024 it gave $122,800 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $7,000 and the largest $20,000. 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 $104,000 the year before.

6% 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$104,00017$2.5 million
2024$122,80016$2.5 million

How to apply

ContactDiana Shiner Keybank
1301 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
Phone or email(206) 343-6827
What to submitApply by letter include tax id#, IRS exempt letter, specific project/program and amount
RestrictionsRestricted to medical, religious, youth services educator or arts oriented org. In king county area

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Washington.

StateGrantsAmount
Washington16$122,800

Grants paid in 2024

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Kline Galland
Seattle, WA
General operating$20,000
College Success Foundation
Issaquah, WA
General operating$15,000
Washington State Jewish Historical Society
Mercer Island, WA
General operating$11,000
Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation
Seattle, WA
General operating$10,500
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Seattle, WA
General operating$10,000
Holocaust Center for Humanity
Seattle, WA
General operating$10,000
Temple Beth Am
Seattle, WA
General operating$8,000
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Scholarships$8,000
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative
Mercer Island, WA
General operating$6,000
Stroum Jewish Community Center
Mercer Island, WA
General operating$5,000
Rivkin Center
Seattle, WA
General operating$5,000
Temple de Hirsch Sinai
Seattle, WA
General operating$4,000
Seattle University
Seattle, WA
General operating$3,000
Vosh-Northwest
Redmond, WA
General operating$3,000
Northwest School for Hearing Impaired
Seattle, WA
General operating$2,500
Limmud Seattle
Seattle, WA
General operating$1,800

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Fund give?

$122,800 in tax year 2024, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $7,000.

Who runs Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Fund?

Its 2024 filing lists Keybank N A (Trustee).

What does Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and education.

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