The Mark and Lorraine Schapiro Family Foundation concentrates its giving on Jewish-community priorities, splitting major gifts between support for Israel-related endowments and organizations that combat antisemitism and protect civil rights. Grants are large and targeted rather than broadly distributed, signaling strategic support for institutional partners working on Jewish continuity and advocacy.
Highly concentrated: very few, relatively large gifts (equal-sized $50k grants) focused on established national Jewish institutions and advocacy groups rather than many small or local grants.
Notable grantees: PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Anti-Defamation League
A defining feature of the Mark and Lorraine Schapiro Family Foundation Inc is its pairing of two $50,000 unrestricted grants in 2025: one to Pef Israel Endowment Funds and one to Anti-Defamation League. That split shows a clear pattern of support for Jewish institutional priorities, with one track tied to Israel-focused endowment work and another tied to antisemitism and civil-rights advocacy. The foundation’s recent giving is concentrated enough to suggest a deliberate portfolio rather than broad, diffuse philanthropy. Other 2025 grants continue that pattern through organizations serving Jewish and related community needs, including American Friends of Idf Widows and Orphans Organization, Zaka North Inc, US Friends of Eran Inc, American Friends of Elem, and American Friends of Natal Inc. The grants are unrestricted, which points to flexible support for recipient organizations rather than funding limited to a single project. Smaller gifts also appear in Maryland, but the larger awards are centered on New York-based grantees. With annual grants of $275,000 and assets of $1,913,588, the foundation operates at a modest scale while directing sizeable individual grants to a narrow set of institutions.
The foundation supports Jewish-community priorities through a mix of Israel-related, advocacy, and service-oriented grants. In one strand of giving, it awarded $50,000 to Pef Israel Endowment Funds for unrestricted support, linking the foundation to endowment-based backing for Israel-focused Jewish causes. A second major line of work is civil-rights and antisemitism advocacy. It gave $50,000 to Anti-Defamation League, also unrestricted, aligning the foundation with an organization known for combatting antisemitism. Its 2025 portfolio also includes practical support for human services and crisis-response organizations. Grants of $25,000 went to American Friends of Idf Widows and Orphans Organization, Zaka North Inc, US Friends of Eran Inc, American Friends of Elem, and American Friends of Natal Inc, all unrestricted. Those awards show attention to organizations serving vulnerable populations and related community needs.
Grant size is tightly clustered. The 25th percentile is $5,000, while both the median and 75th percentile are $25,000, indicating a pattern of either small community gifts or standard larger awards, with a handful of $50,000 grants at the top. The foundation’s recent grants are all unrestricted. The recipient list does not show multi-year repetition in the provided data, so the pattern here is best read from the current year’s awards. The foundation is a family foundation, and it does not make program-related investments or grants to individuals. The recent record also suggests selective funding rather than a high-volume application process, since only 13 grants are listed in the current dataset.
$50K
$2.4M
$579K
$55K
Most grants fall between $5K and $25K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 39% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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The foundation’s giving is regional, but the recent grants are entirely to U.S. recipients. New York is the top state by grant count, with several recipients in New York City and Brooklyn. Maryland also appears repeatedly through grants to Timonium, Pikesville, and Lutherville-Timonium. In the provided data, 38% of grants went to recipients in the HQ state of Maryland, showing a meaningful in-state presence alongside a larger New York concentration.
Its recent grants show a focus on Jewish-community priorities, including Israel-related endowment support, antisemitism and civil-rights advocacy, and organizations serving vulnerable populations. Examples in the data include Pef Israel Endowment Funds, Anti-Defamation League, and American Friends of Idf Widows and Orphans Organization.
The recent grants are listed as unrestricted. That applies to the $50,000 awards to Pef Israel Endowment Funds and Anti-Defamation League, as well as the smaller grants in the current dataset. The pattern points to flexible support rather than tightly earmarked project funding.
The grant-size distribution is centered on $25,000 awards. The 25th percentile is $5,000, the median is $25,000, and the 75th percentile is also $25,000. The current year’s list includes both $5,000 gifts and larger $50,000 grants.
New York is the top state by grant count. The recent recipients include organizations in New York City and Brooklyn, while Maryland recipients appear in Timonium, Pikesville, and Lutherville-Timonium. Overall, 38% of grants went to recipients in Maryland, the HQ state.
No. The foundation funds organizations rather than individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. The recent grants shown are all to nonprofit recipients and are listed as unrestricted support.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION | BALTIMORE, MD | $50,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ELEM | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| MERIT SPREAD FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF IDF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS ORGANIZATION | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| US FRIENDS OF ERAN INC | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ZAKA NORTH INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT | TIMONIUM, MD | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT | TIMONIUM, MD | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE RED DEVILS | LUTHERVILLETIMONIUM, MD | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| THE SOUL CENTER | PIKESVILLE, MD | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| WEEKEND BACKPACKS BALTIMORE | TIMONIUM, MD | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION
$50,000UNRESTRICTED
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ELEM
$25,000UNRESTRICTED
UNRESTRICTED
US FRIENDS OF ERAN INC
$25,000UNRESTRICTED
THE RED DEVILS
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
THE SOUL CENTER
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
WEEKEND BACKPACKS BALTIMORE
$5,000UNRESTRICTED