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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-3297512

The Sheftel Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Hingham, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 27 grants and $35,190 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $35,190

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $528,946

  • Tax year 2024

    $31,491

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $517,334

  • Tax year 2023

    $18,672

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $506,049

  • Tax year 2022

    $25,654

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $511,016

  • Tax year 2021

    $31,172

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $486,433

  • Tax year 2020

    $30,352

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $468,446

  • Tax year 2019

    $25,673

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $474,582

  • Tax year 2018

    $18,276

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $429,501

Grants paid in 2025

27 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation IncBoca Raton, FL

    General fund

    $8,900
  2. Nephcure Kidney InternationalTrappe, PA

    General fund

    $4,000
  3. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  4. Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  5. University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  6. University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  7. Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, CT

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  8. Congregation Sha'aray ShalomHingham, MA

    General fund

    $1,000
  9. Dartmouth College HillelHanover, NH

    General fund

    $1,000
  10. Mountain Family CenterGranby, CO

    General fund

    $1,000
  11. National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyFort Lauderdale, FL

    General fund

    $1,000
  12. Rocky Mountain Biological LabCrested Butte, CO

    General fund

    $1,000
  13. Boulder CollectiveBoulder, CO

    General fund

    $500
  14. Boulder Mountain Bike AllianceBoulder, CO

    General fund

    $500
  15. Camp Tel NoarHampstead, NH

    General fund

    $500
  16. Colorado Gives Foundation - Headwaters Trails AllianceArvada, CO

    General fund

    $500
  17. Colorado Public RadioDenver, CO

    General fund

    $500
  18. National Sports Center for the DisabledGolden, CO

    General fund

    $500
  19. Teton LiteracyJackson, WY

    General fund

    $500
  20. National Brain Tumor SocietyNewton, MA

    General fund

    $500
  21. Dana-Farbermass General Brigham Cance Care IncBoston, MA

    General fund

    $218
  22. Rett Syndrome Research TrustTrumbull, CT

    General fund

    $200
  23. Brigham & Women's HospitalBoston, MA

    General fund

    $100
  24. Covenant HouseNew York, NY

    General fund

    $100
  25. Massachusetts SPCACenterville, MA

    General fund

    $100
  26. Breakthrough T1DNew York, NY

    General fund

    $36
  27. Children's Hosptial of Philadelphia FoundationPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $36

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Community development2 grants $9,90044% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $7,50033% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $4,00018% of the total
  4. Health3 grants $7363% of the total
  5. Sports and recreation1 grant $5002% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $100<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida2 grants $9,900
  2. Connecticut3 grants $5,200
  3. Colorado7 grants $4,500
  4. Massachusetts6 grants $4,418
  5. Pennsylvania2 grants $4,036
  6. California1 grant $2,500
  7. Vermont1 grant $2,500
  8. New Hampshire2 grants $1,500
  9. Wyoming1 grant $500
  10. New York1 grant $100

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Steven J SheftelPRESIDENT Hours 10Pay $0
  • Elise Sheftel WarhaftigTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Caryn SheftelDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Elise Sheftel WarhaftigDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Elaine I SheftelDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Steven J SheftelDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Marc SheftelDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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