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Form 990-PFTax year 2018EIN 04-6797086

Jordan L Shapiro Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Needham, MA. Its return for tax year 2018 lists 12 grants and $181,756 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2018 (period ending Dec 31, 2018), 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2018 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2018

    $181,756

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2018

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cape Cod FoundationS Yarmouth, MA

    General charitable purposes

    $35,000
  2. Joy of Music Program IncWorcester, MA

    General charitable purposes

    $30,000
  3. Friends of Performing Arts - Brookline High SchoolBrookline, MA

    General charitable purposes

    $30,000
  4. Joy of Music Program IncWorcester, MA

    General charitable purposes

    $29,755
  5. Home BaseBoston, MA

    General charitable purposes

    $20,000
  6. Aoa FoundationSaint Louis, MO

    General charitable purposes

    $15,000
  7. SamaritansincBoston, MA

    General charitable purposes

    $5,000
  8. Tree of Life CongregationPittsburgh, PA

    General charitable purposes

    $5,000
  9. Sandy Hook Promise FoundationNewtown, CT

    General charitable purposes

    $5,000
  10. Westlake Village RotaryWestlake Village, CA

    General charitable purposes

    $5,000
  11. Friends of Wellfleet LibrariesWellfleet, MA

    General charitable purposes

    $1,001
  12. Cure DuchenneMission Viejo, CA

    General charitable purposes

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $59,75557% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $35,00033% of the total
  3. Crime and legal aid1 grant $5,0005% of the total
  4. Religion1 grant $5,0005% of the total
  5. Medical research1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts7 grants $150,756
  2. Missouri1 grant $15,000
  3. California2 grants $6,000
  4. Connecticut1 grant $5,000
  5. Pennsylvania1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Andrew ShapiroTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Joseph ShapiroTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gail ShapiroTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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