Shikiar Family Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-7052572. Reported 117 grants totalling $763,063 to 74 recipients across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Shikiar Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,300. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $225 and the largest $115,417. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Wise Free Synagogue | New York, NY | $274,954 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dalton School | New York, NY | $102,111 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baruch College Fund | New York, NY | $84,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| New York Academy of Art | New York, NY | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Perlman Music Program Inc | New York, NY | $17,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | $16,700 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates Inc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 92ND Street Y | New York, NY | $10,335 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Solomon R Guggenhein Museum | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Solomon R Guggenleim Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Smack Mellon Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $9,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pure Earth Foundation | New York, NY | $8,350 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Flat Rock Brook Nature Center | Englewood, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Uja - Federation of New York | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Anti Defamation League | Washington, DC | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridgehampton Music Chamber Associates | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adl New Path New Jersey | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Israel Public Affairs Committee | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hebrew Home at Riverdale | Bronx, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reimagine Inc | Norwell, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund | New York, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peoples Security Charitable Foundation | Scranton, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Masbia | Brooklyn, NY | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| U S Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bridgehampton Library | Bridgehampton, NY | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism | Foxboro, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pedals for Progress | High Bridge, NJ | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen | New York, NY | $2,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Valley Youth House | Bethlehem, PA | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Players Philanthropy Fund | Townson, MD | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rooftop Drops | New York, NY | $1,943 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel | Teaneck, NJ | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Heart of the Hamptons Food Pantry | Southampton, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Luisa Diaz Foundation | New York, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Merlyn Education and Climate Protection Program | Providence, RI | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bideawee | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dementia Society of America | Doylestown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Entertainment Community Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fifth Avenue Presbyterian | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation Cycling New York | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Caroline Hospice of Beaufort Sc | Ridgeland, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Research Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Merlyn Education and Climate Protection Project | Providence, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Peoples Security Charitable | Scranton, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reaching Out Community Services | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Silver Art Projects | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Christopher's Inn at Graymoor | Garrison, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Street Squash | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Students Supporting Israel | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temply Beth Am | Pinecrest, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Actors Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties | Bethlehem, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Diller-Quaile School | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Elephant Sanctuary | Hohenwald, TN | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CMT4B3 Research Foundation | Scarsdale, NY | $720 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Family Service of Lehigh Valley | Allentown, PA | $720 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Yiddish Book Center | Amherst, MA | $720 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Global Camps Africa | Lynchburg, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grace Montesseri School | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Philadelphia YMCA | Conshohocken, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering | Hagerstown, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valor Clinic Foundation | Kunkletown, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad of North Miami | North Miami, FL | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
22 of 74 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 56%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 68 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27 | $170,380 | $4,000 |
| 2021 | 23 | $159,085 | $1,250 |
| 2022 | 29 | $191,549 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 38 | $242,049 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
89% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,300. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Shikiar Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 30 East 85TH Street 24B, New York, NY, 10028. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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