Mickey Shapiro Charitable Trust
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting a variety of charitable causes without restrictions. Its mission reflects a commitment to Jewish community support, health-related initiatives, education, and cultural institutions. The foundation provides funding to organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League, Ferris State University, and various health charities, indicating a broad focus on community service and welfare. While it primarily operates in Michigan, it also supports causes across multiple states, demonstrating a diverse geographic outreach.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Mid-sized, established charities—often Jewish community organizations, cultural institutions, education or health nonprofits—with existing local or networked ties to the foundation or its grantee community.
Good Fit
- • Mission alignment with Jewish community, Holocaust memory, education, or health causes.
- • Institutional scale matching past awards (from low five-figures to a few hundred thousand).
- • Existing relationships or introductions into the foundation’s local/regional networks, especially in Michigan or New York.
- • Track record as a charity or nonprofit able to absorb multi-year or project grants.
Geography
Giving is multi-state rather than strictly local: four states received grants in the latest year, but one state accounted for more than half of the dollars, so the footprint is regional rather than national.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 13 distinct recipients (and prior years show 17–25), spanning universities, museums, health institutions, and Jewish community groups, indicating a broadly distributed recipient set despite some dollar concentration.
New Applicants
Behavior shows a substantial share of new grantees (eight new recipients in the latest year), which indicates some turnover; however, public materials state grants are by preselection and no public application route or contact is visible, so direct entry for unfamiliar applicants appears possible but not straightforward.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
