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Arch W Shaw Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$855k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$855k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Science & Tech$1.8MHealth$638kEducation$232kReligion$150kArts & Culture$141kEnvironment$90kFood & Nutrition$79kHuman Services$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$855,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEE AWS FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION PDF$855,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DEDHAM WOMENS EXCHANGE: $8k → 7%DEDHAM WOMENS EXCHANGE: $8k → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 15%CHRISTOS HOUSE: $10k → 19%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $1k → 14%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 9%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $1k → 14%CHRISTOS HOUSE: $10k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 56 repeat orgs$984k to everyone else

56 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 55 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
41

Total granted

$3.1M
$984k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+24%

Still filing today

54%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $115k · revenue +62%
  • MIDDLESEX SCHOOL
    2× · 2021–2022 · $60k · revenue +14%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • SP
    SEE PART 14 SCHEDULE PDF
    one grant, 2023 · $725k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • NM
    NORTHWESTERN MEM HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $40k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
5
Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…

Education
6
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
7
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
8
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

—
9
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
10
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Horticultural Society; the most unlike its peers is Klairmont Kollections Automotive Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 99 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
29/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEE AWS FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION PDF: $1,760,000 · OtherSEE AWS FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION PDFSEE PART 14 SCHEDULE PDF: $725,000 · OtherSEE PART 14 SCHEDULE PDF+66 more: $1,121,000 · Other+66 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $115,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $40,000 · HealthNAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 · Health+3 more: $10,000 · HealthMIDDLESEX SCHOOL: $60,000 · EducationDrury University: $20,000 · EducationDEDHAM COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF THE OZARKS: $10,000 · EducationYale Whiffenpoof Alumni Inc: $7,000 · Education+4 more: $14,000 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTOS HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesDEDHAM WOMENS EXCHANGE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $6,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $14,000 · Arts & CultureKlairmont Kollections Automotive Museum: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMORY'S PRESERVATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $5,500 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST: $2,500 · Arts & CultureChristian Aid Ministries: $20,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN OUTREACH CENTER: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterOPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC: $6,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$3,606,000Health$185,000Education$126,000Human Services$63,000Arts & Culture$52,000Religion$40,000Housing & Shelter$26,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $115,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHyslop Foundation Inc DBA Hawthorn Hollow: $80,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetMIDDLESEX SCHOOL: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC: $24,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Aid Ministries: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOS HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetDrury University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN OUTREACH CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDEDHAM COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEDHAM WOMENS EXCHANGE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Heroes League: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKlairmont Kollections Automotive Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMORY'S PRESERVATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetSTICKS FOR SOLDIERS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE OZARKS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYale Whiffenpoof Alumni Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetOPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Community Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Compassionate Friends Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTALISM THROUGH INSPIRATION & NONVIOLENT ACTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hyslop Foundation Inc DBA Hawthorn Hollow ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLESEX SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian Aid Ministries ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTOS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Drury University ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN OUTREACH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds DEDHAM COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds DEDHAM WOMENS EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Little Heroes League ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ge Aerospace Foundati…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ge Aerospace FoundationCT12.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arch W Shaw Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arch W Shaw Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Naples Community Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Arch W Shaw Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Arch W Shaw Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 99 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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