Alabama · Private foundation
Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $200k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $200k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $176k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $193k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $202k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $171k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $210k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $234k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $221k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Zoo Inc | $621,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Vulcan Park Foundation | $194,500 | 2 | 5% |
| The National Institute for Science Law and Public Policy Inc | $188,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $111,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Red Mountain Park Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Clair Childrens Advocacy Center | $35,000 | 1 | 11% |
| St Clair County Day Program Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Argo Community Food Bank | $26,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Zoo Inc | $621,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Vulcan Park Foundation | $194,500 | 2 | 5% |
| The National Institute for Science Law and Public Policy Inc | $188,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $111,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Red Mountain Park Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Clair Childrens Advocacy Center | $35,000 | 1 | 11% |
| St Clair County Day Program Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Argo Community Food Bank | $26,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The State of Alabama Ballet Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Vineyard Family Services of Central Alabama Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ateam Ministries | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Tum Tum Tree Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for Shipboard Education | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wellhouse Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($459k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Hugh Kaul Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation · The Welch Group Foundation
How this is measured
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About Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation
- How much does Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation give?
- Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $200,006 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (34%), Health (17%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Birmingham Zoo Inc ($621k), Vulcan Park Foundation ($195k), The National Institute for Science Law and Public Policy Inc ($188k).
- Does Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation, Robert R Meyer Foundation, Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust.
- Where is Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation based?
- Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation is based in AL.
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