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Charles H and Beverly E Shaw 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.

$17k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
39%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 96
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$20k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving13$17k23%
FY202423$32k39%
FY202343$74k40%
FY202246$93k35%
FY202149$90k43%
FY202091$228k44%
FY201996$367k63%
FY201887$292kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$279kHealth$158kHuman Services$108kReligion$106kHousing & Shelter$91kArts & Culture$87kEnvironment$65kInternational$61kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Foundation for Homan Square F/K/A Homan Arthington Foundation$69,00083%
White Mountain Education Association Inc$56,5004n/a
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$45,90040%
Friends of the Green Bay Trail$36,00056%
Rush University Medical Center$30,00020%
Fabretto Children's Foundation Inc$28,80021%
St Malachy School$23,3005n/a
Big Shoulders Fund$21,00020%
Family Focus Legacy$19,10030%
Holy Family Ministries$15,90030%
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All grantees of Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Foundation for Homan Square F/K/A Homan Arthington Foundation$69,00083%
White Mountain Education Association Inc$56,5004n/a
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$45,90040%
Friends of the Green Bay Trail$36,00056%
Rush University Medical Center$30,00020%
Fabretto Children's Foundation Inc$28,80021%
St Malachy School$23,3005n/a
Big Shoulders Fund$21,00020%
Family Focus Legacy$19,10030%
Holy Family Ministries$15,90030%
Chicago Horticultural Society$15,50030%
Ucan$15,25030%
Holy Family$15,0001n/a
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill$13,05050%
Clinton ABC Program Inc$12,300310%
Food for the Poor Inc$12,03540%
HPS Helping People Succeed Inc$11,74040%
Lawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School$11,50050%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$11,00030%
Music Institute of Chicago$11,00020%
The Huub Inc$10,67542%
Kirkland Trails Inc$10,500610%
A Just Harvest$10,00011%
La Casa Norte$10,00010%
Charity Navigator$10,00010%
Free Spirit Media Nfp$10,0001n/a
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago$10,00010%
United States Association for UNHCR$10,00010%
Field Museum of Natural History$9,00030%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$7,00050%
Portico$6,5003n/a
Infant Welfare Society of Evanston Inc$6,30030%
Chicago Foundation for Education$6,00021%
Feeding America$6,00040%
Howard Area Community Center$6,00010%
Josephinum Academy$5,5001n/a
Madonna Mission$5,50051%
Good News Partners$5,50050%
The Buddy Program Inc$5,10030%
Boys & Girls Club of Martin County$5,00010%
National Louis University$5,00010%
Leo High School$5,0001n/a
Saltaire Volunteer Fire Company Inc$4,60052%
The American Writers Museum$4,50030%
Advance Illinois Nfp$4,50030%
Merrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc$4,50020%
Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship$4,50050%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$3,87040%
Women for Women International$3,50040%
Northwestern University$3,50020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,50040%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$3,50020%
Teach for America Inc$3,50040%
Save The Children Federation Inc$3,26840%
Winnetka Historical Society$3,20041%
Chicago Hope Academy$3,10020%
350org$3,05030%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$3,00040%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$3,00040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,00030%
International Thyroid Oncology Group (Itog)$3,00011%
Hofstra University$3,00020%
Kirkland Town Library$2,60050%
Twist Out Cancer$2,50021%
Direct Relief$2,50010%
Friends of the Library$2,5001n/a
Canterbury School Inc$2,50010%
Prescott Community Cupboard Food Bank Inc$2,50011%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$2,50030%
The Community House$2,50030%
Mercy Corps$2,30030%
Whittier Public Library Foundation$2,00011%
New Trier Educational Foundation$2,00010%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$2,00020%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$2,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,95030%
The Houston Food Bank$1,84710%
Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund Inc$1,80010%
American Indian College Fund$1,76030%
New Community Outreach$1,75020%
The Night Ministry$1,50020%
Deborah's Place$1,50030%
Clinton Central School District Foundation$1,50020%
Kirkland Art Center Inc$1,50030%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$1,5001n/a
The Josselyn Center Nfp$1,50020%
Impact100 Martin Inc$1,10010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,10020%
The Wetlands Initiative$1,00010%
Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago Inc$1,00010%
North Shore Senior Center$1,00010%
Accelerate Institute$1,00010%
Givedirectly Inc$1,00010%
Candor Health Education$1,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$1,00010%
Brain Research Foundation$1,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$1,00010%
United Negro College Fund Inc$1,00010%
Part of the Solution$1,00010%
The Alliance for Early Childhood$1,0002n/a
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$1,00010%
St Bonaventure Indian Missions & School$1,0001n/a
Winnetka Community House Inc$1,00010%
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp$1,00010%
Near North Montessori School$1,00010%
Kenilworth Historical Society$1,00011%
Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
The Michigan Shores Club Foundation$1,00011%
Gift of Adoption Fund Inc$1,00010%
Over the Rainbow Association$1,00010%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$1,00020%
Mountain Rescue Aspen Inc$1,00010%
Ss Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish$9001n/a
The Children's Home Society of Florida$80010%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$60010%
Childhood Leukemia Foundation Inc$55010%
Old St Patricks Church$5001n/a
Khan Academy Inc$50010%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$50010%
Winchester Seniors Association Inc$50010%
Kenilworth Union Church$5001n/a
St Andrews by the Sea$5001n/a
United Way of Martin County Inc$50010%
Winchester Got Lunch$5001n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$50010%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$50010%
United Way of Greater Houston$50010%
Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired$50010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$50010%
The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc$50010%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$50010%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$50010%
Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School$5001n/a
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana$50010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc$50010%
Hearts in Motion$50010%
Global Empowerment Mission Inc$50010%
Shared Hope International$30010%
A Window Between Worlds$30010%
Lange Foundation$30010%
Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence$30010%
Agape International Missions$30010%
The Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation Inc$25010%
Regina Dominican High School$2501n/a
Love146 Inc$25010%
Donorschooseorg$15010%
American Eagle Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 106 recipients with no EIN on record ($394k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoundation for Homan Square F/K/A Homan Arthington Foundation: $69,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $45,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Green Bay Trail: $36,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFabretto Children's Foundation Inc: $28,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Focus Legacy: $19,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHoly Family Ministries: $15,900 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUcan: $15,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Home & Aid Society of Ill: $13,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetClinton ABC Program Inc: $12,300 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $12,035 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHPS Helping People Succeed Inc: $11,740 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLawndale Educational and Regional Network Charter School: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Institute of Chicago: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Huub Inc: $10,675 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetKirkland Trails Inc: $10,500 over 6y, 9.5% of budgetA Just Harvest: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLa Casa Norte: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Navigator: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInfant Welfare Society of Evanston Inc: $6,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Foundation for Education: $6,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFeeding America: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Area Community Center: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMadonna Mission: $5,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGood News Partners: $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Buddy Program Inc: $5,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Martin County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Louis University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaltaire Volunteer Fire Company Inc: $4,600 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetThe American Writers Museum: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAdvance Illinois Nfp: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMerrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresbyterian Frontier Fellowship: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $3,870 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWomen for Women International: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,268 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWinnetka Historical Society: $3,200 over 4y, 1.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 127.

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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.

Dr Scholl FoundationIL38.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dr Scholl Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Alexandra Nichols Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · 36 Foundation Inc · James and Catherine Denny Foundation · Frank Family 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.

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About Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation

How much does Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation give?
Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $17,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 96 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Health (13%), Human Services (9%).
Who are Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Foundation for Homan Square F/K/A Homan Arthington Foundation ($69k), White Mountain Education Association Inc ($57k), Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc ($46k).
Does Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Charles H and Beverly E Shaw 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 Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dr Scholl Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation.
Where is Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation based?
Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation is based in IL.

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 257 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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