California · Public charity
Children of Shelters
Children of Shelters' mission is to connect some of the 4,000 children living in or being supported by family transitional shelters to the enrichment and educational opportunities they need to better their chances at ending a life (cont on Sch O)
- $270k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $522k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Children of Shelters funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $270k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $251k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $198k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $192k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $243k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $213k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $145k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $132k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Families | $279,737 | 8 | 0% |
| Compass Family Services | $270,874 | 8 | 0% |
| Raphael House of San Francisco Inc | $244,268 | 8 | 1% |
| Holy Family Day Home | $240,000 | 7 | 1% |
| De Marillac Academy | $224,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Mission Dolores Academy | $219,650 | 7 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco | $153,093 | 8 | 0% |
| Scholarmatch Inc | $12,841 | 1 | 0% |
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: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Children of Shelters
- How much does Children of Shelters give?
- Children of Shelters reported 7 grants totaling $269,939 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Children of Shelters fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (41%), Education (30%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
- Who are Children of Shelters's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hamilton Families ($280k), Compass Family Services ($271k), Raphael House of San Francisco Inc ($244k).
- Does Children of Shelters fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Children of Shelters?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Children of Shelters based?
- Children of Shelters is based in CA.
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