· Private foundation
George Clarence & Dorothy Shaffer Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $65k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $90k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY | $90,000 |
| CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY | $20,000 |
| FOR KIDS INC | $15,000 |
| SISTERS OF MARY BOYSTOWNGIRLSTOWN | $10,000 |
| UMD CATHOLIC STUDENT CTR | $10,000 |
| ST JOSEPH'S HOUSE | $8,500 |
| SISTER SERVANTS OF THE LORD | $7,500 |
| REACH | $5,000 |
| HOUSE OF RUTH | $5,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA | $5,000 |
| YMCA SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS | $5,000 |
| MUSTARD SEED | $5,000 |
| GOOD COUNSEL INC | $5,000 |
| 100 ENTREPENUERS | $5,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FIFORKIDS INC5× · 2020–2024 · $85k · revenue +6%
- RFREACH FOUNDATION INC (REACH ENRICHES ALL CHILDREN)5× · 2020–2024 · $38k · revenue +158%
- HOHOUSE OF RUTH5× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +73%
Funded once
- TUTHE URBAN RENEWAL CENTERone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +7%
- UAUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVERgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +41%
- FOFRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALSone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +19%
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.
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.
Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.
The house of ruth maryland leads the fight to end violence against women and their children by confronting the attitudes, behaviors and systems that perpetuate it, and by providing victims with the services necessary to rebuild their lives…
Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…
To provide safe and confidential transitional housing and services for homeless families.
Safe harbor provides the support that survivors of sexual and domestic violence and human trafficking need to overcome their crisis and to transform their lives.
The good samaritan house enriches the lives of homeless women and children by supporting them in a loving christian environment. while providing safe and temporary housing, basic human needs and supportive services, the good samaritan…
The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.
Bethany house's mission is to empower women and children escaping domestic violence by providing safe, short-term housing and comprehensive, trauma-informed services.
In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…
Marian house is a holistic, healing community for women and their children who are in need of housing and support services. we provide a safe, sober, and loving environment that challenges women to respect and love themselves, confront…
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 FORKIDS INC ↗
- Who funds REACH FOUNDATION INC (REACH ENRICHES ALL CHILDREN) ↗
- Who funds HOUSE OF RUTH ↗
- Who funds MUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WORKER COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds ISAIAHS PROMISE INC ↗
- Who funds GOOD COUNSEL INC ↗
- Who funds SISTER OF MARY BOYSTOWN AND GIRLSTOWN INC ↗
- Who funds The George Washington University ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPH'S HOUSE LTD ↗
- Who funds FAMILY MISSIONS COMPANY ↗
- Who funds FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA ↗
- Who funds THE URBAN RENEWAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds Samaritan House Inc ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George Clarence & Dorothy Shaffer Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George Clarence & Dorothy Shaffer Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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