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George E Shortle and Catherine H Shortle Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

George E Shortle and Catherine H Shortle Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$114kInternational$85kHealth$47kHousing & Shelter$20kPhilanthropy$20kArts & Culture$20kReligion$14kAnimals$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$433k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURE CONSERVANCY OF INDIANA$10,000
DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL$4,500
SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION$3,000
LAND TRUST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY$3,000
THE MOODY CHURCH$3,000
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION$2,500
TRASH THE RUNWAY$2,500
COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION$2,500
TIPTON COUNTY FOUNDATION$2,500
WORLD VISION INC$2,500
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY$2,500
WHEELER MISSION$2,500
CAMPTOWN INC$1,000
CATHERINE PEACHEY FUND$1,000
INDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK$1,000
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 (FY19–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WHEELER MISSION: $3k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $3k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $1k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $1k → 16%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
IL
NY
IN
OH
CA
CO
NC
DC
AL
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$313k · 21 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
9

Total granted

$313k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+16%

Still filing today

71%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalArts & CultureReligionEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • DIRECT RELIEF
    9× · 2017–2025 · $37k · revenue +94%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $28k · revenue +38%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $19k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue +40%
  • LC
    LIFE CENTERS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -11%
  • EM
    EITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +16%
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
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
5
Robert a Toigo Foundation

Our mission is to shape the future of finance by developing leaders whose innovation, investment excellence, and human-centered leadership advance the industry and its adjacent sectors.

Education
6
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
9
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
10
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
11
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
12
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Justice Mission; the most unlike its peers is Trash the Runway. 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

28 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. 28 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATURE CONSERVANCY OF INDIANA: $84,000 · OtherNATURE CONSERVANCY OF INDIANAIndividual grant recipient: $23,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLAND TRUST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $12,000 · OtherLAND TRUST OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYCOMM HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCOMM HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATIONTIPTON COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherTIPTON COUNTY FOUNDATION INCTHE MOODY CHURCH: $7,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTYWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $7,000 · Other+8 more: $13,574 · Other+8 moreDIRECT RELIEF: $36,500 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $18,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES…INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $10,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MI…SURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $8,000 · InternationalSURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS…WORLD VISION INC: $4,500 · InternationalWORLD VISION INCCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEAL…INDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC: $7,500 · HealthINDIANA CANINE…HEROES FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · HealthHEROES FOUNDAT…LIFE CENTERS INC: $2,500 · HealthLIFE CENTERS I…CATHERINE PEACHEY FUND INC: $2,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · HealthTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $18,000 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $8,000 · Arts & CultureHOWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 · Arts & CultureTRASH THE RUNWAY: $2,500 · Arts & CultureEITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION: $13,000 · Housing & ShelterSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,000 · ReligionBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $4,000 · ReligionGRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Religion
Other$177,574International$77,500Health$44,500Environment$18,000Arts & Culture$16,500Housing & Shelter$13,000Religion$12,000

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 budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $36,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $18,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $18,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION: $13,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTIPTON COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC: $7,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBETA THETA PI FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEROES FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWheaton College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRASH THE RUNWAY: $2,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLIFE CENTERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHERINE PEACHEY FUND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFILTER OF HOPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Lilly Endowment IncLumina Foundation for…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Duke Energy FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…
Lilly Endowment IncIN18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 George E Shortle and Catherine H Shortle Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George E Shortle and Catherine H Shortle Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 36 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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