Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Irene C Shea Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $159,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Irene C Shea Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | 32 | $1.2M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $1.2M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $1.2M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $1.0M | 10% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $867k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $920k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $890k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $900k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow University | $1,186,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Coalition for Christian Outreach | $770,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Angels Place Inc | $525,000 | 9 | 4% |
| East Liberty Family Health Care Center Inc | $525,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh | $455,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh | $400,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Pittsburgh Project | $350,000 | 7 | 16% |
| Kidsvoice | $320,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Holy Family Institute | $320,000 | 7 | 0% |
| East End Cooperative Ministry | $285,000 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Irene C Shea 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 Pittsburgh Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Grable Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Massey Charitable Trust · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
How this is measured
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About Irene C Shea Foundation
- How much does Irene C Shea Foundation give?
- Irene C Shea Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $1,190,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Irene C Shea Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Education (21%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Irene C Shea Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Carlow University ($1.2M), Coalition for Christian Outreach ($770k), Angels Place Inc ($525k).
- Does Irene C Shea Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Irene C Shea Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Irene C Shea Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, The Grable Foundation.
- Where is Irene C Shea Foundation based?
- Irene C Shea Foundation is based in PA.
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