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J F Shea Company 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.

$249k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
40%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 47
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$723k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 40% of the organizations J F Shea Company Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving38$249k42%
FY202330$128k40%
FY202227$125k37%
FY202129$147k48%
FY202018$60k33%
FY201943$198k23%
FY201847$133k57%
FY201737$250kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.4MHousing & Shelter$301kReligion$139kHuman Services$129kHealth$116kArts & Culture$111kEmployment$103kEducation$92kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
IA
IN
CA
CO
KY
VA
AZ
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 95 grantees
All grantees of J F Shea Company Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Building Talent Foundation$100,00012%
Schweiger Ranch Foundation$57,500515%
Homeaid America Inc$50,00051%
California Homebuilding Foundation$40,63963%
Orange Catholic Foundation$40,0001n/a
Lion Global Foundation$35,50050%
Ohana Tigers Softball Association$31,000122%
Mercy Foundation North$30,00030%
Colorado Community Shelter Providers Inc$27,00061%
Downing Street Foundation DBA Downing House Attn Jerri Carr$26,00071%
Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc$25,00050%
St Johns Seminary in California Jackie Rotter$23,2401n/a
Leadership Roundtable Inc$22,00011%
Lone Tree Arts Center Fund$21,000328%
Grace Science Foundation$20,00011%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$20,00040%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$20,00010%
Mercy Foundation$20,00040%
Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center$12,39070%
Fiore Cares Inc$12,30032%
Easter Seals Colorado$11,25050%
Livermore Cultural Arts Council Inc$10,5004n/a
Valley of the Sun United Way$10,50030%
Judi's House Inc$10,00010%
Circle the City$10,00030%
Arrupe Jesuit High School$10,0001n/a
Fulcrum Foundation$10,0002n/a
Tall Tales Ranch$10,00020%
Urika Center for Policy Research$9,70016%
WILLIAM R MEYN FOUNDATION dba PLEASE SAVE ANOTHER$8,52022%
Helps International$7,00040%
University of Colorado Foundation$7,00020%
Hba Foundation Dba Home Builders Foundation$6,00010%
South Sound Care Foundation$6,00030%
University of Washington Foundation$5,00010%
High Line Canal Conservancy$5,00010%
Redland Foundation$5,00025%
Douglas County Fair Foundation$5,00021%
Littleton Rotary Foundation Inc$4,50051%
Inner Circle Foundation$4,50032%
One Mission Inc Dba 1mission$4,00010%
Orange County Council 039 Boy Scouts of America$3,59210%
Bia Cares$3,55026%
Pacific Legal Foundation$3,50030%
Bia Cares Inc$3,40017%
V5 Cultural Foundation Inc$3,1002n/a
Community Food Share Inc$3,0003n/a
Challenged Athletes Inc$3,00010%
Pro Kids Golf Academy Inc$3,00010%
Kidworks Community Development Corp$2,92010%
The Urban Land Institute$2,50010%
Kids First Health Care$2,50010%
Landmark Academy Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Marina Rotary Foundation$2,5002n/a
Benjamin Ollada Foundation$2,5001n/a
Monterey Bay Dart$2,5001n/a
Special Olympics Northern California Inc$2,50020%
Colo Foundation for Water Education$2,50010%
Breakthrough T1d$2,50010%
Shepherds Gate$2,37020%
Tri-Valley Conservancy$1,90010%
Rosie the Riveter Trust$1,86010%
Mission Viejo Community Foundation$1,80012%
Front Range Christian School$1,70020%
The Marina Foundation$1,65040%
Colorado School of Mines Foundation$1,50030%
Beck Jamie Family Foundation$1,50012%
Irvine Public Schools Foundation$1,50010%
Livermore Valley Craft Beer Foundation$1,09212%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Sierra$1,02010%
University Corporation at Monterey Bay$1,00010%
Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope$1,0001n/a
Stepping Stone Communities Inc$1,00011%
Human Services Campus Inc$1,00010%
Marina Youth Arts$1,0001n/a
Gigis Playhouse Inc$1,0001n/a
Douglas County Libraries Foundation$1,00010%
Sojourner Center$1,00010%
Mission Viejo Nadadores Foundation$90020%
California Waterfowl Association$80010%
Denver Football Officials Association$7501n/a
United Way of Monterey County$67020%
Denver Rustlers Inc$62510%
Linden Oaks$60020%
Veterans Transition Center of California$50010%
The Taylor Family Foundation$50010%
Meadowlark Service League$50010%
Orange City Christian School$50010%
Douglas County Educational Foundation$50010%
Colorado Dream Foundation$43010%
The Crayon Initiative$40010%
Home Building Foundation of the Delta$30026%
Las Positas College Foundation$25010%
Fresh Air Fund$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($411k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

J F Shea Company Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 79 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBuilding Talent Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSchweiger Ranch Foundation: $57,500 over 5y, 15% of budgetHomeaid America Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCalifornia Homebuilding Foundation: $40,639 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetLion Global Foundation: $35,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOhana Tigers Softball Association: $31,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetMercy Foundation North: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetColorado Community Shelter Providers Inc: $27,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetDowning Street Foundation DBA Downing House Attn Jerri Carr: $26,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Roundtable Inc: $22,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLone Tree Arts Center Fund: $21,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetGrace Science Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMarine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of California Berkeley Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLivermore Valley Performing Arts Center: $12,390 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFiore Cares Inc: $12,300 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetEaster Seals Colorado: $11,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetValley of the Sun United Way: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJudi's House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCircle the City: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTall Tales Ranch: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUrika Center for Policy Research: $9,700 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetWILLIAM R MEYN FOUNDATION dba PLEASE SAVE ANOTHER: $8,520 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHelps International: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHba Foundation Dba Home Builders Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSouth Sound Care Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Line Canal Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRedland Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetDouglas County Fair Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLittleton Rotary Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetInner Circle Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetOne Mission Inc Dba 1mission: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOrange County Council 039 Boy Scouts of America: $3,592 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBia Cares: $3,550 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBia Cares Inc: $3,400 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetChallenged Athletes Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPro Kids Golf Academy Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKidworks Community Development Corp: $2,920 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Urban Land Institute: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids First Health Care: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Northern California Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColo Foundation for Water Education: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 79.

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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.

Shea Homes FoundationCA49.5× affinity21 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shea Homes Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Richmond American Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Dignity Health · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Orange County Community Foundation · Koelbel Family Foundation · Ccf-La Supporting Organization · Lennar 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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How do I get to J F Shea Company Foundation?

Find your warmest path to J F Shea Company Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About J F Shea Company Foundation

How much does J F Shea Company Foundation give?
J F Shea Company Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $249,012 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does J F Shea Company Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Housing & Shelter (7%), Religion (3%).
Who are J F Shea Company Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Building Talent Foundation ($100k), Schweiger Ranch Foundation ($58k), Homeaid America Inc ($50k).
Does J F Shea Company Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does J F Shea Company 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 J F Shea Company Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shea Homes Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
Where is J F Shea Company Foundation based?
J F Shea Company Foundation is based in CA.

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 135 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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