Texas · Private foundation
Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $98k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $98k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $110k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $101k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $106k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $90k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $82k | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor University | $160,000 | 6 | 0% |
| myLIFEspeaks | $140,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated | $33,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Gods Garage Inc | $27,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Operation Pets Alive | $24,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Tennessee Baptist Childrens Homes Inc | $16,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Leap Global Missions | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $14,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Citizens For Animal Protection Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| First Liberty Institute | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor University | $160,000 | 6 | 0% |
| myLIFEspeaks | $140,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated | $33,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Gods Garage Inc | $27,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Operation Pets Alive | $24,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Tennessee Baptist Childrens Homes Inc | $16,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Leap Global Missions | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $14,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Citizens For Animal Protection Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| First Liberty Institute | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeloline Initiative Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Christ Chapel Bible Church | $1,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Haven Cat Sanctuary | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($419k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Martin & Arlyn Shields Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation
- How much does Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation give?
- Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $98,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), International (25%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Baylor University ($160k), myLIFEspeaks ($140k), Brownsville Society for Crippled Children Incorporated ($33k).
- Does Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Martin & Arlyn Shields Family 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 Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Endowment Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation based?
- Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation is based in TX.
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