Illinois · Private foundation
Robert G Shaw Family 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $225
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $306k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Robert G Shaw Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $575 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $29k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $24k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $19k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $16k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $40k | 32% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $50k | 16% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $67k | 31% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $68k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beloit College | $97,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $42,500 | 8 | 0% |
| History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff | $18,750 | 8 | 1% |
| Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Elawa Farm Foundation | $3,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Bens Lighthouse Inc | $2,161 | 5 | 0% |
| Forest Park Conservancy Fka Forest Park Preservation Corporation | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gpf Foundation | $1,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Citadel Theatre Company | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Faraja Fund Foundation | $1,800 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert G Shaw 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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Clarks Fork Foundation · The Grainger Foundation Inc · Butler Family Foundation · Anne Hunting Foundation · Little Orchard Foundation · Schultz Family Private Foundation · Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · AbbVie Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · Hunting Foundation
How this is measured
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About Robert G Shaw Family Foundation
- How much does Robert G Shaw Family Foundation give?
- Robert G Shaw Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $30,701 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Robert G Shaw Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (62%), Religion (14%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Robert G Shaw Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Beloit College ($97k), Carnegie Mellon University ($43k), History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff ($19k).
- Does Robert G Shaw Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert G Shaw 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 Robert G Shaw Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Clarks Fork Foundation, The Grainger Foundation Inc.
- Where is Robert G Shaw Family Foundation based?
- Robert G Shaw Family Foundation is based in IL.
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