· Private foundation
Shackleford 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k7 grants · $245k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICARES | $200,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | $75,000 |
| THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNAT | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $45,000 |
| NEW ENGLAND HEALING SPORTS ASSOC | $40,000 |
| FOUNDATION OF THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION | $40,000 |
| GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION | $35,000 |
| ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC | $35,000 |
| NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2025 · $775k · revenue +28%
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN4× · 2022–2025 · $300k · revenue +78%- GDGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC5× · 2020–2025 · $175k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- AAMERICARESone grant, 2024 · $200k
- NENew England Handicapped Sports Associationone grant, 2022 · $36k · revenue +15%
- GDGUIDE DOG FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $35k
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.
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.
Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
The mission of hospital for special surgery is to provide the highest quality patient care, improve mobility, and enhance the quality of life for all and to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and their related…
The mission of the american academy of pediatrics is to obtain optimal physical, mental and social health for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. the academy seeks to promote this goal by encouraging and assisting its…
The mission of pharmacists is to help people achieve optimal health outcomes. ashp helps its members achieve this mission by advocating and supporting the professional practice of pharmacists in hospitals, health systems, ambulatory care…
The national wwii museum tells the story of the american experience in the war that changed the world-why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today-so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired…
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
Honorhealth's mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.
Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…
The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…
The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds The Army Historical Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds Submarine Force Library & Museum Association Inc ↗
- Who funds New England Handicapped Sports Association ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Shackleford Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shackleford Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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