· Private foundation
Shaffer 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| XL MINISTRIES INC | $15,000 |
| ROCK HARBOR CHURCH | $5,000 |
| ATASCADERO BIBLE CHURCH | $5,000 |
| FOR THE CHILDREN | $2,500 |
| COVENANT COMMUNITY SERVICES | $2,500 |
| MARE | $2,000 |
| WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY | $1,500 |
| CASA - SLO | $1,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $1,000 |
| CASA OF KERN COUNTY | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 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, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFAMERICAN FREEDOM ALLIANCE3× · 2022–2024 · $160k · revenue +48%
- XMXL Ministries Inc3× · 2023–2025 · $65k · revenue +82%
- CCCOVENANT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC8× · 2017–2025 · $43k · revenue +187%
Funded once
- AFAMERICAN FREEDOM ALLIANCEone grant, 2021 · $60k
- LGLIVING GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $35k
- RIRADIUS INTERNATIONALgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +158%
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Hospice care of terminally ill patients
To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.
Children's house international provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support. we support disadvantaged children with humanitarian aid in countries worldwide.
TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
To protect lives and restore livelihoods of people affected by conflict: 1) to protect lives from the explosive threats and hazards resulting from conflict, 2) to reduce human suffering from armed violence and 3) to build resilient and…
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 30 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 AMERICAN FREEDOM ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds XL Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds COVENANT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds FOR THE CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds RADIUS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Hoffmann Hospice of The Valley ↗
- Who funds MUST ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds TRANSFORMATIONS BY AUSTIN ANGELS ↗
- Who funds DESIRING GOD MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF KERN COUNTY ↗
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: Kern Community Foundation · William & Florence Wheeler Foundation · The Cynthia Lake Charitable Trust · Greater Horizons · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Shaffer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shaffer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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