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Shaman Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Shaman Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$95k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$90kFood & Nutrition$70kReligion$53kHealth$45kHousing & Shelter$25kArts & Culture$18k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $70k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$368k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC$10,000
COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE INC$10,000
CARINGMATTERS INC$10,000
EASTER SEALS SERVING DC-MD-VA INC$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WICOMICO COUNTY$10,000
PREVENTION BLINDNESS SOC METRO WASHINGTO$10,000
JEWISH COUNCIL FOR AGING GTR WASHINGTON$10,000
GILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC$7,500
CLANCYWORKS INC$7,500
HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUA$5,000
INTERFAITH WORKS INC$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CARINGMATTERS INC: $10k → 8%NEIGHBORHOOD COMPANIONS INC: $5k → 11%CARING MATTERS INC: $5k → 8%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $15k → 8%COMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC: $10k → 8%COMMUNITY MINISTRIES OF ROCKVILLE: $5k → 8%COMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC: $5k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$153k · 5 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
9

Total granted

$153k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+22%

Still filing today

60%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’22’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterHealthFood & NutritionReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ES
    Easter Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $25k · revenue +10%
  • CR
    COMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
    3× · 2018–2025 · $20k · revenue +17%
  • CI
    CARINGMATTERS INC
    2× · 2019–2025 · $15k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • Crossroads Community Food Network Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +8%
  • JF
    JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +11%
  • PO
    PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County Tn Inc

Habitat for humanity works in partnership with god and people everywhere from all walks of life to develop communities with god's people in need by building houses so that there are safe and decent houses in decent communities in which…

Housing & Shelter
2
Cornerstone Montgomery

Empowering people living with mental health and substance use disorders to thrive in their community through collaboration, treatment, education and advocacy.

—
3
Washington County Commission On Aging Inc/Area Agency On Aging

To plan and coordinate systems of services which help older americans, those with disabilities regardless of age and caregivers, maintain their independence through a variety of programs. these programs include, but are not limited to,…

—
4
Milestone Centers Inc

Milestone provides quality, life-enhancing services that promote wellness and the development of human potential to people with behavioral health and intellectual challenges. each year milestone serves approximately 3,500 residents of…

Health
5
Lutheran Village At Miller's Grant

The lutheran village at miller's grant is organized to receive and administer funds for, to establish, maintain, supervise, coordinate, assist and perform planning and other functions for the benefit of, or to carry out the charitable,…

Housing & Shelter
6
The Washington Home Inc
Health
7
Chinese Culture and Community Service Center Inc

Provide cultural, social, sports, and educational services and serve functionally and/or cognitively impaired adults with a variety of health, social and other related services.

Arts & Culture
8
Roland Park Place Inc

Our mission is to be a leader in providing services for older adults and their families while fostering a strong sense of community where everyone is known by name and every voice is heard and valued.

Human Services
9
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc was established to provide comprehensive services to individuals/families with special needs to enable them to reach their highest level of independence and integration into the community.

Human Services
10
Home Care Partners Inc

To provide in-home services to enable vulnerable people to remain in their own homes.

Health
11
Progress Unlimited Inc

To empower individuals to lead fulfilling and productive lives at home and in the community.

Human Services
12
Housing Initiative Partnership Inc

Housing initiative partnership, inc. (hip) develops innovative affordable housing, revitalizes neighborhoods and equips people to achieve their housing and financial goals. hip's vision is that every person lives in high-quality affordable…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Reach of Montgomery County; the most unlike its peers is Crossroads Community Food Network Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY FOOD: $50,000 · OtherCROSSROADS COMMUNITY FOODCHESAPEAKE CHURCH: $43,000 · OtherCHESAPEAKE CHURCHPREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF: $15,000 · OtherPREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OFPREVENTION BLINDNESS SOC METRO WASHINGTO: $10,000 · OtherPREVENTION BLINDNESS SOC METRO WASHINGTOJEWISH COUNCIL FOR AGING GTR WASHINGTON: $10,000 · OtherJEWISH COUNCIL FOR AGING GTR WASHINGTONGILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC: $7,500 · OtherPREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METRO: $7,500 · Other+2 more: $10,000 · Other+2 moreCOMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY REACH OF M…JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FOUNDATION FO…CARINGMATTERS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCARINGMATTERS INCNEIGHBORHOOD COMPANIONS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD COMPANI…Easter Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $25,000 · HealthEaster Se…COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMPREHEN…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WICOMICO COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT F…REBUILDING TOGETHER MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDIN…Crossroads Community Food Network Inc: $20,000 · Food & NutritionCLANCY WORKS INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureIRIS MUSIC PROJECT: $5,000 · Arts & CultureARTS FOR THE AGING INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureINTERFAITH WORKS: $5,000 · Religion
Other$153,000Human Services$55,000Health$25,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Food & Nutrition$20,000Arts & Culture$17,500Religion$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCrossroads Community Food Network Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARINGMATTERS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WICOMICO COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLANCY WORKS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD COMPANIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetIRIS MUSIC PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetARTS FOR THE AGING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINTERFAITH WORKS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
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.

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.

Clark-Winchcole Found…The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…The Carl M Freeman Fo…National Lutheran IncLeonard and Helen R S…Adventist Healthcare …The George L Shields …William S Abell Found…Philip L Graham Fund …Nora Roberts Foundati…The Harry and Jeanett…
Clark-Winchcole FoundationMD21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · National Lutheran Inc · Leonard and Helen R Stulman Charitable · Adventist Healthcare Inc · The George L Shields Foundation Inc · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Nora Roberts Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Shaman Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shaman Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Clancy Works Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Easter Seals Serving Dc Md Va Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Interfaith Works: 4% of income from government
  • Iris Music Project: 3% of income from government
  • Arts for the Aging Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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