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Shamrock Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$361k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$734kEducation$713kAnimals$693kScience & Tech$400kHealth$204kPhilanthropy$150kHuman Services$100kPublic Benefit$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $351k
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Christian Foundation$150,000
National Mill Dog Rescue$101,200
LIFE NETWORK$100,000
Philip Webb Sacred Arts$7,500
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $655k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE ELISHA FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%Helping Hands Ministries: $200k → 13%FLYING HORSE FOUNDATION: $6k → 3%THE ELISHA FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%Helping Hands Ministries: $200k → 13%FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%Helping Hands Ministries: $200k → 13%SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 9%FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 9%SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 9%Canine Companions for Independence: $1k → 9%SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 9%SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 9%SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 9%SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 21 repeat orgs$314k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
25

Total granted

$2.7M
$157k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+70%

Still filing today

52%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthReligionRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • NM
    National Mill Dog Rescue
    4× · 2017–2025 · $627k · revenue +26%
  • LN
    Life Network
    2× · 2024–2025 · $175k · revenue +11%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • ND
    National Dog Mill rescue
    one grant, 2023 · $57k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $24k · revenue +76%
  • SB
    SCOTTSDALE BIBLE CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $12k
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
National Christian Foundation -- Wisconsin Inc

Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.

Religion
2
Christianity Today International

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.

Religion
3
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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4
National Christian Foundation Orlando Inc

To encourage and facilitate greater charitable giving by offering simple, innovative, and efficient giving tools to support charities, churches, and christian ministries.

Philanthropy
5
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
6
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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7
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
8
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
9
Time of Grace Ministry

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…

Religion
10
National Church Residences At Home Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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11
National Church Residences At Home Hospice Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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12
National Church Residences At Home Hospice

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Flying Horse Foundation. 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

22 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. 22 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MASTERS COLLEGE AND SEMINARY: $540,347 · OtherTHE MASTERS COLLEGE AND SEMINARYCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: $91,050 · OtherCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYABWE: $70,000 · OtherABWENational Dog Mill rescue: $57,000 · OtherNational Dog Mill rescueBLACK FOREST EDUCATION FUND: $40,000 · Other+26 more: $197,962 · Other+26 moreHELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $600,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HANDS MINISTRIES…+6 more: $55,500 · Human Services+6 moreNational Mill Dog Rescue: $627,250 · Recreation & SportsNational Mill Dog Rescu…INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH: $400,000 · Science & TechINSTITUTE FOR …Life Network: $175,000 · Health+2 more: $1,600 · HealthNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $24,000 · EducationSHEPHERDS MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · EducationCedarville University: $6,000 · Education+1 more: $200 · Education
Other$996,359Human Services$655,500Recreation & Sports$627,250Science & Tech$400,000Health$176,600Philanthropy$150,000Education$40,200

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 budgetNational Mill Dog Rescue: $627,250 over 4y, 17% of budgetHELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $600,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH: $400,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetLife Network: $175,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $23,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBLACK FOREST TOGETHER INC: $17,725 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetTHE SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $12,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERDS MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCedarville University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnections Prison Ministry: $5,500 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLO SPGS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds National Mill Dog Rescue ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds Life Network ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERING HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLACK FOREST TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDELIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERDS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILIP WEBB SACRED ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds TO EVERY TRIBE ↗
  • Who funds The Flying Horse Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Cedarville University ↗
  • Who funds Connections Prison Ministry ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗

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.

Christian Community F…Pikes Peak Community …Servant FoundationThe US Charitable Gif…El Pomar FoundationT Rowe Price Program …AbbVie FoundationEdward Jones Foundati…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …
Christian Community Foundation IncCO17.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · El Pomar Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Shamrock Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shamrock Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 48 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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