California · Public charity
Shark Fund
The Shark Fund's mission is to make Malibu High School and Malibu Middle School among the finest in the nation.
- $403k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2026
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $185,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $204,605
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $74k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations Shark Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 3 | $403k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 3 | $228k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $271k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $290k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $255k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $189k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malibu High School PTSA | $642,749 | 6 | 79% |
| Athletic Booster Club of Malibu High School | $396,617 | 6 | 84% |
| Malibu Education Foundation | $210,146 | 2 | 1% |
| Santa Monica Malibu Unifed School District | $56,071 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($329k), not named here.
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About Shark Fund
- How much does Shark Fund give?
- Shark Fund reported 3 grants totaling $403,222 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Shark Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (38%), Recreation & Sports (36%), Arts & Culture (27%).
- Who are Shark Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Malibu High School PTSA ($643k), Athletic Booster Club of Malibu High School ($397k), Malibu Education Foundation ($210k).
- Does Shark Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Shark Fund based?
- Shark Fund is based in CA.
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