Oregon · Private foundation
Sharkey 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.
- $160k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Sharkey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $160k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $150k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $145k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $120k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $120k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $100k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $125k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $100k | 27% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Schools Foundation | $91,330 | 9 | 7% |
| Farestart | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Bee Girl | $50,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Surfing for Hope Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Ashland Community Hospital Foundation | $42,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Wellspring Family Services | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon | $22,500 | 4 | 5% |
| Applause Childrens Theater | $17,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Planned Parenthood of Sw Oregon | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Schools Foundation | $91,330 | 9 | 7% |
| Farestart | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Bee Girl | $50,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Surfing for Hope Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Ashland Community Hospital Foundation | $42,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Wellspring Family Services | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon | $22,500 | 4 | 5% |
| Applause Childrens Theater | $17,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Planned Parenthood of Sw Oregon | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Talent Maker City | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jpr Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hope Heart Institute | $8,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Works Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Surfers of Tomorrow | $5,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Family Care Network Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oregon Family Support Network Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Siskiyou Music Project | $5,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Collaborative Theatre Project Inc | $3,750 | 2 | 2% |
| Texas Diaper Bank | $2,700 | 1 | 0% |
| San Luis Obispo Alpha Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| San Luis Obispo Children's Museum | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($560k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sharkey Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Carpenter Foundation · Carrico Family Foundation · Joe & Frances Naumes Family Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sharkey Foundation
- How much does Sharkey Foundation give?
- Sharkey Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $160,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sharkey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Education (17%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are Sharkey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ashland Schools Foundation ($91k), Farestart ($90k), Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc ($90k).
- Does Sharkey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sharkey Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sharkey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, The Carpenter Foundation, Carrico Family Foundation.
- Where is Sharkey Foundation based?
- Sharkey Foundation is based in OR.
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