Kentucky · Private foundation
Shaver Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $150k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $274k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Shaver Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $95k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $145k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $141k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $259k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $120k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $81k | 8% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Promise Center | $373,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Church of the Promise | $249,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Christ Church United Methodist | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Ancor Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Home of the Innocents Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 21st Century Parks Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christopher 2X Game Changers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Adventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dreams Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Promise Center | $373,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Church of the Promise | $249,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Christ Church United Methodist | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Ancor Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Home of the Innocents Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 21st Century Parks Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Christopher 2X Game Changers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Adventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dreams Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Wayside Christian Mission | $4,926 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy In | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($337k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shaver Foundation Inc 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 Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Samuel H Klein Family Foundation · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Shaver Foundation Inc
- How much does Shaver Foundation Inc give?
- Shaver Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $150,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Shaver Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (81%), Education (7%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Shaver Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Portland Promise Center ($373k), Church of the Promise ($249k), Christ Church United Methodist ($50k).
- Does Shaver Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shaver Foundation Inc 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 Shaver Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc, Samuel H Klein Family Foundation.
- Where is Shaver Foundation Inc based?
- Shaver Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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