Alabama · Private foundation
Shawn Esfahani 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.
- $824k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $175,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $183,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $44k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Shawn Esfahani Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $824k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $268k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $232k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope House Inc | $283,750 | 3 | 2% |
| Prodisee Pantry Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 7% |
| The Lighthouse | $205,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kidz Eatz Inc | $186,849 | 3 | 46% |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $130,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ferrari Foundation | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($203k), not named here.
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.
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How this is measured
About Shawn Esfahani Foundation
- How much does Shawn Esfahani Foundation give?
- Shawn Esfahani Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $823,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Shawn Esfahani Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (35%), Human Services (26%), Public Safety & Disaster (20%).
- Who are Shawn Esfahani Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Penelope House Inc ($284k), Prodisee Pantry Inc ($250k), The Lighthouse ($205k).
- Does Shawn Esfahani Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shawn Esfahani 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 Shawn Esfahani Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Shawn Esfahani Foundation based?
- Shawn Esfahani Foundation is based in AL.
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