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Shea Family Foundation

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.

$60k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$244kEnvironment$50kYouth Development$17kArts & Culture$14kEducation$13kPhilanthropy$11kRecreation & Sports$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $44k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$950k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIDLINKS$24,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - CATTLE BARON'S BALL$20,400
PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$5,100
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS$3,000
NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF DALLAS$2,500
STATE FAIR OF TEXAS$2,120
THE DALLAS FOUNDATION$1,200
ARTCENTRE OF PLANO$1,000
BRYNI'S LOVE FOUNDATION$950
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHABAD OF PLANO: $120k → 5%BATTLE BRYNN FOUNDATION: $425 → 8%KIDLINKS: $24k → 14%PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $3k → 5%KIDLINKS: $15k → 14%PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $2k → 5%NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF DALLAS: $5k → 14%PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $3k → 5%NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF DALLAS: $3k → 14%NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF DALLAS: $3k → 14%NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF DALLAS: $2k → 14%DALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS: $50k → 14%THE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - CATTLE BARON'S BALL: $26k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - CATTLE BARON'S BALL: $25k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - CATTLE BARON'S BALL: $25k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - CATTLE BARON'S BALL: $25k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - CATTLE BARON'S BALL: $20k → 14%PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $5k → 14%CARRY THE LOAD: $767 → 14%BRYNI'S LOVE FOUNDATION: $950 → 14%KIDLINKS: $33k → 14%KIDLINKS: $33k → 14%THE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%KIDLINKS: $18k → 14%TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $500 → 14%COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $5k → 14%TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $500 → 14%COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS: $3k → 14%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.
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$276k · 7 repeat orgs$190k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$276k
$187k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+69%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • K
    KIDLINKS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $122k · revenue +29%
  • PS
    PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $12k · revenue +93%
  • AO
    ArtCentre of Plano Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $120k
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • FW
    FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $11k · revenue +123%
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
Dallas Symphony Association

To inspire and change lives through musical excellence.

Arts & Culture
2
Dallas Wind Symphony

The Dallas Winds, a Grammy-nominated wind ensemble, stands as a cultural cornerstone of Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1985, the Dallas Winds has grown into one of the worlds premier wind bands, renowned for its extraordinary artistry and…

Arts & Culture
3
The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas dba Shakespeare Dallas

Using Shakespeare's works as a cornerstone, Shakespeare Dallas serves the Southwest region with fun and accessible indoor and outdoor theatre, integrated school programs, and cultural enrichment for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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4
Dallas Seminary Foundation

To support the mission of Dallas Theological Seminary by offering charitable planned giving and other related services to friends of the Seminary.

Education
5
Downtown Dallas Inc Foundation

Downtown Dallas, Inc. Foundation is the charitable arm of Downtown Dallas, Inc. whose purpose is to help make the area in and around Downtown Dallas a more vibrant and livable place for both daytime and permanent residents by promoting the…

Community Improvement
6
The Dallas Opera Foundation

Provide financial support to the dallas opera.

Philanthropy
7
Dallas Film Society Inc

Dallas Film Society's mission is to celebrate films and their impact on society, to honor filmmakers and recognize their achievements and contributions to enhancing the creative community and to provide educational programs to develop a…

Arts & Culture
8
Young Texans Against Cancer Dallas

Young Texans Against Cancer is a network of motivated young professionals collectively working together to raise awareness and funds to support the local Dallas cancer community. The Dallas chapter was established in 2007, as part of a…

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9
Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc

Children's cancer fund champions kids in their fight against cancer through strategic investments in research and care in north texas.

Health
10
Dallas Christian School

Dallas Christian is a college preparatory school committed to Biblical values where students are prepared for Christ-centered lives of purpose, service and leadership.

Education
11
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
12
Dallas Bar Association

The Dallas Bar Association is a nonprofit corporation chartered by the State of Texas to protect and advance the professional interests of persons licensed to practice law in the Dallas area, to improve the relations between the Bench, the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Dallas Foundation; the most unlike its peers is State Fair of Texas. 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

12 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. 12 of the 17 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIDLINKS: $121,500 · OtherKIDLINKSAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - CATTLE BARON'S BALL: $120,900 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - CATTLE BARON'S BALLIndividual grant recipient: $120,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS: $50,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS+3 more: $9,618 · OtherPLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $12,200 · Arts & CultureNOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $8,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $2,200 · PhilanthropyCARRY THE LOAD: $767 · PhilanthropyFORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $10,580 · Youth DevelopmentDALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsSTATE FAIR OF TEXAS: $2,120 · Recreation & SportsTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $1,000 · HealthBATTLE BRYNN FOUNDATION: $425 · Health
Other$422,018Arts & Culture$12,200Education$12,000Philanthropy$10,967Youth Development$10,580Recreation & Sports$7,120Health$1,425

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKIDLINKS: $121,500 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetPLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $12,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetFORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SYNDICATE: $10,580 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE FAIR OF TEXAS: $2,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArtCentre of Plano Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARRY THE LOAD: $767 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBATTLE BRYNN FOUNDATION: $425 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

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.

Communities Foundatio…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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