Massachusetts · Private foundation
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.
- $18k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 40
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Shea Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 | 4 | $18k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $280k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $398k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $800k | 73% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $188k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Dominican Foundation of Dominican Friars Province of St Jo | $74,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $42,500 | 3 | 0% |
| New England Life Flight Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ferren Memorial Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 68% |
| Norwood Little League Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 5% |
| St Mark's School of Southborough Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Caritas Communities Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Gillys House Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Onset Bay Association Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 12% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Shea Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Amica Companies Foundation
How this is measured
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About Shea Family Foundation
- How much does Shea Family Foundation give?
- Shea Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 40 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Shea Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (54%), Recreation & Sports (10%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Shea Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc ($100k), The Dominican Foundation of Dominican Friars Province of St Jo ($75k), Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($43k).
- Does Shea Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shea Family 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 Shea Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Arbella Insurance Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Shea Family Foundation based?
- Shea Family Foundation is based in MA.
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