Louisiana · Private foundation
Shearman Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $296k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 49
- Grants FY2026
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 48
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 8
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 32% of the organizations Shearman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 49 | $296k | 29% |
| FY2025 | 38 | $297k | 32% |
| FY2024 | 48 | $497k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $401k | 74% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $376k | 68% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $117k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Calcasieu Museum Inc | $175,000 | 4 | 10% |
| United Against Human Trafficking | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Louis High School | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Polo For Life Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wheaton College | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Autism Services of Swla | $22,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Great Commission Fellowship | $20,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Walsh Park Benevolent Corporation | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Fishers Island Recreational Path Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christus St Patrick Foundation | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 99 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shearman Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana · Mn Davidson Foundation · Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation · CSE Community Foundation · The Sooner Foundation · The Willinphila Foundation · Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Shearman Foundation
- How much does Shearman Foundation give?
- Shearman Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $295,813 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 48 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Shearman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (30%), Philanthropy (18%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Shearman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Imperial Calcasieu Museum Inc ($175k), United Against Human Trafficking ($40k), St Louis High School ($35k).
- Does Shearman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shearman 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 Shearman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana, Mn Davidson Foundation, Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation.
- Where is Shearman Foundation based?
- Shearman Foundation is based in LA.
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