Does Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable 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 Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc, Pinellas Community Foundation, Hough Family Foundation Inc.

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Illinois · Private foundation

Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.3M
Granted FY2022: 3
Grants FY2022: 3
Organizations funded FY2022: 33%
First-time grantees FY2022

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Median grant, FY2022: $5,000
Largest grant, FY2022: $2,298,383
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 31; FY2020 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022: 3
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 33% of the organizations Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureCivil RightsOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2022	3	$2.3M	33%
FY2021	31	$345k	19%
FY2020	25	$274k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Philanthropy$2.3MArts & Culture$300kScience & Tech$110kEducation$78kHealth$32kInternational$32kHuman Services$27kCommunity Improvement$6kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Chautauqua Institution	$170,000	2	1%
Eckerd College	$77,000	3	0%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater	$66,000	2	0%
Rush University Medical Center	$30,000	2	0%
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs	$30,000	2	0%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc	$22,000	2	0%
African American Heritage House Inc	$10,000	2	n/a
Faith and Action for Strength Together Inc	$10,000	2	2%
Pinellas County Urban League Inc	$6,000	2	0%
Bay Area Chamber Foundation Inc	$6,000	2	1%

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All grantees of Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Chautauqua Institution	$170,000	2	1%
Eckerd College	$77,000	3	0%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater	$66,000	2	0%
Rush University Medical Center	$30,000	2	0%
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs	$30,000	2	0%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc	$22,000	2	0%
African American Heritage House Inc	$10,000	2	n/a
Faith and Action for Strength Together Inc	$10,000	2	2%
Pinellas County Urban League Inc	$6,000	2	0%
Bay Area Chamber Foundation Inc	$6,000	2	1%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$5,000	3	0%
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc	$4,000	2	0%
The American Stage Company Inc	$3,200	2	0%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Human Rights Watch Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Pro Publica Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Equal Justice Initiative	$1,000	1	0%
The Florida Orchestra	$1,000	1	0%
Ready for Life Inc	$1,000	2	0%
St Petersburg College Foundation Inc	$1,000	2	0%
St Petersburg Opera Co Inc	$1,000	2	0%
Saint Petersburg Preservation Inc	$500	1	0%
League of Women Voters of Florida	$500	1	0%
Salvador Dali Museum Inc	$500	1	0%

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 24.

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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.

Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · Hough Family Foundation Inc · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Allegany Franciscan Ministries Inc · Thomas A & Mary S James Foundation · Raymund Foundation Inc · Westphal Family Foundation Inc · J Crayton Pruitt Foundation Inc · Top Jewish Foundation Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc

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.

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About Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation

How much does Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation give?: Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $2,304,383 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
What does Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Arts & Culture (10%), Science & Tech (4%).
Who are Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Chautauqua Institution ($170k), Eckerd College ($77k), Chicago Shakespeare Theater ($66k).
Does Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2022, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable 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 Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc, Pinellas Community Foundation, Hough Family Foundation Inc.
Where is Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation based?: Sheila a Penrose & R Ernest Mahaffey Charitable Foundation is based in IL.