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Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc

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.

$739k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
72
Organizations funded FY2024
28%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$336,000
Organizations funded a year
72 to 101
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$18M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving37$739k5%
FY202472$407k28%
FY202379$465k5%
FY2022101$538k26%
FY202187$458kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.5MYouth Development$359kReligion$357kHuman Services$137kEducation$69kEnvironment$68kHealth$33kCommunity Improvement$24kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
EcoArts Connections$49,000514%
Barnstone Art for Kids$42,00057%
New Mexico Jazz Workshop Inc$39,00053%
Yes And Collaborative Arts$35,00052%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ind$35,00050%
Santa Fe Teen Arts Center$35,0005n/a
Girls First$33,00054%
Arts Council of Southern Indiana$33,00057%
Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association$33,00050%
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation$32,50045%
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All grantees of Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
EcoArts Connections$49,000514%
Barnstone Art for Kids$42,00057%
New Mexico Jazz Workshop Inc$39,00053%
Yes And Collaborative Arts$35,00052%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ind$35,00050%
Santa Fe Teen Arts Center$35,0005n/a
Girls First$33,00054%
Arts Council of Southern Indiana$33,00057%
Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association$33,00050%
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation$32,50045%
Village Exchange Center Inc$31,00050%
Kids Dance Outreach Inc$31,00041%
San Miguel Mentoring Program$31,00052%
Beyond the Bars Inc$29,50041%
Blue Sage Center for the Arts$29,00043%
Keshet Dance Company$29,00051%
Platteforum$29,00041%
Expressive Path Inc$29,00054%
El Sistema Indianapolis$28,5004n/a
Mirror Image$28,50041%
Moving Arts Espanola Incorporated$28,50032%
Norris Square Neighborhood Project$28,50042%
Art Students League of Denver$27,00040%
A Childs Song Inc$26,50041%
Philadelphia Clef Club for Jazz & Performing Arts Inc$26,50041%
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia$26,50040%
Roshni$24,50042%
Concrete Couch$24,50041%
Five Star Life Inc$24,50041%
Unity Performing Arts Foundation Inc$24,50041%
El Sistema Colorado$23,50031%
Spanish Danzart Society$23,00041%
Denver Children's Choir$23,00042%
Koresh Dance Company$23,00041%
Rock to the Future Inc$22,50031%
Musicopia Inc$22,50030%
Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc$22,00030%
Buildabridge International$21,00045%
Art From Ashes Incorporated$21,00042%
The Clay Studio$21,00030%
Performing Arts Academy$19,50031%
Vintage Theatre$19,50031%
Embudo Valley Arts Association$19,5003n/a
Poetry Heals$19,500313%
Youth Employment Academy$19,00040%
Thorne Ecological Institute$19,00040%
Denver Young Artists Orchestra Association$19,00041%
The Print Center$19,00041%
Cmdance$19,00041%
Mt Carmel Wellness & Community Center$19,00021%
Allens Lane Art Center$18,00032%
Taller Puertorriqueno Inc$18,00031%
Backstory Theatre$18,00034%
Curious Theatre Company$18,00031%
Creede Repertory Theatre$18,00030%
The Learning Council$17,00031%
Mas Comunidad$17,00029%
Celebrate the Beat$16,50031%
Girls Rock Philly$16,50034%
The Rock School for Dance Education$16,50030%
Wise Fool New Mexico$16,50031%
Philadelphia Young Playwrights$16,50031%
The Venue Theatre Company$16,50034%
Creative Strategies for Change$15,50032%
Vincent Village Inc$15,00030%
Commonwealth Youthchoirs Inc$15,00031%
Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc$14,50030%
Asian Arts Initiative$14,50020%
Lyra Society$14,50035%
National Institute of Flamenco$14,50030%
Etm-Colorado Inc$14,50031%
Frequent Flyers Productions In$14,50031%
Heart and Hand Center$14,50020%
Young Audiences of Indiana Inc$14,50030%
Fresh Artists$14,50031%
The Arts Hub$14,00021%
Quintessence Theatre Group Inc$13,50030%
The Unscripted Project$13,50033%
Tilt Institute for the Contemporary Image$13,50031%
Los Ninos del Teatro$13,0002n/a
Urban Music Theatre Inc$13,00031%
LiveConnectionsorg$11,50020%
Canyon Concert Ballet$11,50021%
Mighty Writers$10,50020%
Delta Montrose Youth Services Inc$10,50021%
Angels of America's Fallen$10,50021%
Indianapolis Children's Choir$10,50020%
Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra Association$10,00023%
Santa Fe Youth Symphony Incorporated$9,50022%
Claude McNeal's Musical Theatre Training Program Inc$9,50021%
A Precious Child Inc$9,00020%
High Valley Community Center Inc$9,00020%
Youthpower365$9,00020%
Working Classroom Inc$9,00021%
September School Inc$9,00021%
River West Theatre Inc$8,50021%
i AM Music Inc$8,50021%
National Dance Institute Nm Inc$8,50020%
Photography Without Borders Inc$8,50022%
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$8,00020%
Darlington Fine Arts Center Inc$8,00011%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$7,00010%
University City Arts League Inc$6,00011%
Olivet Boys' & Girls' Club of Reading and Berks County Pa$5,50010%
Augustana Arts Inc$5,00012%
Colorado Tints Inc$4,0001n/a
Kids at Their Best Inc$4,00011%
Gibault Inc$4,00010%
Mobile Studio Incorporated$4,0001n/a
After-School All-Stars$4,00010%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$4,00010%
Colorado Youth Mariachi Program$4,00015%
Fort Wayne Dance Collective Inc$4,00011%
Youth Club of Trinidad Inc$4,00012%
Media Arts Council$4,00011%
The Community Resource Fund$4,000112%
Colorado Children's Chorale$4,00010%
Indianapolis Art Center Inc$4,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($524k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEcoArts Connections: $49,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetBarnstone Art for Kids: $42,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetNew Mexico Jazz Workshop Inc: $39,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetYes And Collaborative Arts: $35,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ind: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGirls First: $33,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetArts Council of Southern Indiana: $33,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $33,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSalida Circus Outreach Foundation: $32,500 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetVillage Exchange Center Inc: $31,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetKids Dance Outreach Inc: $31,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSan Miguel Mentoring Program: $31,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBeyond the Bars Inc: $29,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetBlue Sage Center for the Arts: $29,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetKeshet Dance Company: $29,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPlatteforum: $29,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetExpressive Path Inc: $29,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetMirror Image: $28,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMoving Arts Espanola Incorporated: $28,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetNorris Square Neighborhood Project: $28,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetArt Students League of Denver: $27,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetA Childs Song Inc: $26,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPhiladelphia Clef Club for Jazz & Performing Arts Inc: $26,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSettlement Music School of Philadelphia: $26,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRoshni: $24,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetConcrete Couch: $24,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetFive Star Life Inc: $24,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUnity Performing Arts Foundation Inc: $24,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetEl Sistema Colorado: $23,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSpanish Danzart Society: $23,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetDenver Children's Choir: $23,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetKoresh Dance Company: $23,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetRock to the Future Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMusicopia Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLighthouse Writers Workshop Inc: $22,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBuildabridge International: $21,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetArt From Ashes Incorporated: $21,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetThe Clay Studio: $21,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPerforming Arts Academy: $19,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetVintage Theatre: $19,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPoetry Heals: $19,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetYouth Employment Academy: $19,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThorne Ecological Institute: $19,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDenver Young Artists Orchestra Association: $19,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Print Center: $19,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCmdance: $19,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMt Carmel Wellness & Community Center: $19,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAllens Lane Art Center: $18,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budget

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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 112.

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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.

The Philadelphia Cult…Henrietta Tower Wurts…Colorado Gives Founda…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Denver FoundationLindback Cr & Mf Foun…Rosenlund Family Foun…Ludwick FdnThe Colorado Health F…The William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…Stockton Rush Bartol …
The Philadelphia Cultural Fund IncPA56× affinity26 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Denver Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Rosenlund Family Foundation Inv Mgr · Ludwick Fdn · The Colorado Health Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Stockton Rush Bartol 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.

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About Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc

How much does Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc give?
Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $739,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 72 and 101 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), Youth Development (14%), Religion (14%).
Who are Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: EcoArts Connections ($49k), Barnstone Art for Kids ($42k), New Mexico Jazz Workshop Inc ($39k).
Does Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc 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 Fortune Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc, Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation.
Where is Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc based?
Sheila Fortune Foundation Inc is based in CO.

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 139 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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