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Shell USA Company 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.

$16M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4,650
Grants FY2024still arriving
51
States reached
$291k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$39MPhilanthropy$15MHealth$13MReligion$12MInternational$9.7MHuman Services$9.5MArts & Culture$6.6MAnimals$4.6MOther$0
02FY2024 · 4650 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4291 grants · $7.6M
  • $10k–50k332 grants · $5.9M
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $291k
$1,000
Median grant
51
States reached
$52M
Total assets

Largely a single collection: about 100% of reported assets are Royalty Interest.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$290,782
HOUSTON FOOD BANK$237,697
UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON$188,719
STAR OF HOPE MISSION$119,514
UNITED WAY OF ST CHARLES$106,835
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION$98,285
THE AWTY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL$95,620
TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION$92,460
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA$88,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$85,936
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY$77,349
JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC SCHOOL$74,034
SAMARITANS PURSE$66,647
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION$65,814
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC$65,725
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wounded Warrior Project Inc: $44k → 14%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $40k → 24%Zoeys Angels Inc: $22k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $28k → 14%Mississippi State University Foundation Inc - Miss: $30k → 24%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $28k → 14%Mississippi State University Foundation Inc - Miss: $27k → 24%NORTH COAST CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $30k → 11%HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT INC: $177k → 8%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $23k → 24%THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH: $25k → 14%HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT INC: $65k → 8%VISWA VEDA PARAYANA BRINDAM: $29k → 8%Free the Captives: $35k → 9%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $40k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE I: $31k → 19%Living Water International: $88k → 8%Living Water International: $54k → 8%Living Water International: $50k → 8%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $31k → 16%Living Water International: $42k → 8%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $31k → 8%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $22k → 8%Citizens Foundation USA: $38k → 16%Citizens Foundation USA: $38k → 16%Elijah Rising: $24k → 16%Treasures of Joy: $23k → 16%ELIJAH RISING: $22k → 16%ENTRUSTED HOUSTON: $24k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $28k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $26k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMENS CENTER INC: $49k → 16%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston: $86k → 16%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston: $62k → 16%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston: $44k → 16%Houston Area Womens Center Inc: $29k → 16%Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston: $28k → 16%HOUSTON AREA WOMENS CENTER INC: $25k → 16%Todays Harbor for Children: $35k → 16%Todays Harbor for Children: $32k → 16%Todays Harbor for Children: $21k → 16%Northwest Assistance Ministries: $43k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $22k → 16%KATY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $30k → 16%Citizens Foundation USA: $21k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON: $53k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON: $33k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON: $23k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$108M · 1911 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

1911 repeat relationships: 1351 still active in FY2024, 560 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1911
43

Total granted

$108M
$918k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
-6%

Still filing today

67%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $216k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • United Way of Greater Houston
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.1M · revenue +5%
  • The Houston Food Bank
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +107%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • JJ
    JUSTIN J WATT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $106k · revenue -62%
  • SL
    Sienna Lutheran Academy
    one grant, 2017 · $75k
  • CC
    Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Galveston-Hou
    one grant, 2017 · $61k
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 International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
2
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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3
Texas College

To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.

Education
4
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
5
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To provide professional investment management and related services for the funds under management and control of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System.

Education
6
Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma city university prepares all learners to create, lead and serve.

Education
7
Houston Christian Foundation dba

Houston Christian Foundation (HCF), an affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), was created to facilitate Christian giving by offering the convenience and efficiency of donor-advised funds through NCF. HCF provides educational…

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8
Bosque School

Bosque School is a coeducational college preparatory school creating transformative learning experiences that empower a diverse community of students to lead lives of intellectual curiosity, personal integrity, and compassionate…

Education
9
Augustana College

Offer a challenging education that develops the qualities of mind, spirit and body for students.

Education
10
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering students undergraduate and graduate courses.

Education
11
Baylor Research Institute

Faith based medical research organization bringing innovative treatment to patients through basic science, clinical trials, and health care effectiveness and quality of care research.

Health
12
University of Denver

A higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friday Harbour. 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

1358 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1358 of the 2,000 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.

21
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
365
Early backer (in before they grew)
1327/1358
Grantees still filing
1077/1358
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Houston Food Bank: $1,879,587 · OtherThe Houston Food BankSt Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc - St Jude: $1,057,871 · OtherUnited Way of Southeast Louisiana (Greater New Orl: $1,017,401 · OtherSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $792,970 · Other+87 more: $18,390,650 · Other+87 moreWilliam Marsh Rice University: $984,089 · EducationWilliam Marsh Rice Un…Texas A&M Foundation: $881,615 · EducationTexas A&M FoundationLSU FOUNDATION: $484,993 · EducationTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $476,174 · EducationAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $358,452 · Education+44 more: $7,182,219 · Education+44 moreUnited Way of Greater Houston: $4,069,439 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Grea…UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: $1,736,358 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUT…CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $1,193,328 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL AREA UNITE…United Way of St Charles: $1,087,248 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of St C…United Way of Skagit County: $370,679 · Philanthropy+4 more: $496,695 · Philanthropy+4 moreLiving Water International: $439,171 · Human ServicesSewa International Inc: $424,574 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $397,231 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $375,293 · Human ServicesHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $331,017 · Human ServicesTHE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $297,731 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $255,237 · Human ServicesMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $214,101 · Human ServicesHouston Area Women's Center: $208,967 · Human ServicesTODAYS HARBOR FOR CHILDREN: $179,227 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $168,487 · Human Services+7 more: $818,046 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,090,826 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $509,274 · HealthTexas Children's Hospital: $333,091 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $283,172 · HealthPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $266,544 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $224,994 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $165,354 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $143,902 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $135,492 · HealthCARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF HOUSTON: $116,930 · HealthWORLD VISION INC: $335,297 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $282,179 · InternationalISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $254,199 · InternationalPRAGATHI: $242,110 · InternationalAS OUR OWN NFP: $232,601 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $219,279 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $202,425 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $195,166 · InternationalEVERY VILLAGE: $193,671 · InternationalAGA KHAN FOUNDATION USA: $157,104 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN VALUES: $123,732 · InternationalCOMFORT AID INTERNATIONAL INC: $121,620 · InternationalADERA FOUNDATION: $120,000 · InternationalAmigos de las Americas: $110,703 · InternationalCOMPASSION FLOWER: $109,200 · InternationalHouston Public Media Foundation: $698,705 · Arts & CultureHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $492,406 · Arts & CultureHouston Symphony Society: $474,485 · Arts & CultureHouston Ballet Foundation: $257,836 · Arts & CultureALLEY THEATRE: $186,045 · Arts & CultureMercury Chamber Orchestra Inc: $166,100 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $125,800 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON: $109,347 · Arts & Culture
Other$23,138,479Education$10,367,542Philanthropy$8,953,747Human Services$4,109,082Health$3,269,579International$2,899,286Arts & Culture$2,510,724

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $4,069,439 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $1,879,587 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: $1,736,358 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $1,193,328 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,090,826 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of St Charles: $1,087,248 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $984,089 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $881,615 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $792,970 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $724,207 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Public Media Foundation: $698,705 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $697,959 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $509,274 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $492,406 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLSU FOUNDATION: $484,993 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $476,174 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $474,485 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Awty International School: $452,138 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLiving Water International: $439,171 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLOUISIANA YOUTH SEMINAR INC: $432,055 over 8y, 12% of budgetSewa International Inc: $424,574 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $397,231 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $375,293 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Skagit County: $370,679 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $358,452 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $345,461 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $335,297 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $333,091 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $331,017 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $300,749 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe John Cooper School: $298,217 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $297,731 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $293,931 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $292,777 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALLPEOPLEBEHAPPY FOUNDATION: $284,675 over 8y, 19% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $283,172 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $282,179 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $281,299 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $273,268 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $269,945 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $266,544 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSt John's School: $263,006 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Ballet Foundation: $257,836 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $255,237 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $254,199 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $249,878 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSDSM&T CENTER FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS & ADVANCEMENT: $245,565 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPRAGATHI: $242,110 over 7y, 48% 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.

  • Who funds United Way of Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of St Charles ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Houston Public Media Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds LSU FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Houston Symphony Society ↗
  • Who funds The Awty International School ↗
  • Who funds Living Water International ↗
  • Who funds LOUISIANA YOUTH SEMINAR INC ↗
  • Who funds Sewa International Inc ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Skagit County ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds The John Cooper School ↗
  • Who funds THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA ↗

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.

Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Junior League of …Vivian L Smith Founda…The Elkins FoundationMD Anderson FoundationJohn P McGovern Found…Charity Guild of Cath…Baxter Trust Co Priva…Strake FoundationThe Methodist HospitalHouston Petset
Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust CompanyTX73.6× affinity149 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Junior League of Houston Inc · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · John P McGovern Foundation · Charity Guild of Catholic Women of Harris County Inc · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Strake Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Houston Petset

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida College Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
33report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Shell USA Company Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Shell USA Company Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 2000 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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