Colorado · Private foundation
Shelley 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.
- $60k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $69k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Shelley Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $76k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $87k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $49k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $20k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $81k | 64% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Eating Disorder Foundation | $283,885 | 8 | 16% |
| High Point University | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Karis Community | $62,556 | 6 | 4% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Synapse House | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arrupe Jesuit High School | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Robbies Hope Foundation | $2,598 | 1 | 1% |
| Sober Apartment Living CO | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Green Bay YMCA Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Denver Pet Partners | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Eating Disorder Foundation | $283,885 | 8 | 16% |
| High Point University | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Karis Community | $62,556 | 6 | 4% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Synapse House | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arrupe Jesuit High School | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Robbies Hope Foundation | $2,598 | 1 | 1% |
| Sober Apartment Living CO | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Green Bay YMCA Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Denver Pet Partners | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Einstein Project Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Notre Dame de la Baie Academy Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cerebral Palsy Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| A Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Regis University | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Morris Animal Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shelley Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Colorado Gives Foundation · K C Stock Foundation Inc · Cornerstone Foundation of Northeastern Wisconsin Inc · George Kress Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Shelley Foundation Inc
- How much does Shelley Foundation Inc give?
- Shelley Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shelley Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (58%), Education (20%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Shelley Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Eating Disorder Foundation ($284k), High Point University ($75k), Karis Community ($63k).
- Does Shelley Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shelley 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 Shelley Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, K C Stock Foundation Inc, Cornerstone Foundation of Northeastern Wisconsin Inc.
- Where is Shelley Foundation Inc based?
- Shelley Foundation Inc is based in CO.
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