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Shelton Foundation at a glance

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Shelton Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$58kReligion$41kArts & Culture$11kRecreation & Sports$5kHealth$3kHousing & Shelter$3kPhilanthropy$1kMembership Benefit$900Other$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,100
Median grant
3
States reached
$52k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$10,000
CHAPELWOOD UMC$5,100
THE FAYETTE CEMETERY ASSOC$200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $50) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 14%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$120k · 10 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$120k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+120%

Still filing today

60%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • LA
    LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $57k · revenue +44%
  • TA
    TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +97%
  • JC
    JONATHAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • CF
    CHMC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF LEE COUNTY LIBRARY
    one grant, 2019 · $100
  • JC
    JONATHAN CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $100
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
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
Lsu Foundation

The lsu foundation cultivates and invests in philanthropic partnerships to support and advance lsu's academic priorities.

Education
3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

—
5
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
6
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
7
Housatonic Community College Foundation Inc

Hccf expands access to quality, affordable higher education and works closely with the college to enhance the learning experience and workforce development education and training of students.

Education
8
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

—
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
11
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
12
Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston

Non-profit corporation providing healthcare to the homeless.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Houston Food Bank. 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

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $57,250 · OtherLSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONCHAPELWOOD UMC: $40,800 · OtherCHAPELWOOD UMCPERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF LA COUNTY: $10,000 · OtherPERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF LA COUNTY+10 more: $4,450 · OtherTIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $50 · EducationHOTEL HOPE: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterJONATHAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND: $1,250 · PhilanthropyJONATHAN ART FOUNDATION: $1,200 · Arts & CultureTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $200 · Public BenefitST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50 · Human Services
Other$112,500Education$5,050Housing & Shelter$3,000Philanthropy$1,250Arts & Culture$1,200Public Benefit$200Health$100Human Services$50

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $57,250 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOTEL HOPE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJONATHAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJONATHAN ART FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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 LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOTEL HOPE ↗
  • Who funds JONATHAN CLUB CHARITABLE FUND ↗
  • Who funds JONATHAN ART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Shell USA Company Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shell USA Company FoundationTX12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Shelton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shelton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.

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 21 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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