California · Private foundation
Shen Catalyst 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.
- $84k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $32,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 5 | $84k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $86k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $103k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $126k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $52k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $43k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Ridge School | $435,628 | 8 | 0% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $102,725 | 5 | 0% |
| Curebound | $96,950 | 5 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation | $9,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Elderhelp of San Diego | $7,375 | 3 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shen Catalyst 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.
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How this is measured
About Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc
- How much does Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc give?
- Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $83,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (80%), Health (17%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pacific Ridge School ($436k), Uc San Diego Foundation ($103k), Curebound ($97k).
- Does Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shen Catalyst 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 Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, Sempra Foundation.
- Where is Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc based?
- Shen Catalyst Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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