New Jersey · Private foundation
Shermer Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $26k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,139
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $7,709
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 5
- FY2022 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $187k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Shermer Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 5 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 5 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $24k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $24k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Inc | $38,343 | 5 | 0% |
| Morton Plant Mease Health Care Inc | $25,563 | 5 | 0% |
| Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc | $25,563 | 5 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $12,781 | 5 | n/a |
| Homeless Emergency Project Inc | $4,822 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
About Shermer Charitable Foundation
- How much does Shermer Charitable Foundation give?
- Shermer Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $25,696 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 5 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2025.
- What does Shermer Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (50%), Youth Development (20%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Shermer Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2026: The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Inc ($38k), Morton Plant Mease Health Care Inc ($26k), Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc ($26k).
- Does Shermer Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shermer Charitable Foundation 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.
- Where is Shermer Charitable Foundation based?
- Shermer Charitable Foundation is based in NJ.
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