Iowa · Private foundation
Shirar Family Foundation
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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $689k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Shirar Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 10 | $87k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $56k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $44k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $58k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $26k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $44k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $57k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Tms Global Inc | $55,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Retrieving Freedom Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Our Saviors Lutheran Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| My Kinsmen Ministries | $10,100 | 4 | 6% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Diaper Bank of North Carolina | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central IA Center for Independent Living | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Tms Global Inc | $55,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Retrieving Freedom Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Our Saviors Lutheran Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| My Kinsmen Ministries | $10,100 | 4 | 6% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Diaper Bank of North Carolina | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central IA Center for Independent Living | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Humanitarian Scholarship Fund of Iowa | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Open the Bible | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillvue Heights Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Pond Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Blessman International Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($182k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shirar Family Foundation 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: United Way Worldwide · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Shirar Family Foundation
- How much does Shirar Family Foundation give?
- Shirar Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $86,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shirar Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), International (31%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Shirar Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Samaritan's Purse ($63k), Tms Global Inc ($55k), Retrieving Freedom Inc ($30k).
- Does Shirar Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shirar Family 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Shirar Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way Worldwide, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Shirar Family Foundation based?
- Shirar Family Foundation is based in IA.
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