Washington · Private foundation
Shirley & David Allen 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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 74
- Grants FY2025
- 70
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $825
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 64 to 74
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Shirley & David Allen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 72 | $96k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 70 | $84k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 67 | $73k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 69 | $78k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 74 | $90k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 66 | $70k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 70 | $74k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 64 | $68k | 6% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $17,284 | 9 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $12,753 | 9 | 0% |
| Treehouse | $12,517 | 9 | 0% |
| Compassion Without Borders | $12,099 | 9 | 0% |
| Uplift Northwest | $9,353 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $9,017 | 8 | 0% |
| Tahoe Rim Trail Association | $9,017 | 9 | 0% |
| Compass Housing Alliance | $9,017 | 9 | 0% |
| Vishal Himalaya Foundation | $9,017 | 9 | 27% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $9,017 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 60 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($393k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Shirley & David Allen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Lucky Seven Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Real Progress Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Beeks Family Legacy Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Martis Camp Community Foundation Dba Martis Camp Foundation
How this is measured
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About Shirley & David Allen Foundation
- How much does Shirley & David Allen Foundation give?
- Shirley & David Allen Foundation reported 74 grants totaling $97,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 64 and 74 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shirley & David Allen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Environment (14%), International (10%).
- Who are Shirley & David Allen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: League to Save Lake Tahoe ($17k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($13k), Treehouse ($13k).
- Does Shirley & David Allen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shirley & David Allen 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 Shirley & David Allen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lucky Seven Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Shirley & David Allen Foundation based?
- Shirley & David Allen Foundation is based in WA.
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