New Jersey · Private foundation
Sholley 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.
- $191k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 60
- Grants FY2026
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 58
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 13
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 13% of the organizations Sholley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 60 | $191k | 23% |
| FY2025 | 55 | $159k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 58 | $142k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $149k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 53 | $140k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $112k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $109k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $107k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Commonwealth Shakespeare Co Inc | $134,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $77,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $60,500 | 8 | 0% |
| West Falmouth Library Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Northeastern University | $36,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Theater Offensive Inc | $34,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Noble and Greenough School | $30,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden Inc | $26,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Friends of Culebra Animals Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 6% |
Show all 97 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($134k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sholley 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: Boston Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · The Buchwald Family Foundation · Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · Janey Fund Charitable Trust · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cape Cod Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Sholley Foundation
- How much does Sholley Foundation give?
- Sholley Foundation reported 60 grants totaling $190,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 58 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Sholley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (24%), Health (10%).
- Who are Sholley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2026: The Commonwealth Shakespeare Co Inc ($134k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($78k), Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc ($65k).
- Does Sholley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sholley 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 Sholley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust.
- Where is Sholley Foundation based?
- Sholley Foundation is based in NJ.
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