California · Private foundation
Shum Charitable Fund
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.
- $4k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2026
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $50k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 17% of the organizations Shum Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 4 | $4k | 25% |
| FY2025 | 6 | $3k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $3k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $6k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $5k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $8k | 36% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $7,797 | 6 | 0% |
| St John's Healthcare Foundation | $6,333 | 5 | 0% |
| No Limits Theater Group Inc | $3,025 | 4 | 0% |
| Conejo Free Clinic | $2,045 | 1 | 0% |
| California Fire Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camarillo Hospice Corporation | $1,080 | 1 | 1% |
| Camarillo Ranch Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gold Coast Veterans Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rescue Mission Alliance | $866 | 6 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $795 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $7,797 | 6 | 0% |
| St John's Healthcare Foundation | $6,333 | 5 | 0% |
| No Limits Theater Group Inc | $3,025 | 4 | 0% |
| Conejo Free Clinic | $2,045 | 1 | 0% |
| California Fire Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camarillo Hospice Corporation | $1,080 | 1 | 1% |
| Camarillo Ranch Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gold Coast Veterans Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rescue Mission Alliance | $866 | 6 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $795 | 4 | 0% |
| Meadowlark Service League | $615 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Fellowship Foundation Inc | $185 | 1 | 0% |
| Homeboy Industries | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Camarillo Chamber of Commerce | $90 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Camarillo Library | $40 | 2 | 0% |
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving | $30 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shum Charitable Fund 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: Meadowlark Service League · LIVINGSTON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION co MUSICK PEELER & GARRETT LLP · Ventura County Community Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Shum Charitable Fund
- How much does Shum Charitable Fund give?
- Shum Charitable Fund reported 4 grants totaling $3,834 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Shum Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Health (20%), Public Safety & Disaster (19%).
- Who are Shum Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($8k), St John's Healthcare Foundation ($6k), No Limits Theater Group Inc ($3k).
- Does Shum Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shum Charitable Fund 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 Shum Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Meadowlark Service League, LIVINGSTON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION co MUSICK PEELER & GARRETT LLP, Ventura County Community Foundation.
- Where is Shum Charitable Fund based?
- Shum Charitable Fund is based in CA.
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