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The 2f Shamrock 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.

$73k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$216kHealth$57kHousing & Shelter$45kRecreation & Sports$4kYouth Development$3kArts & Culture$1kHuman Services$259Other$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
$16,450
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACTS HOUSING$25,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$25,000
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL$16,450
MCC SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$1,245
Individual grant recipient$524
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ADMIRALS POWER PLAY FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$302k · 9 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$302k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
-2%

Still filing today

44%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CR
    CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $112k
  • MU
    MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $63k
  • ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $45k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • THE CHARLES E KUBLY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +47%
  • TN
    THE NORTH CAMPUS PARTNERSHIP
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • CW
    CAMP WHITCOMB MASON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
2
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research (Us) Ltd

Partner with scientists to accelerate research that will transform the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer through ground breaking science carried out by individual investigators, multidisciplinary teams, and early stage…

Health
3
The Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation

The adenoid cystic carcinoma research foundation (accrf) supports research into adenoid cystic carcinoma that will accelerate the development of improved therapies and a cure for the disease.

Health
4
Accelerated Cure Project Inc

The organization's mission is to accelerate research efforts to improve diagnosis, to optimize treatment, and to cure multiple sclerosis.

Health
5
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with parkinson's today.

Health
6
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
7
Children's Cancer Research Fund

Children's cancer research fund fuels transformational research to bring better treatments and cures to children with cancer.

Philanthropy
8
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
9
College of American Pathologists Foundation

Champion humanitarian & patient-centered roles for pathologists. connect those in need to the specialized, life savings skills of pathologists. confer training & awards to residents.

Education
10
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
11
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
12
American College of Radiology Foundation

The mission of the acr foundation is to advance the profession and practice of radiology to benefit patients with a specific emphasis on health policy research.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
3/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $112,250 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $63,350 · OtherMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLHOLY FAMILY SCHOOL: $22,500 · OtherHOLY FAMILY SCHOOL+9 more: $14,978 · Other+9 moreFORE BATTEN FOUNDATION: $41,450 · HealthFORE BATTEN FOUNDAT…THE CHARLES E KUBLY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE CHARLES E KUBLY…AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,090 · Health+2 more: $2,250 · HealthACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterACTS COMMUNITY …MCC SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · EducationADMIRALS POWER PLAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$213,078Health$55,790Housing & Shelter$45,000Education$12,500Human Services$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFORE BATTEN FOUNDATION: $41,450 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMCC SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE CHARLES E KUBLY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,090 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FORE BATTEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MCC SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHARLES E KUBLY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADMIRALS POWER PLAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗

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.

Anon Charitable TrustWI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Anon Charitable Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The 2f Shamrock Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The 2f Shamrock Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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