Maryland · Private foundation
The George L Shields Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 82
- Grants FY2024
- 89
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 89 to 98
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations The George L Shields Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $194k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 77 | $1.8M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 89 | $2.0M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 93 | $1.9M | 5% |
| FY2021 | 93 | $1.8M | 12% |
| FY2020 | 94 | $1.9M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 98 | $1.8M | 14% |
| FY2018 | 98 | $1.9M | 22% |
| FY2017 | 98 | $1.6M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Rescue Mission Inc | $900,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Earth Conservation Corps | $800,000 | 8 | 39% |
| Juilliard School | $657,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Frederick Community College Foundation Inc | $587,000 | 8 | 6% |
| The Tahirih Justice Center | $475,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $450,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $450,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | $370,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation | $370,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $275,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 145 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The George L Shields Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 131 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: Ausherman Family Trust · Delaplaine Foundation Inc · Ausherman Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of Frederick County Inc · William E Cross Foundation Inc · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · G Frank Thomas Fdn Inc Main · The Denver Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The George L Shields Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About The George L Shields Foundation Inc
- How much does The George L Shields Foundation Inc give?
- The George L Shields Foundation Inc reported 82 grants totaling $2,056,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 98 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The George L Shields Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (17%), Health (16%), Education (16%).
- Who are The George L Shields Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Frederick Rescue Mission Inc ($900k), Earth Conservation Corps ($800k), Juilliard School ($657k).
- Does The George L Shields Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George L Shields Foundation Inc 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 The George L Shields Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ausherman Family Trust, Delaplaine Foundation Inc, Ausherman Family Foundation.
- Where is The George L Shields Foundation Inc based?
- The George L Shields Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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