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The George L Shields Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
82
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$2.5MHealth$2.4MEducation$2.4MHousing & Shelter$1.9MArts & Culture$1.6MHuman Services$965kInternational$671kCrime & Legal$569kOther$0
02FY2024 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $980k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $993k
$20,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EARTH CONSERVATION CORPS$100,000
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL$100,000
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST$100,000
FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$85,000
THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL$80,000
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$78,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$75,000
TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER$75,000
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY LLS- ILLINOIS$50,000
CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$50,000
RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION$50,000
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION$50,000
THE SHEDD AQUARIUM$50,000
FRANCISCAN OUTREACH$40,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JUVENILE PROTECTION ASSOC: $15k → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST VENTURE COUNTY: $10k → 10%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 14%MISSION OF MERCY: $50k → 6%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $70k → 12%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%MISSION OF MERCY: $25k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $25k → 6%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $45k → 12%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $45k → 12%MISSION OF MERCY: $25k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $20k → 6%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $35k → 12%MISSION OF MERCY: $20k → 6%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $20k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $20k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $20k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $15k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $15k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $15k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $15k → 14%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $15k → 14%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $25k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $20k → 6%THE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $10k → 6%THE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 6%THE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 6%THE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 6%THE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $10k → 6%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%THE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $10k → 6%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $10k → 6%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%THE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%THE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $10k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
GA
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 121 repeat orgs$789k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

121 repeat relationships: 66 still active in FY2024, 55 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

121
55

Total granted

$14M
$513k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+44%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $276k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FR
    FREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $900k · revenue +76%
  • EC
    Earth Conservation Corps
    8× · 2017–2024 · $800k · revenue +45% · 39% of their budget
  • JS
    JUILLIARD SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $657k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +4%
  • LI
    LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +196%
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
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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2
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
3
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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4
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
5
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
6
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
7
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fred Sommer Aces Tennis Scholarship 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

140 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 140 of the 193 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
43
Early backer (in before they grew)
134/140
Grantees still filing
110/140
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $587,000 · OtherFREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $365,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $450,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $475,000 · OtherTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER+104 more: $5,594,545 · Other+104 moreEarth Conservation Corps: $800,000 · EnvironmentEarth Conserva…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY…THE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $220,000 · EnvironmentTHE POTOMAC CO…Anacostia Riverkeeper Inc: $215,000 · EnvironmentAnacostia Rive…AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $169,000 · EnvironmentAUDUBON CANYON…+7 more: $157,000 · Environment+7 moreJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $657,000 · EducationJUILLIARD …HOOD COLLEGE: $175,000 · EducationHOOD COLLE…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPK…ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $135,000 · EducationALLIANCE F…THE HOLTON ARMS SCHOOL: $78,000 · EducationTHE HOLTON…SAINT SEBASTIAN PROJECT DENVER INC: $76,000 · EducationSAINT SEBA…+10 more: $129,500 · Education+10 moreRAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $370,000 · Human ServicesRAY OF HO…HOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT: $169,000 · Human ServicesHOMELESS …MISSION OF MERCY INC: $165,000 · Human ServicesMISSION O…MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $135,000 · Human ServicesMIRIAM'S …American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $115,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …Metropolitan Family Services: $95,000 · Human ServicesMetropoli…THE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHICA…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLY HOUSE INC: $55,000 · Human Services+10 more: $74,000 · Human Services+10 moreCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $370,000 · HealthCHILDREN'…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $275,000 · HealthBLOOD CAN…Craig Hospital Foundation: $210,000 · HealthCraig Hos…Phoenix Foundation of Maryland Inc: $125,000 · HealthPhoenix F…DENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $65,000 · HealthHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $60,000 · Health+13 more: $139,500 · Health+13 moreFREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC: $900,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY: $149,000 · Housing & ShelterADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $70,000 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $19,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $112,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERSIDE SYMPHONY INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureEMBASSY SERIES: $70,000 · Arts & CulturePROJECT MUSIC HEALS US INC: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $78,700 · Arts & Culture
Other$7,471,545Environment$2,011,000Education$1,400,500Human Services$1,318,000Health$1,244,500Housing & Shelter$1,138,000Arts & Culture$685,700

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC: $900,000 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetEarth Conservation Corps: $800,000 over 8y, 39% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $657,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $587,000 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $475,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $450,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $370,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $370,000 over 8y, 8.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $365,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $275,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THRESHOLDS: $230,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $220,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetAnacostia Riverkeeper Inc: $215,000 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $210,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $210,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $200,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $190,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $185,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOOD COLLEGE: $175,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $170,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $169,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT: $169,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC: $165,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCHICAGO LIGHTS: $160,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetThe Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Opera Center: $160,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetHAVE DREAMS: $160,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetFRANCISCAN OUTREACH: $160,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY: $149,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $135,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSOME INC: $135,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $135,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPhoenix Foundation of Maryland Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $115,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $112,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS OF MARIN: $100,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $95,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC: $85,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetRIVERSIDE SYMPHONY INC: $85,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetTHE MAXFUND INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHICAGO HELP INITIATIVE: $80,000 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetTHE HOLTON ARMS SCHOOL: $78,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT SEBASTIAN PROJECT DENVER INC: $76,000 over 8y, 25% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $76,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $70,000 over 7y, 2.4% 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 FREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds Earth Conservation Corps ↗
  • Who funds JUILLIARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE THRESHOLDS ↗
  • Who funds THE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds Anacostia Riverkeeper Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds Craig Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION ↗
  • Who funds HIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HOOD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO LIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds The Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Opera Center ↗
  • Who funds HAVE DREAMS ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds MIRIAM'S KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds SOME 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.

Ausherman Family TrustDelaplaine Foundation…Ausherman Family Foun…The Community Foundat…Nora Roberts Foundati…Greater Washington Co…United Way of Frederi…William E Cross Found…Clark-Winchcole Found…Colorado Gives Founda…G Frank Thomas Fdn In…The Denver Foundation
Ausherman Family TrustMD36.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 George L Shields Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The George L Shields Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Bethesda Cares Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Heartly House Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Interfaith Housing Alliance Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Center for Child Counseling Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Maryland Ensemble Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Everymind Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Project Music Heals Us Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Joy of Music Program Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The George L Shields Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The George L Shields Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 193 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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