Maryland · Private foundation
The Shaara Foundation Inc
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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $102k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Shaara Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 17% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $8k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $8k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $8k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $7k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $6k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $9k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Battlefield Trust | $15,016 | 5 | 0% |
| The Adams County Historical Society | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Land Conservancy of Adams County Inc | $2,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Museum of the American Revolution | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia | $1,036 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lincoln Forum | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Main Street Gettysburg Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Valor Clinic Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Corps Heritage Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gettysburg Foundation | $600 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Battlefield Trust | $15,016 | 5 | 0% |
| The Adams County Historical Society | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Land Conservancy of Adams County Inc | $2,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Museum of the American Revolution | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia | $1,036 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lincoln Forum | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Main Street Gettysburg Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Valor Clinic Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marine Corps Heritage Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gettysburg Foundation | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Society | $510 | 4 | 0% |
| Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hagerstown Aviation Museum Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Historic Gettysburg Adams County Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Eisenhower Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shaara Foundation Inc 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: Adams County Community Foundation Inc · Kinsley Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shaara Foundation Inc
- How much does The Shaara Foundation Inc give?
- The Shaara Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $14,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Shaara Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Education (24%), Philanthropy (16%).
- Who are The Shaara Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Battlefield Trust ($15k), The Adams County Historical Society ($14k), Land Conservancy of Adams County Inc ($3k).
- Does The Shaara Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shaara 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 Shaara Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Adams County Community Foundation Inc, Kinsley Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Shaara Foundation Inc based?
- The Shaara Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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