Delaware · Private foundation
The Shadow Funders 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $736k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Shadow Funders Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 | 2 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $80k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $18k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $17k | 83% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia River Maritime Museum | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Tennessee Local Food Network | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Roots | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Center for Independent Documentary Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Outdoor School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valentino Achak Deng Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($217k), not named here.
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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shadow Funders Inc
- How much does The Shadow Funders Inc give?
- The Shadow Funders Inc reported 2 grants totaling $4,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Shadow Funders Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Education (26%), Arts & Culture (21%).
- Who are The Shadow Funders Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Columbia River Maritime Museum ($50k), The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated ($35k), Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon ($10k).
- Does The Shadow Funders Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shadow Funders 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 Shadow Funders Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Shadow Funders Inc based?
- The Shadow Funders Inc is based in DE.
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