Arizona · Private foundation
The Shamrock Trust
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.
- $52k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2025
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 61%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 61% of the organizations The Shamrock Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k 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 | 42 | $51k | 45% |
| FY2024 | 44 | $104k | 61% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $95k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $104k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $90k | 79% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $17k | 84% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Highlands Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Americans for Prosperity | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc | $11,030 | 7 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Parish Phoenix | $7,191 | 5 | n/a |
| Banner Alzheimer's Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Art Museum | $5,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Childhelp Inc | $4,760 | 7 | 0% |
| Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($352k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shamrock Trust supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Shamrock Foundation · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · William and Mary Ross Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Shamrock Trust
- How much does The Shamrock Trust give?
- The Shamrock Trust reported 43 grants totaling $51,911 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Shamrock Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Religion (20%), Public Benefit (6%).
- Who are The Shamrock Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Forest Highlands Foundation ($25k), Americans for Prosperity ($13k), Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc ($11k).
- Does The Shamrock Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shamrock Trust 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 Shamrock Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shamrock Foundation, Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Arizona Community Foundation.
- Where is The Shamrock Trust based?
- The Shamrock Trust is based in AZ.
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