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The Shanahan Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Shanahan Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$19M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$2.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$28MEducation$26MReligion$2.7MArts & Culture$2.7MEnvironment$2.5MScience & Tech$2.3MHuman Services$2.2MYouth Development$1.7MOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $123k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+19 grants · $17M
$100,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$439M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundati$2,676,667
Harvey Mudd College$2,136,524
Allen Institute$2,110,308
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$1,663,332
Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative$1,550,000
Independent Media Initiative$1,200,000
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Comm Fd$1,184,571
Tufts University$910,116
University of Pennsylvania$700,000
St Margaret's Episcopal School$450,000
Stanford University$420,000
University of California Berkeley F$389,049
The Episcopal Academy$365,341
Ocean Institute$300,000
Children's Hospital of Orange Count$300,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Community Backstop: $60k → 10%Canine Companions for Independence: $101k → 11%Graham Windham: $51k → 20%Puppy Jake Foundation: $20k → 10%Last Mile Education Fund: $251k → 12%A Kid Again Inc: $100k → 15%Community Backstop: $50k → 10%Canine Companions for Independence: $100k → 11%Graham Windham: $50k → 20%The Family Place Inc: $20k → 14%Last Mile Education Fund: $250k → 12%Community Backstop: $50k → 10%Canine Companions for Independence: $100k → 11%Graham Windham: $50k → 20%Last Mile Education Fund: $249k → 12%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 7%Community Backstop: $50k → 10%Graham Windham: $50k → 20%Last Mile Education Fund: $8k → 12%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 7%Graham Windham: $25k → 20%Cradles to Crayons: $5k → 7%Cradles to Crayons: $5k → 7%Cradles to Crayons: $5k → 7%Cradles to Crayons: $5k → 7%Community Backstop: $20k → 10%Community Backstop: $10k → 10%Community Backstop: $10k → 10%Community Backstop: $10k → 10%United Friends of the Children: $118k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $114k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $106k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $101k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $101k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $100k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $100k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $100k → 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

VT
WA
MT
MN
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
HI
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$64M · 44 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

44 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
22

Total granted

$64M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+27%

Still filing today

89%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsArts & CultureScience & TechOther
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

  • HM
    Harvey Mudd College
    8× · 2017–2024 · $13M · revenue +49%
  • AI
    ALLEN INSTITUTE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $6.8M · revenue +44%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.8M · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • CP
    COMMUNITY PARTNERSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $847k · revenue +78%
  • BF
    BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $300k · revenue +82%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $300k · revenue +185%
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
11
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Race for Life 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

64 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 64 of the 78 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/64
Grantees still filing
49/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Harvey Mudd College: $12,556,081 · EducationHarvey Mudd CollegeTrustees of Tufts College: $2,448,936 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,990,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND ST…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,980,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLV…Episcopal Academy: $1,715,368 · EducationEpiscopal AcademyNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $1,330,195 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $975,000 · Education+5 more: $1,227,283 · EducationALLEN INSTITUTE: $6,842,243 · HealthALLEN INSTITUTETHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $5,839,894 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHIL…Alzheimers Disease Data Initiative Inc: $4,650,000 · HealthAlzheimers Disease Data Initiat…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1,500,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE C…+4 more: $725,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $8,360,001 · Social ScienceALZHEIMER'S D…Cobbs Creek Restoration and Comm Fd: $2,517,903 · OtherCobbs Creek Resto…WORK TO RIDE INC: $1,480,408 · OtherWORK TO RIDE INCST MARGARETS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $1,332,500 · OtherST MARGARETS EPIS…ST MARGARETS EPISCOPAL CHURCH PALM DESERT: $850,500 · OtherST MARGARETS EPIS…FANNIE AND JOHN HERTZ FOUNDATION: $590,000 · OtherFANNIE AND JOHN H…NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $607,000 · OtherNATIONAL ACADEMY …Research Theory Inc: $500,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $847,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY PARTNER…+35 more: $2,306,628 · Other+35 moreIndependent Media Initiative Inc: $2,406,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $178,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTIC PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $130,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $839,319 · Human ServicesLAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $758,065 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $301,470 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY BACKSTOP INC: $260,000 · Human ServicesGRAHAM WINDHAM: $225,500 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INC: $100,000 · Human Services+3 more: $80,000 · Human ServicesOCEAN INSTITUTE: $1,850,000 · Religion
Education$24,222,863Health$19,557,137Social Science$8,360,001Other$11,031,939Arts & Culture$2,864,000Human Services$2,564,354Religion$1,850,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHarvey Mudd College: $12,556,081 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $8,360,001 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetALLEN INSTITUTE: $6,842,243 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $5,839,894 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimers Disease Data Initiative Inc: $4,650,000 over 3y, 94% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $2,448,936 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIndependent Media Initiative Inc: $2,406,000 over 2y, 92% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,990,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,980,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN INSTITUTE: $1,850,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetEpiscopal Academy: $1,715,368 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1,500,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWORK TO RIDE INC: $1,480,408 over 4y, 17% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $1,330,195 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $975,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $847,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $839,319 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetLAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $758,065 over 3y, 14% of budgetCORA SERVICES INC: $610,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $607,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFANNIE AND JOHN HERTZ FOUNDATION: $590,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetResearch Theory Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 89% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $301,470 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $301,470 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC: $290,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION: $265,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY BACKSTOP INC: $260,000 over 8y, 87% of budgetGRAHAM WINDHAM: $225,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $178,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTIC PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $150,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $130,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPETER'S PLACE: $118,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetMyPath: $107,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetDELAWARE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $105,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDAP Health Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJUMA VENTURES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MPS SOCIETY INC: $75,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ALIVE: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% 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 Harvey Mudd College ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALLEN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds Alzheimers Disease Data Initiative Inc ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds Independent Media Initiative Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Episcopal Academy ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds WORK TO RIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds CORA SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds FANNIE AND JOHN HERTZ FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Research Theory Inc ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY BACKSTOP INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAHAM WINDHAM ↗
  • Who funds THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PETER'S PLACE ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Sempra FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodVerizon Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA13.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Verizon 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 Shanahan Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shanahan Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Atlantic Public Media Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 78 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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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home