Missouri · Private foundation
The Shaughnessy Family 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.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $65,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,137,778
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 62
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Shaughnessy Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $2.4M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $360k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $417k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 56 | $477k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 62 | $444k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $321k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 58 | $697k | 28% |
| FY2017 | 59 | $532k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archdiocese of St Louis | $2,137,778 | 1 | n/a |
| Missouri Historical Society | $280,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Interfaith Residence D/B/A Doorways | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | $95,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Washington University | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fontbonne University | $54,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis University High School | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet | $28,500 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 47 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archdiocese of St Louis | $2,137,778 | 1 | n/a |
| Missouri Historical Society | $280,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Interfaith Residence D/B/A Doorways | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | $95,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Washington University | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fontbonne University | $54,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis University High School | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet | $28,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cardinal Ritter College Prep | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nazareth Living Center | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| One Classroom | $17,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Marian Middle School | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ursuline Academy Kirkwood Mo | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $12,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Academy of St Louis Academy of St Louis | $10,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Beyond Housing Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ave Maria University Inc | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Crudem Foundation Inc | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Gerard Majella Catholic Church | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Franciscan Connection | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US | $6,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mother of Good Counsel Home | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of The Poor | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids in the Middle Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rheumatology Research Foundation | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Villa Duchesne - Oak Hill School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meds & Food for Kids | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Access Academies | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Joseph Housing Initiative | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clerics of St Viator | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Loyola Academy of St Louis | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Cecilia Catholic Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Little Haven | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University Sheil Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Futures Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Outreach Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shaughnessy Family Foundation 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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Roman Catholic Foundation of Eastern Missouri · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Vincent E and Mary Judith Shaw Family Foundation · Ross Family Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Ravarino Family Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · International Charitable Foundation · Pecha Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shaughnessy Family Foundation
- How much does The Shaughnessy Family Foundation give?
- The Shaughnessy Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $2,537,778 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 62 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Shaughnessy Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (54%), Philanthropy (13%), Education (10%).
- Who are The Shaughnessy Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Archdiocese of St Louis ($2.1M), Missouri Historical Society ($280k), Interfaith Residence D/B/A Doorways ($100k).
- Does The Shaughnessy Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shaughnessy Family Foundation 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 Shaughnessy Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Roman Catholic Foundation of Eastern Missouri, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
- Where is The Shaughnessy Family Foundation based?
- The Shaughnessy Family Foundation is based in MO.
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