California · Private foundation
The Shea Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $125k
- Granted FY2020
- 55
- Grants FY2020
- 54
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Shea Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Catholic Community Foundation Of Los Angeles, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Shea Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 28 organizations, $125k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,339
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $15,028
- Organizations funded a year
- 53 to 56
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 12
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 13% of the organizations The Shea Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 54 | $122k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 53 | $126k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 56 | $126k | 18% |
| FY2017 | 55 | $116k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prager University Foundation | $39,134 | 4 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $32,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Welcome Home Vets | $17,325 | 4 | 7% |
| Pasadena Humane | $13,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $12,867 | 3 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Young America's Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $11,834 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisters of St Louis | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $8,800 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($219k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shea 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: Orange County Community Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Juan Young Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Shea Foundation
- How much does The Shea Foundation give?
- The Shea Foundation reported 55 grants totaling $125,002 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Shea Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Education (5%), Health (3%).
- Who are The Shea Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Prager University Foundation ($39k), Navy Seal Foundation Inc ($32k), Welcome Home Vets ($17k).
- Does The Shea Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shea 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 Shea Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Juan Young Trust.
- Where is The Shea Foundation based?
- The Shea Foundation is based in CA.
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