Delaware · Private foundation
The Shen 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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Shen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 6 | $38k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $18k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard-Westlake School | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Westridge School for Girls Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Chandler School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Medical Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Gathering | $9,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Gets Theological Seminary | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Id Insight Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Teak Fellowship Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Link Global | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard-Westlake School | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Westridge School for Girls Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Chandler School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Medical Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Gathering | $9,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Gets Theological Seminary | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Id Insight Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Teak Fellowship Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Link Global | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Living Hope Community Church of Walnut Valley | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shen 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shen Family Foundation
- How much does The Shen Family Foundation give?
- The Shen Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $53,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Shen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (77%), Human Services (7%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are The Shen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Harvard-Westlake School ($28k), Westridge School for Girls Inc ($20k), The Chandler School ($20k).
- Does The Shen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shen 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 Shen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Shen Family Foundation based?
- The Shen Family Foundation is based in DE.
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