Texas · Private foundation
The Sheskey 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.
- $39k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $600k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations The Sheskey Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 10 | $37k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $41k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Culver Community Youth Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $8,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Fund Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $5,984 | 2 | 0% |
| Packer Collegiate Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior League of Dallas Inc | $3,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Texas Philharmonic Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($97k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Sheskey Family Foundation
- How much does The Sheskey Family Foundation give?
- The Sheskey Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $39,066 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sheskey Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Health (26%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are The Sheskey Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Miami University ($25k), Culver Community Youth Center Foundation ($10k), Robin Hood Foundation ($8k).
- Does The Sheskey Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sheskey 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 Sheskey Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Sheskey Family Foundation based?
- The Sheskey Family Foundation is based in TX.
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