Utah · Private foundation
The Shifting Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2024
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 52
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 54% of the organizations The Shifting Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 40 | $1.7M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 52 | $2.2M | 54% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $2.1M | 55% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pyroclastic Arts Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 40% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $185,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $175,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Conservation Law Foundation Inc | $170,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 350org | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $140,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Shifting Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shifting Foundation
- How much does The Shifting Foundation give?
- The Shifting Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $1,784,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 52 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Shifting Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Environment (12%), International (6%).
- Who are The Shifting Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc ($275k), Earthjustice ($275k), Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($275k).
- Does The Shifting Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shifting 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 Shifting Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Charities Aid Foundation America, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Shifting Foundation based?
- The Shifting Foundation is based in UT.
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