Alabama · Private foundation
The Shirk Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $53k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Shirk Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | $53k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $47k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $50k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $60k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $43k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Symphony Inc | $112,100 | 5 | 2% |
| American Camellia Society Inc | $60,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Performing Arts Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($133k), not named here.
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About The Shirk Family Foundation
- How much does The Shirk Family Foundation give?
- The Shirk Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $53,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Shirk Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Environment (35%), Animals (4%).
- Who are The Shirk Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Mobile Symphony Inc ($112k), American Camellia Society Inc ($61k), Performing Arts Center Inc ($10k).
- Does The Shirk Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shirk Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is The Shirk Family Foundation based?
- The Shirk Family Foundation is based in AL.
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