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The Shirley Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Shirley Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$672k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$636k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$644kEducation$198kRecreation & Sports$63kMembership Benefit$38kYouth Development$34kAnimals$31kHuman Services$30kInternational$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $36k
  • $250k+1 grant · $636k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$308k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Shirley Family Foundation$636,019
Doctors Without Borders$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
Darby Rodeo Association$6,150
McCallum Theatre$2,500
Bitterrot Land Trust$2,500
Food Bank of Northern NV$2,000
Nevada Humane Society$1,000
Boys and Girls Club Truckee Meadows$1,000
SPCA of Northern Nevada$1,000
BrightFocus Foundation$1,000
Valley Christmas Project$1,000
Dog Town Canine Rescue$1,000
Alzheimer's Research Fund$1,000
Special Olympics$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $647k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%The Child Foundation: $10k → 15%Make-A-Wish Nevada: $500 → 13%The Shirley Family Foundation: $636k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
NV
CA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$446k · 33 repeat orgs$726k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
30

Total granted

$446k
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+3%

Still filing today

45%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $650k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    Cabrillo College Foundation
    3× · 2019–2023 · $151k · revenue +15%
  • DR
    DARBY RODEO ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +657%
  • SA
    SIGMA ALPHA CHAPTER OF OMEGA NU
    7× · 2017–2024 · $33k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Houston Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • CF
    CHILD FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • CU
    Capella University
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
Carson Valley Health Foundation

None

Health
4
Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation

To accept and manage restricted and unrestricted gifts benefiting california state university east bay. additionally, the trustees support the university through advocacy, development, personal contributions and counsel to the university's…

Education
5
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
6
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
7
Direct Relief

Direct relief is a humanitarian aid organization, active in all 50 states and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies - without regard to politics, religion, or…

International
8
Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation

To raise funds in order to support the operation of the usc verdugo hills hospital, an organization exempt under irc 501(c)(3).

Health
9
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
10
Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Inc

The sarnoff cardiovascular research foundation is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of physician-leaders in cardiovascular medicine by funding and supporting medical students and physicians engaged in transformative research.

Health
11
Sutter Valley Medical Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: Caring for our patients first and our people always. VISION: To be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
12
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Nevada; the most unlike its peers is The Shirley Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 72 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
22/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Shirley Family Foundation: $636,019 · Human ServicesThe Shirley Family Foundation+2 more: $10,500 · Human ServicesCabrillo College Foundation: $150,500 · EducationCabrillo College …University of Houston Foundation: $25,000 · EducationUniversity of Hou…+4 more: $9,900 · Education+4 moreSIGMA ALPHA CHAPTER OF OMEGA NU: $33,300 · OtherSIGMA ALPHA CHAPTE…Individual grant recipient: $18,000 · OtherIndividual grant r…McCallum Theater: $14,500 · OtherMcCallum TheaterVolunteer Center: $14,250 · OtherVolunteer CenterCapella University: $10,000 · OtherValley Christmas Project: $7,562 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherBITTER ROOT LAND TRUST: $16,300 · OtherBITTER ROOT LAND T…Inland Empire Community Foundation: $7,000 · Other+43 more: $60,463 · Other+43 moreDARBY RODEO ASSOCIATION: $58,150 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $12,500 · Food & NutritionSAFE HAVEN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: $25,500 · AnimalsTELLER WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $3,800 · AnimalsNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,950 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsPepper Foundation: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 · International+1 more: $500 · International
Human Services$646,519Education$185,400Other$188,875Food & Nutrition$70,650Animals$32,750Youth Development$29,000International$25,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Shirley Family Foundation: $636,019 over 1y, 97% of budgetCabrillo College Foundation: $150,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetDARBY RODEO ASSOCIATION: $58,150 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetSIGMA ALPHA CHAPTER OF OMEGA NU: $33,300 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetSAFE HAVEN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: $25,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetUniversity of Houston Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBITTER ROOT LAND TRUST: $16,300 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetInland Empire Community Foundation: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH VALLEY VETERANS MEMORIAL: $3,800 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTELLER WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $3,800 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY CHURCHES UNITED: $1,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUN CITIES 4 PAWS RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds The Shirley Family Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Cabrillo College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DARBY RODEO ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SIGMA ALPHA CHAPTER OF OMEGA NU ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HAVEN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds University of Houston Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Pepper Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BITTER ROOT LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Inland Empire Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRUCKEE MEADOWS ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH VALLEY VETERANS MEMORIAL ↗
  • Who funds TELLER WILDLIFE REFUGE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY CHURCHES UNITED ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗

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.

Crystal Family Founda…Thelma B & Thomas P H…Rapp Family Foundatio…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…
Crystal Family FoundationNV13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Crystal Family Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Rapp Family Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Shirley Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shirley Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 72 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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