· Private foundation
The Shoemaker Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST MATTHEWS HOUSE | $15,000 |
| GIRARD COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FUND | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $10,000 |
| GIRARD COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS & PANTRIES | $5,000 |
| ARTIS-NAPLES INC | $5,000 |
| NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDENS | $5,000 |
| THE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION OF MADISON COUNTY INC | $5,000 |
| NEWTOWN FOOD PANTRY INC | $5,000 |
| FOCUS ON TANZANIAN COMMUNITIES | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 9% of The Shoemaker Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC8× · 2018–2025 · $73k · revenue +242%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches8× · 2018–2025 · $55k · revenue +9%
- WIWONDERMORE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $34k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- CFCENTER FOR WILDERNESS SAFETY INCone grant, 2020 · $3k
- HFHabitat for Humanityone grant, 2022 · $3k
- JFJazz Foundation of America Incgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +127%
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.
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.
The mission of island harvest is to end hunger and reduce food waste on long island.
Our mission is to bring together all available resources for the benefit of the hungry on Long Island, and provide to the best of our ability for the humanitarian needs of our community. We provide food when and where its needed, sponsor…
Our costs consist of acquiring, sorting and distributing food to 617 member agencies, transportation and logistics, and community outreach to 69 direct distribution sites such as gbfb mobile markets, and federal distributions for low…
The mission of the connecticut foodshare is to deliver an informed and equitable response to hunger by mobilizing community partners, volunteers, and supporters.
Open table's mission is to address hunger in our local community by providing healthy food in a welcoming environment that respects the dignity and diversity of those served. we achieve our mission by offering a wide variety of healthy and…
The heart of the tewksbury community pantry's mission lies in our commitment to assist residents of tewksbury facing hardships. we extend beyond mere food distribution, offering guidance towards additional resources, ensuring our clients…
Food bank for nyc has been the city's major hunger-relief organization driven by our mission to empower every new yorker to achieve food security for good. we harness the collective power of our network of food providers, partners, and…
Journey home's mission is to ensure a home for all. we believe the most powerful way to do this is collectively - by working together with service providers, elected officials, businesses, and local communities to end homelessness in the…
To engage, educate and lead worcester county in creating a hunger free community.
The mission of rachel's table of western massachusetts (rtwm) is to alleviate hunger and reduce the waste of food resources in wm. rtwm takes a holistic and collaborative approach toward food security by supporting an intergenerational…
To gather and share quality food and nurture partnerships so that no one in vermont will go hungry.
To lead a network of partners to alleviate hunger, prevent food waste, and nourish the communities we serve. our vision is that all people have the nutritious food they need to thrive.
How this is measured
27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 36 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds GIRARD COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds WONDERMORE INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS & PANTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds NEWTON FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds Thames River Community Service Inc ↗
- Who funds Martin House Inc ↗
- Who funds Community Housing Coalition of Madison County Inc ↗
- Who funds Care & Share of East Lyme Inc ↗
- Who funds OPERA THEATER OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗
- Who funds HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC ↗
- Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
- Who funds EAST LYME PUBLIC LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds FOCUS ON TANZANIAN COMMUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Jazz Foundation of America Inc ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
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: Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Chelsea Groton Foundation · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Kitchings Family Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Shoemaker Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shoemaker Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Thames River Community Service Inc: 76% of income from government
- Martin House Inc: 53% of income from government
- Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
- Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
- High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc: 0% of income from government
- Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
- Lighthouse Artcenter Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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