New York · Private foundation
The Shores 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.
- $923k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $183,104
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $575,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations The Shores Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $280k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $923k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $601k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $1.2M | 75% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $722k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $420k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $580k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Report Inc | $1,462,000 | 6 | 11% |
| The Rand Corporation | $425,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tate Americas Foundation | $349,104 | 3 | 1% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $333,334 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the High Line Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wesleyan University | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Institute of the Arts | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vera Institute of Justice Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Injustice Watch NFP | $75,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Report Inc | $1,462,000 | 6 | 11% |
| The Rand Corporation | $425,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tate Americas Foundation | $349,104 | 3 | 1% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $333,334 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the High Line Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wesleyan University | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Institute of the Arts | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vera Institute of Justice Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Injustice Watch NFP | $75,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wits | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Visions for Public Schools Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pbs Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The 19th News | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cambridge in America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ballet Hispanico of New York Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Seva Mandir Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harbor House | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($865k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shores Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Shores Foundation
- How much does The Shores Foundation give?
- The Shores Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $923,104 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Shores Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (67%), Social Science (9%), Public Benefit (7%).
- Who are The Shores Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: City Report Inc ($1.5M), The Rand Corporation ($425k), Tate Americas Foundation ($349k).
- Does The Shores Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shores 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 Shores Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Shores Foundation based?
- The Shores Foundation is based in NY.
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