Washington · Private foundation
The Shug 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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $517
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $490k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 73% of the organizations The Shug Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $8k | 89% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $14k | 73% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutritionfactsorg Inc | $4,083 | 2 | 0% |
| Delta Gamma Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane Society for Tacoma Pierce County Society Prevention Cruelty Animals | $2,750 | 2 | 0% |
| College Golf Fellowship | $1,090 | 1 | 0% |
| South Sound Outreach Services | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maris Place | $627 | 2 | 0% |
| Gig Harbor Junior Sailing | $517 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Dog Haven | $515 | 1 | 0% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Peninsula Wild Care | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutritionfactsorg Inc | $4,083 | 2 | 0% |
| Delta Gamma Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane Society for Tacoma Pierce County Society Prevention Cruelty Animals | $2,750 | 2 | 0% |
| College Golf Fellowship | $1,090 | 1 | 0% |
| South Sound Outreach Services | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maris Place | $627 | 2 | 0% |
| Gig Harbor Junior Sailing | $517 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Dog Haven | $515 | 1 | 0% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Peninsula Wild Care | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cascadia Research Collective | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakbrook Cat Rescue | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rescue Mission | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Lutheran University | $40 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shug 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: Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shug Foundation
- How much does The Shug Foundation give?
- The Shug Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $7,655 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Shug Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Animals (14%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are The Shug Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Nutritionfactsorg Inc ($4k), Delta Gamma Foundation ($4k), Humane Society for Tacoma Pierce County Society Prevention Cruelty Animals ($3k).
- Does The Shug Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shug 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 Shug Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arthur J Gallagher Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is The Shug Foundation based?
- The Shug Foundation is based in WA.
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