Massachusetts · Private foundation
William and Gertrude Shelley Family
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.
- $150k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 26
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations William and Gertrude Shelley Family funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 20 | $150k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $150k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $150k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $150k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $150k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $150k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermonts Camp Ta-Kum-Ta | $185,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Museum of Fine Arts | $140,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | $140,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Preeclampsia Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 7 | 1% |
| NAMI National | $42,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Literacy Foundation | $29,000 | 7 | 1% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $24,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Merrymac Farm Sanctuary Incorporated | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($148k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William and Gertrude Shelley Family 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: National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Antonio B and Rita M Pomerleau Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare William and Gertrude Shelley Family with peer funders
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About William and Gertrude Shelley Family
- How much does William and Gertrude Shelley Family give?
- William and Gertrude Shelley Family reported 20 grants totaling $150,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 26 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does William and Gertrude Shelley Family fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (24%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are William and Gertrude Shelley Family's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Vermonts Camp Ta-Kum-Ta ($185k), Museum of Fine Arts ($140k), The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation ($140k).
- Does William and Gertrude Shelley Family fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William and Gertrude Shelley Family 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 William and Gertrude Shelley Family?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc, Antonio B and Rita M Pomerleau Foundation Inc, Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc.
- Where is William and Gertrude Shelley Family based?
- William and Gertrude Shelley Family is based in MA.
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