Funding search · EIN 046111826 · Boston, MA

Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

212
grants reported
$2.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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5 grants matching “criminal justice reform · $102,500

  • $22,500

    Mass · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for the criminal justice reform research initiative.

  • $20,000

    Massachusetts Community Action Network · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    Support for the community criminal justice reform project.

  • $15,000

    Brocton Interfaith Community · Brockton, MA · 2024

    Support for the community criminal justice reform project.

  • $20,000

    Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Dorchester, MA · 2023

    Support for the criminal justice reform advocacy project.

  • $25,000

    Ma Communities Action Network · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    Support for the community criminal justice reform project.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Community Resources for Justice3 grants · $190,000
  • Citizens for Juvenile Justice4 grants · $87,500
  • Prisoners Legal Services3 grants · $87,500
  • Worcester Common Ground3 grants · $85,000
  • One for Health3 grants · $60,000
  • Old Colony Ymca3 grants · $55,000
  • Strategies for Youth3 grants · $55,000
  • Trinity Boston Connects3 grants · $53,000
  • Second Chance Cars2 grants · $50,000
  • Communities for Restorative Justice3 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$962,681
2022
$913,242
2023
$971,660
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 212 grants.

  • $70,000

    Community Resources for Justice · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for the greater boston coming home offender resource directory.

  • $70,000

    Community Resources for Justice · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support and project support for the coming home directory.

  • $50,000

    Community Resources for Justice · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the greater boston coming home directory.

  • $32,500

    Citizens for Juvenile Justice · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for the state-wide juvenile justice reform project.

  • $32,500

    Prisoners Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for the prison brutality legal advocacy program.

  • $30,000

    Prisoners Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for the prison brutality legal advocacy project.

  • $30,000

    Worcester Common Ground · Worcester, MA · 2024

    Support for the worcester county coming home directory.

  • $30,000

    Second Chance Cars · Concord, MA · 2022

    Support for the auto donation project assisting returning citizens.

  • $30,000

    Worcester Common Ground · Worcester, MA · 2022

    Support for the greater worcester county coming home directory.

  • $25,000

    Center for Law Brain and Behavior · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for the emerging adult offender project.

  • $25,000

    Citizens for Juvenile Justice · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for the statewide juvenile justice reform initiative.

  • $25,000

    Citizens for Juvenile Justice · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the statewide juvenile justice advocacy project.

  • $25,000

    Mass · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the criminal justice research project.

  • $25,000

    Prisoners Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the prison brutality legal advocacy project.

  • $25,000

    Worcester Common Ground · Worcester, MA · 2023

    Support for the worcester county coming home directory.

  • $25,000

    Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for the cori reform implementation project.

  • $25,000

    Ma Communities Action Network · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    Support for the community criminal justice reform project.

  • $25,000

    The Petey Greene Program · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    Support for the prison and jail volunteer tutoring program.

  • $22,500

    Mass · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for the criminal justice reform research initiative.

  • $22,500

    Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Youth Connect · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the clinical social worker police partnership project.

  • $22,500

    Neads · Princeton, MA · 2022

    Support for the prison pup training program.

  • $21,000

    Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance · Lancaster, MA · 2023

    Support for the juvenile detention diversion project.

  • $21,000

    Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance · Lancaster, MA · 2022

    Support for the juvenile detention diversion project.

  • $20,500

    Olin College of Engineering · Needham, MA · 2022

    Support for the criminal justice profiling research project.

  • $20,000

    Clark University · Worcester, MA · 2024

    Support for the larc prison education initiative.

  • $20,000

    Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for the prison education initiative.

  • $20,000

    Massachusetts Community Action Network · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    Support for the community criminal justice reform project.

  • $20,000

    New England Innocence Project · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Support for legal advocacy for wrongfully convicted individuals.

  • $20,000

    Old Colony Ymca · Brockton, MA · 2024

    Support for the s.o.a.r. Offender re-entry program.

  • $20,000

    One Can Help · Waban, MA · 2024

    Support for the juvenile offender assistence project.

  • $20,000

    One for Health · Walpole, MA · 2024

    Support for the youth health development program.

  • $20,000

    Petey Greene Program · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Support for the prison and jail tutoring program.

  • $20,000

    Rfk Community Alliance · Lancaster, MA · 2024

    Support for the juvenile detention diversion project.

  • $20,000

    Second Chance Cars · Concord, MA · 2024

    Support for car donation assistance program for returning citizens.

  • $20,000

    Second Street Chances · Pittsfield, MA · 2024

    Support for the offender re-entry project in hampshire county.

  • $20,000

    Trinity Boston Connects · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for the at-risk youth counseling project.

  • $20,000

    Brockton Interfaith Community · Brockton, MA · 2023

    Support for the community criminal justice education project.

  • $20,000

    Heart To Heart · Hull, MA · 2023

    Support for the prison based counseling therapy program.

  • $20,000

    Mass General Hospital Ctr for Law Brain and Behavior · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the emerging adult offender research project.

  • $20,000

    Massachusetts Advocates for Children · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the trauma and learning project.

  • $20,000

    Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Dorchester, MA · 2023

    Support for the criminal justice reform advocacy project.

  • $20,000

    Olin College of Engineering · Needham, MA · 2023

    Support for the criminal justice profiling project.

  • $20,000

    One for Health · Walpole, MA · 2023

    Support for the youth health and development program.

  • $20,000

    Strategies for Youth · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Support for the police training program.

  • $20,000

    The Petey Greene Program · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    Support for the prison and jail education tutoring program.

  • $20,000

    Bethany House Ministries · Millis, MA · 2022

    Support for the ex-offender residential re-entry support project.

  • $20,000

    Brocton Interfaith Community · Brockton, MA · 2022

    Support for the community criminal justice education and advocacy project.

  • $20,000

    Communities for Restorative Justice · Concord, MA · 2022

    Support for the restorative justice project.

  • $20,000

    Father'S Uplift · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for the clinical support project assisting returning citizens.

  • $20,000

    Old Colony Ymca · Brockton, MA · 2022

    Support for the s.o.a.r. Ex-offender re-entry program.

  • $20,000

    One for Health · Walpole, MA · 2022

    Support for youth health and development programs.

  • $20,000

    Strategies for Youth · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Support for the law enforcement training program.

  • $20,000

    The Lionheart Foundation · Dedham, MA · 2022

    Support for the houses of healing project.

  • $20,000

    Thrive Communities · Lowell, MA · 2022

    Support for the ex-offender re-entry program.

  • $18,000

    Merrimack College · North Andover, MA · 2024

    Support for the prison education project.

  • $18,000

    Trinity Boston Connects · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the bostonians for youth event.

  • $17,000

    Neads · Princeton, MA · 2023

    Support for the prison pup service dog training project.

  • $16,000

    Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for the warrant clearing project for the homeless.

  • $15,000

    Amazing Grace of Cape Cod · Centerville, MA · 2024

    Support for the summer camp program for children with incarcerated parents.

  • $15,000

    Brocton Interfaith Community · Brockton, MA · 2024

    Support for the community criminal justice reform project.

  • $15,000

    Communities for Restorative Justice · Boston, MA · 2024

    Support for statewide restorative justice programs.

  • $15,000

    Community Legal Aid · Worcester, MA · 2024

    Support for the cori criminal records assistance project.

  • $15,000

    Community Servings · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024

    Support for the culinary arts training program for parolees.

  • $15,000

    Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators · Hingham, MA · 2024

    Support for the best practices research project.

  • $15,000

    Dismas House of Ma · Worcester, MA · 2024

    Support of ex-offender re-entry services in worcester county.

  • $15,000

    Edinburg Center · Bedford, MA · 2024

    Support for the social worker/police ride along program.

  • $15,000

    Father'S Uplift · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    Support for the fathers parenting support and assistance project.

  • $15,000

    Friends of Boston'S Homeless · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024

    Support for homeless services for ex-offenders.

  • $15,000

    Heart To Heart · Hull, MA · 2024

    Support for the suffolk county jail offender counseling project.

  • $15,000

    Ria · Framingham, MA · 2024

    Support for the female offender victims of violence assistance project.

  • $15,000

    Straight Ahead Ministries · Worcester, MA · 2024

    Support for the juvenile offender community transition project.

  • $15,000

    Strategies for Youth · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Support for the police training project.

  • $15,000

    Thrive Communities of Ma · Lowell, MA · 2024

    Support for the community re-entry project.

  • $15,000

    Bethany House Ministries · Millis, MA · 2023

    Support for the agency's residential re-entry support project.

  • $15,000

    Children'S Law Center of Ma · Lynn, MA · 2023

    Support for the legal advocacy project serving immigrant youth at-risk.

  • $15,000

    Communities for Restorative Justice · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the restorative justice project.

  • $15,000

    Community Legal Aid · Worcester, MA · 2023

    Support for the criminal offender records advocacy project.

  • $15,000

    Community Teamwork · Lowell, MA · 2023

    Support for community based services assisting high-risk youth.

  • $15,000

    Dismas House of Ma · Worcester, MA · 2023

    Support for ex-offender re-entry services.

  • $15,000

    Doc Wayne Youth Services · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the agency's sports based clinical project.

  • $15,000

    Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the prison education initiative.

  • $15,000

    Everyday Boston · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the criminal justice community education project.

  • $15,000

    Intercity Weightlifting · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the gang intervention project.

  • $15,000

    Merrimack College · North Andover, MA · 2023

    Support for the prison education project.

  • $15,000

    New England Innocence Project · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Support for the agency's annual recognition event.

  • $15,000

    New Garden Society · Boston, MA · 2023

    Support for the horticultural vocational training program.

  • $15,000

    Old Colony Ymca · Brockton, MA · 2023

    Support for the soar ex-offender re-entry program.

  • $15,000

    One Can Help · Waban, MA · 2023

    Support for the juvenile offender resource assistance project.

  • $15,000

    Ria · Framingham, MA · 2023

    Support for the sexual exploitation prevention project.

  • $15,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

    Support for the emerging adult research project.

  • $15,000

    Trustees of Clark University · Worcester, MA · 2023

    Support for the prison education initiative.

  • $15,000

    2nd Street Second Chances · Pittsfield, MA · 2022

    Support for the ex-offender community re-entry program.

  • $15,000

    Community Servings · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022

    Support for the culinary arts training project.

  • $15,000

    Dismas House · Worcester, MA · 2022

    Support for the ex-offender re-entry project.

  • $15,000

    Dorchester Bay Economic Devel Corp · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    Support for the ex-offender community re-entry project.

  • $15,000

    Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for the prison education initiative.

  • $15,000

    Innercity Weightlifting · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for the violence intervention project.

  • $15,000

    Lawyer'S Clearinghouse On Affordable Housing · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for the afforable housing project for returning citizens.

  • $15,000

    Massachusetts Bar Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    Support for the gants fellowship program.

  • $15,000

    Merrimack College · North Andover, MA · 2022

    Support for the prison education project.

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