Funding search · EIN 471892164 · Ashland, OR

Sharkey Foundation

Name: Sharkey Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

64
grants reported: $575,321
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

school education children teen high imagination library nurse

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “applause” · $17,500

$10,000
Applause Children'S Theater · Paso Robles, CA · 2025
Junior director program
$7,500
Applause Children'S Theater · Paso Robles, CA · 2024
Junior director program

Top recipients

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

Surfing for Hope4 grants · $54,500
La Clinica4 grants · $49,161
Ashland School Foundation3 grants · $43,830
Ashland Community Health Foundation3 grants · $42,500
Farestart4 grants · $40,000
Scienceworks4 grants · $40,000
Oregon Shakespeare Festival4 grants · $40,000
Bee Girl4 grants · $35,000
Planned Parenthood3 grants · $32,500
Friends of Santa Margarita Library3 grants · $23,500

Giving over time

$120,000

2022

$145,321

2023

$150,000

2024

$160,000

2025

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Ashland Schools Foundation · Ashland, OR · 2025
High school theater
$17,500
Ashland Community Health Foundation · Ashland, OR · 2025
School nurse program
$17,500
Ashland School Foundation · Ashland, OR · 2024
High school theater
$16,661
La Clinica · Medford, OR · 2023
Happy smiles program and acute care center
$16,330
Ashland School Foundation · Ashland, OR · 2023
High school theater
$15,000
Ashland Community Health Foundation · Ashland, OR · 2024
School nurse program
$15,000
Surfing for Hope · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Surf camps
$15,000
Surfing for Hope · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Stoked to surf
$12,500
La Clinica · Medford, OR · 2025
Happy smiles program and acute care center
$12,500
Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon · Ashland, OR · 2025
Teen education
$12,500
Planned Parenthood · Ashland, OR · 2024
Teen education
$12,500
Surfing for Hope · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Surf camps
$12,000
Surfing for Hope · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2025
Surf camps
$10,000
Applause Children'S Theater · Paso Robles, CA · 2025
Junior director program
$10,000
Bee Girl · Ashland, OR · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2025
Barista program
$10,000
Jefferson Public Radio · Ashland, OR · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Oregon Shakespeare Festival · Ashland, OR · 2025
School visits
$10,000
Scienceworks · Ashland, OR · 2025
Education program
$10,000
Bee Girl · Ashland, OR · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2024
Barista program
$10,000
La Clinica · Medford, OR · 2024
Happy smiles program and acute care center
$10,000
Oregon Shakespeare Festival · Ashland, OR · 2024
School visits
$10,000
Scienceworks · Ashland, OR · 2024
Education program
$10,000
Ashland Community Health Foundation · Ashland, OR · 2023
School nurse program
$10,000
Bee Girl · Ashland, OR · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2023
Barista program
$10,000
Oregon Shakespeare Festival · Ashland, OR · 2023
School visits
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · Ashland, OR · 2023
Teen education
$10,000
Scienceworks · Ashland, OR · 2023
Education program
$10,000
Asante Ashland Community Hospital · Ashland, OR · 2022
School nurse program
$10,000
Ashland School Foundation · Ashland, OR · 2022
High school teacher and science programs
$10,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2022
General fund
$10,000
La Clinica · Medford, OR · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Oregon Shakespeare Festival · Ashland, OR · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · Ashland, OR · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Scienceworks · Ashland, OR · 2022
Science program
$8,500
Friends of Santa Margarita Library · Santa Margarita, CA · 2025
Children's program
$7,500
Applause Children'S Theater · Paso Robles, CA · 2024
Junior director program
$7,500
Friends of Santa Margarita Library · Santa Margarita, CA · 2024
Children's program
$7,500
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon · Medford, OR · 2024
General fund
$7,500
Friends of Santa Margarita Library · Santa Margarita, CA · 2023
Children's program
$7,500
Pregnancy & Parenting Support of Slo · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
General fund
$7,500
Collaborative Theater Project · Prismo Beach, CA · 2022
Slo junior surfers
$6,000
Collaborative Theater Project · Prismo Beach, CA · 2023
Children's shows
$5,000
Oregon Family Support Network · Salem, OR · 2025
Family needs program
$5,000
United Way · Portland, OR · 2025
Imagination library program
$5,000
Collaborative Theater Project · Prismo Beach, CA · 2024
Children's shows
$5,000
Community Action Partnership Slo · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Teen wellness program
$5,000
Talent Maker City · Talent, OR · 2024
Girl's build camp
$5,000
United Way · Portland, OR · 2024
Imagination library program
$5,000
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon · Medford, OR · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Bee Girl · Ashland, OR · 2022
Outreach/education
$5,000
Friend'S of St Mary Library · Medford, OR · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Pregnancy & Parenting Support of Slo · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
United Way · Portland, OR · 2022
Imagination library program
$5,000
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon · Medford, OR · 2022
General fund
$4,500
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County (Capslo) · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2025
Teen wellness program
$3,165
Community Action Partnership Slo · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Teen wellness program
$3,165
United Way · Portland, OR · 2023
Imagination library program
$2,500
Collaborative Theatre Project · Prismo Beach, CA · 2025
Children's shows
$2,500
Philanthropic Education Organization · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Star scholarship
$2,500
Talent Maker City · Talent, OR · 2023
Girl's build camp
$2,500
Talent Maker City · Talent, OR · 2022
Girl's build camp

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Similar purposes

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Similar grant size

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