Funding search · EIN 521851638 · Bethesda, MD

The George L Shields Foundation

Name: The George L Shields Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

268
grants reported: $6.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $16,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

services

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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.

Top recipients

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

Earth Conservation Corps3 grants · $300,000
The Juilliard School3 grants · $257,000
Frederick Community College Foundation3 grants · $235,000
Tahirih Justice Center3 grants · $225,000
Doctors Without Borders USA3 grants · $200,000
The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $175,000
The Shedd Aquarium3 grants · $150,000
Johns Hopkins University1 grant · $150,000
Frederick Rescue Mission3 grants · $150,000
Craig Hospital Foundation3 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$2.0M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$2.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 268 grants.

$150,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
For program services
$100,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2024
For program services
$100,000
Earth Conservation Corps · Washington, DC · 2024
For program services
$100,000
The New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2024
For program services
$100,000
Earth Conservation Corps · Washington, DC · 2023
For program services
$100,000
Earth Conservation Corps · Washington, DC · 2022
For program services
$97,000
The Juilliard School · New York, NY · 2023
For program services
$85,000
Frederick Community College Foundation · Frederick, MD · 2024
For program services
$85,000
Frederick Rescue Mission · Frederick, MD · 2022
For program services
$80,000
The Juilliard School · New York, NY · 2024
For program services
$80,000
The Juilliard School · New York, NY · 2022
For program services
$78,000
Children'S National Hospital Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
For program services
$75,000
Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2024
For program services
$75,000
The Nature Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2024
For program services
$75,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
For program services
$75,000
Frederick Community College Foundation · Frederick, MD · 2023
For program services
$75,000
Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2023
For program services
$75,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
For program services
$75,000
Frederick Community College Foundation · Frederick, MD · 2022
For program services
$75,000
Tahirih Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2022
For program services
$65,000
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
For program services
$65,000
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
For program services
$55,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2023
For program services
$50,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
For program services
$50,000
Craig Hospital Foundation · Englewood, CO · 2024
For program services
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
For program services
$50,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Lls- Illinois · Detroit, MI · 2024
For program services
$50,000
Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
For program services
$50,000
The Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
For program services
$50,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
For program services
$50,000
Craig Hospital Foundation · Englewood, CO · 2023
For program services
$50,000
Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
For program services
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2023
For program services
$50,000
The Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
For program services
$50,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
For program services
$50,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022
For program services
$50,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
For program services
$50,000
Craig Hospital Foundation · Englewood, CO · 2022
For program services
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy · Bethesda, MD · 2022
For program services
$50,000
The Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
For program services
$48,000
The Holton Arms School · Bethesda, MD · 2022
For program services
$40,000
Franciscan Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2024
For program services
$40,000
Frederick Rescue Mission · Frederick, MD · 2024
For program services
$40,000
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
For program services
$40,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2022
For program services
$35,000
Anacostia Riverkeeper · Washington, DC · 2024
For program services
$35,000
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2024
For program services
$35,000
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2023
For program services
$35,000
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2022
For program services
$30,000
Arrupe Jesuit High School · Denver, CO · 2024
For program services
$30,000
Handicapped Children of Afganistan · Sarasota, FL · 2024
For program services
$30,000
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keensburg, CO · 2024
For program services
$30,000
Anacostia Riverkeeper · Washington, DC · 2023
For program services
$30,000
Arrupe Jesuit High School · Denver, CO · 2023
For program services
$30,000
Handicapped Children of Afganistan · Denver, CO · 2023
For program services
$30,000
Highline Canal Conservancy · Denver, CO · 2023
For program services
$30,000
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
For program services
$30,000
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keensburg, CO · 2023
For program services
$30,000
Anacostia Riverkeeper · Washington, DC · 2022
For program services
$30,000
Arrupe Jesuit High School · Denver, CO · 2022
For program services
$30,000
Handicapped Children of Afganistan · Denver, CO · 2022
For program services
$30,000
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
For program services
$27,000
Sf-Marin Community Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For program services
$27,000
Sf-Marin Community Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For program services
$25,000
George Washington'S Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon, VA · 2024
For program services
$25,000
Holsten Human Capital Development · Chicago, IL · 2024
For program services
$25,000
Hood College · Frederick, MD · 2024
For program services
$25,000
Phoenix Foundation of Maryland · Frederick, MD · 2024
For program services
$25,000
St Bernard Project · Chalmette, LA · 2024
For program services
$25,000
The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland · Frederick, MD · 2024
For program services
$25,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023
For program services
$25,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2023
For program services
$25,000
Frederick Rescue Mission · Frederick, MD · 2023
For program services
$25,000
George Washington'S Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon, VA · 2023
For program services
$25,000
Hood College · Frederick, MD · 2023
For program services
$25,000
Lawson House for Life Development · Chicago, IL · 2023
For program services
$25,000
Phoenix Foundation of Maryland · Frederick, MD · 2023
For program services
$25,000
George Washington'S Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon, VA · 2022
For program services
$25,000
Hood College · Frederick, MD · 2022
For program services
$25,000
Lawson House for Life Development · Chicago, IL · 2022
For program services
$25,000
Phoenix Foundation of Maryland · Frederick, MD · 2022
For program services
$25,000
Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
For program services
$25,000
Sf-Marin Community Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For program services
$22,000
Audubon Canyon Ranch · Stinson Beach, CA · 2024
For program services
$22,000
Habitat for Humanity East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2024
For program services
$22,000
The Homeless Garden Project · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
For program services
$22,000
Audubon Canyon Ranch · Stinson Beach, CA · 2023
For program services
$22,000
Canal Community Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2023
For program services
$22,000
Habitat for Humanity East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2023
For program services
$22,000
The Homeless Garden Project · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
For program services
$20,000
Aspen Community Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2024
For program services
$20,000
Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club · Aspen, CO · 2024
For program services
$20,000
Chicago Jesuit Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
For program services
$20,000
Chicago Lights · Chicago, IL · 2024
For program services
$20,000
Civic Orchestra of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
For program services
$20,000
Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum · Vail, CO · 2024
For program services
$20,000
Embassy Series · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
For program services
$20,000
Have Dreams · Park Ridge, IL · 2024
For program services
$20,000
Highline Canal Conservancy · Centennial, CO · 2024
For program services
$20,000
Miriam'S Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
For program services

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