Funding search · EIN 522177437 · Potomac, MD

William J Shaw Family Foundation

Name: William J Shaw Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

42
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $13,250
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

families adults children domestic services violence academics arts

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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.

5 grants matching “domestic violence” · $205,000

$50,000
Dvs Legal Services · Rockville, MD · 2025
General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.
$50,000
Dvs Legal Services · Rockville, MD · 2024
General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.
$50,000
Dvs Legal Services · Rockville, MD · 2023
General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.
$50,000
Dvs Legal Services · Rockville, MD · 2022
General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.
$5,000
Montgomery County Family Justice · Rockville, MD · 2022
General fund support to strengthen the lives of families affect by domestic violence.

Top recipients

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

University of Notre Dame1 grant · $1.0M
Dvs Legal Services4 grants · $200,000
All About You Adoptions4 grants · $160,000
Academy of the Holy Cross1 grant · $98,969
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society3 grants · $72,000
Connelly School of the Holy Child4 grants · $63,500
Bullis School4 grants · $61,500
Catholic Relief Services1 grant · $35,000
Bishop O'Gorman Catholic Schools1 grant · $35,000
Operation Canasta3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$198,000

2022

$276,469

2023

$169,500

2024

$1.2M

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2025
General support grant
$98,969
Academy of the Holy Cross · Kensington, MD · 2023
General support grant
$50,000
Dvs Legal Services · Rockville, MD · 2025
General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.
$50,000
All About You Adoptions · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
General support grant
$50,000
Dvs Legal Services · Rockville, MD · 2024
General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.
$50,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
General operating fund to support the cure for leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
$50,000
All About You Adoptions · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
General support grant
$50,000
Dvs Legal Services · Rockville, MD · 2023
General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.
$50,000
Dvs Legal Services · Rockville, MD · 2022
General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.
$35,000
Bishop O'Gorman Catholic Schools · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
General support grant
$35,000
Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Catholic Relief Services' HIV and AIDS programming is a central and growing component of our efforts to relieve suffering in the world.
$32,500
Bullis School · Potomac, MD · 2025
General operating fund to support a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service.
$30,000
All About You Adoptions · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
General support grant
$30,000
Connelly School of the Holy Child · Potomac, MD · 2025
General support grant
$30,000
All About You Adoptions · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
General support grant
$25,000
Hematologic Malignancies Translation Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support grant
$15,000
Mobile Medical Care · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Operatting fund for primary care medical home for low income adults in montgomery county
$15,000
Operation Canasta · Kensington, MD · 2023
Fund to help feed children in argentina
$15,000
Connelly School of the Holy Child · Potomac, MD · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
Mobile Medical Care · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Operatting fund for primary care medical home for low income adults in montgomery county
$15,000
Operation Canasta · Kensington, MD · 2022
Fund to help feed children in argentina
$11,500
Connelly School of the Holy Child · Potomac, MD · 2023
General support grant
$11,500
Bullis School · Potomac, MD · 2022
General operating fund to support a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service.
$11,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
General operating fund to support the cure for leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
$11,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2022
General operating fund to support the cure for leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
$10,000
Bullis School · Potomac, MD · 2023
General operating fund to support a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service.
$7,500
Bullis School · Potomac, MD · 2024
General operating fund to support a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service.
$7,000
Connelly School of the Holy Child · Potomac, MD · 2024
General support grant
$5,000
Catholic Charities · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating fund to support families, children and adults in need of help and hope.
$5,000
Endometriosis Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2025
General support grant
$5,000
Potomac Community Resources · Potomac, MD · 2024
General operating fund
$5,000
Catholic Charities · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating fund to support families, children and adults in need of help and hope.
$5,000
Potomac Community Resources · Potomac, MD · 2023
General operating fund
$5,000
Raymond Woods Foundation · Ocean City, MD · 2023
General support grant
$5,000
Catholic Charities · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating fund to support families, children and adults in need of help and hope.
$5,000
Montgomery County Family Justice · Rockville, MD · 2022
General fund support to strengthen the lives of families affect by domestic violence.
$5,000
Potomac Community Resources · Potomac, MD · 2022
General operating fund
$500
St Bartholomew Catholic Church · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General support grant
$0
Catholic Charities · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating fund to support families, children and adults in need of help and hope.
$0
Mobile Medical Care · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Operatting fund for primary care medical home for low income adults in montgomery county
$0
Operation Canasta · Kensington, MD · 2024
Fund to help feed children in argentina
$0
Raymond Woods Foundation · Ocean City, MD · 2024
General support grant

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