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Sheila Fortune Foundation

Name: Sheila Fortune 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.

289
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,500
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.

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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.

St Francis in the Fields Episocopal Church1 grant · $336,000
Ecoarts Connections3 grants · $31,000
Barnstone Art for Kids3 grants · $29,000
El Sistema Indianapolis3 grants · $25,000
Beyond the Bars3 grants · $25,000
Yes and Collaborative Arts3 grants · $24,000
Santa Fe Teen Arts Center3 grants · $24,000
Norris Square Neighborhood Project3 grants · $23,000
Mirror Image3 grants · $23,000
Girls First3 grants · $23,000

Giving over time

$538,000

2022

$464,500

2023

$407,000

2024

$739,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 289 grants.

$336,000
St Francis in the Fields Episocopal Church · Malvern, PA · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Barnstone Art for Kids · Phoenixville, PA · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Beyond the Bars · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$15,000
El Sistema Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Arts Council of Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Ecoarts Connections · Boulder, CO · 2025
Program support
$12,000
El Sistema Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Georgia E Gregory School of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Girls First · Norristown, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Greater Philadelphia Ymca · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Mas Comunidad · Peasco, NM · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Mirror Image · Denver, CO · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Moving Arts Espanola · Velarde, NM · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Mtcarmel Wellness and Community Center · Trinidad, CO · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
New Mexico Jazz Workshop · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Norris Square Neighborhood Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Santa Fe Teen Arts Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$12,000
Yes and Collaborative Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
A Child'S Song · Thornton, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Concrete Couch · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Expressive Path · Norristown, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Five Star Life · Elkhart, IN · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Keshet Dance Company · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Lighthouse Writers Workshop · Denver, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Roshni · Englewood, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
San Miguel Mentoring Program · Telluride, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Unity Performing Arts Foundation · Fort Wayne, IN · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Urban Musical Theater · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Variety Arts of Louisville · Lafayette, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Village Exchange Center · Aurora, CO · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Ecoarts Connections · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program support
$9,500
Ecoarts Connections · Boulder, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$9,000
Ecoarts Connections · Boulder, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$8,500
Kids Dance Outreach · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Program support
$8,500
Salida Circus Outreach · Salida, CO · 2024
Program support
$8,500
Moving Arts Espanola · Velarde, NM · 2022
Art Program Support
$8,000
Los Ninos Del Teatro · Ranchos De Taos, NM · 2025
Program support
$8,000
The Learning Council · Paonia, CO · 2025
Program support
$8,000
Blue Sage Center for the Arts · Paonia, CO · 2024
Program support
$8,000
Darlington Fine Arts Center · Garnet Valley, PA · 2024
Program support
$8,000
Platteforum · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$8,000
Harrington Arts Alliance · Loveland, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$8,000
Kids Dance Outreach · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Art Program Support
$8,000
Rock To the Future · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$8,000
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
Art Students League of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Barnstone Art for Kids · Phoenixville, PA · 2024
Program support
$7,500
New Mexico Jazz Workshop · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Blue Sage Center for the Arts · Paonia, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
Darlington Arts Center · Garnet Valley, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
Platteforum · Denver, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,500
Asian Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Harrington Arts Alliance · Loveland, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Heart and Hand Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Kids Dance Outreach · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Rock To the Future · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,500
Salida Circus Outreach Foundation · Salida, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Indiana · Fort Wayne, IN · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Mount Carmel Wellness and Community Center · Trinidad, CO · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Art Students League of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Barnstone Art for Kids · Phoenixville, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Embudo Valley Arts Association · Dixon, NM · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
New Mexico Jazz Workshop · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Performing Arts Academy · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Poetry Heals · Manitou Springs, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Vintage Theatre Productions · Aurora, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$7,000
Blue Sage Center for the Arts · Paonia, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center · Denver, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
Darlington Arts Center · Garnet Valley, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
Platteforum · Denver, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$7,000
The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Denver Children'S Choir · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Koresh Dance Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Philadelphia Clef Club · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Santa Fe Teen Arts Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Spanish Danzart Society · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Yes and Collaborative Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Allens Lane Art Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Backstory Theatre · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Creede Repertory Theatre · Creede, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Curious Theatre Company · Denver, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Mt Carmel Health Wellness and Community Center · Trinidad, CO · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Taller Puertorriqueo · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Art Program Support
$6,500
Art Students League of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Barnstone Art for Kids · Phoenixville, PA · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Embudo Valley Arts Association · Dixon, NM · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
New Mexico Jazz Workshop · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Performing Arts Academy · Highlands Ranch, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Poetry Heals · Manitou Springs, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,500
Vintage Theatre Productions · Aurora, CO · 2022
Art Program Support
$6,000
Art From Ashes · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Arts Council of Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Buildabridge International · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.