Funding search · EIN 137483764 · Williamstown, MA

Alice Shaver Foundation

Name: Alice Shaver 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.

308
grants reported: $3.4M
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

House of Ruth Maryland5 grants · $100,000
Berkshire Food Project4 grants · $90,000
Cool the Earth4 grants · $90,000
Vivalon4 grants · $90,000
Manna Food Center5 grants · $80,000
Capital Area Food Bank5 grants · $80,000
Public Radio Exchange4 grants · $75,000
American Red Cross3 grants · $75,000
A Wider Circle4 grants · $70,000
Provincetown Jazz Festival4 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$805,000

2022

$775,000

2023

$879,000

2024

$940,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 308 grants.

$45,000
Sr Boosters · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Charitable
$40,000
San Rafael Hs · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Berkshire Food Project · North Adams, MA · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Berkshire Food Project · North Adams, MA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
American Red Cross-No Ca Coastal · Napa, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Reproductive Freedom for All · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
American Red Cross · Napa, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
House of Ruth Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Public Radio Exchange · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Reproductive Freedom for All · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
American Red Cross · Napa, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Cool the Earth · Kentfield, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
House of Ruth Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Naral Pro-Choice · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Public Radio Exchange · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Vivalon · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
American Red Cross · Napa, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Cool the Earth · Kentfield, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
House of Ruth Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Manna Food Center · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Naral Pro-Choice · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Tails of Joy · Studio City, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Vivalon · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Casa · Hyattsville, MD · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Cool the Earth · Kentfield, CA · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Iona Senior Services · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Meals On Wheels of Takoma Park · Takoma Park, MD · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Ny Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Rebuilding Together Montgomery Coun · Gaithersburg, MD · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Vivalon · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
A Wider Circle · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Arena Stage · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Berkshire Food Project · North Adams, MA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Cool the Earth · Kentfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Davidson Pta · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Provincetown Jazz Festival · Provincetown, MA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Rebuilding Together Montgomery Cty · Gaithersburg, MD · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
San Rafael Hs · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
So Others Might Eat · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Springsong Museum · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
The Textile Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Vivalon · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Woolly Mammoth Theatre · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
A Wider Circle · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Alvert Einstein Hs Booster Club · Kensington, MD · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Davidson Pta · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Heads Up Foundation · Sa Rafael, CA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Project Avery · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Provincetown Jazz Festival · Provincetown, MA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Second Street Second Chance · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
So Others Might Eat · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
The Textile Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
A Wider Circle · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Davidson Pta · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Heads Up Foundation · Sa Rafael, CA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Provincetown Jazz Festival · Provincetown, MA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Second Street Second Chance · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
So Others Might Eat · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Stepping Stones Shelter · Rockville, MD · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
The Textile Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Art Enables · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Fresh Farm · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
House of Ruth Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Manna Food Center · Gaithersburg, MD · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Public Radio Exchange · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Williamstown Theatre Festival · Williamstown, MA · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Art Enables · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Freshfarm · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Manna Food Center · Gaithersburg, MD · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Stepping Stones Shelter · Rockville, MD · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Williamstown Theatre Festival · Williamstown, MA · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Manna Food Center · Gaithersburg, MD · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Williamstown Theatre Festival · Williamstown, MA · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Williamstown Theatre Festival · Williamstown, MA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
A Wider Circle · Bethesda, MD · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Albert Einstein Hs Booster Club · Kensington, MD · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Albert Einstein Ptsa · Kensington, MD · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Arena Stage · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Arts On the Block · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Berkshire Food Project · North Adams, MA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Berkshire Nursing Families · Adams, MA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Calvary Womens Services · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Caring Matters · Gaithersburg, MD · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Center for Domestic Peace · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Community Reach of Montgomery Count · Rockville, MD · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Community Reach of Montgomery Cty · Rockville, MD · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Davidson Middle School · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Charitable

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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.