Funding search · EIN 453199581 · The Woodlands, TX

Martin & Arlyn Shields Family Foundation

Name: Martin & Arlyn Shields Family 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.

49
grants reported: $412,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

animal human rescue care quality build children county

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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.

Love Must Act4 grants · $120,000
Baylor University4 grants · $100,000
Door County Med Center Foundation4 grants · $55,500
My Life Speaks4 grants · $40,000
Salvation Army4 grants · $20,000
Leap Global Missions3 grants · $15,000
Brownsville Society for Crippled Ch4 grants · $14,000
Operation Pets Alive4 grants · $14,000
God'S Garage4 grants · $11,000
The Woodlands First2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$100,500

2022

$109,500

2023

$104,500

2024

$98,000

2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Love Must Act · New York, NY · 2025
Build schools
$30,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2024
Scholarships
$30,000
Love Must Act · New York, NY · 2024
Build schools
$30,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2023
Scholarships
$30,000
Love Must Act · New York, NY · 2023
Build schools
$30,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2022
Scholarships
$30,000
Love Must Act · New York, NY · 2022
Build schools
$15,000
Door County Med Center Foundation · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2025
Assist the hospital to provide quality care for all residents and visitors of Door County.
$13,500
Door County Med Center Foundation · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2024
Assist the hospital to provide quality care for all residents and visitors of Door County.
$13,500
Door County Med Center Foundation · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2023
Assist the hospital to provide quality care for all residents and visitors of Door County.
$13,500
Door County Med Center Foundation · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2022
Assist the hospital to provide quality care for all residents and visitors of Door County.
$10,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2025
Scholarships
$10,000
My Life Speaks · Nashville, TN · 2025
Human needs assistance
$10,000
My Life Speaks · Nashville, TN · 2024
Human needs assistance
$10,000
My Life Speaks · Nashville, TN · 2023
Human needs assistance
$10,000
My Life Speaks · Nashville, TN · 2022
Human needs assistance
$5,000
Brownsville Society for Crippled Ch · Brownsville, TX · 2025
Rehabilitative services to children with special needs
$5,000
God'S Garage · Conroe, TX · 2025
Vehicle repairs for those in need
$5,000
Leap Global Missions · Dallas, TX · 2025
Provide medical care to countries that do not have access to quality medical care.
$5,000
Operation Pets Alive · The Woodlands, TX · 2025
Animal Rescue
$5,000
Salvation Army · Houston, TX · 2025
Human needs assistance
$5,000
The Woodlands First · The Woodlands, TX · 2025
Religious Support
$5,000
Leap Global Missions · Dallas, TX · 2024
Provide medical care to countries that do not have access to quality medical care.
$5,000
Salvation Army · Houston, TX · 2024
Human needs assistance
$5,000
Leap Global Missions · Dallas, TX · 2023
Provide medical care to countries that do not have access to quality medical care.
$5,000
Salvation Army · Houston, TX · 2023
Human needs assistance
$5,000
The Woodlands First · The Woodlands, TX · 2023
Religious Support
$5,000
Salvation Army · Houston, TX · 2022
Human needs assistance
$3,000
Brownsville Society for Crippled Ch · Brownsville, TX · 2024
Rehabilitative services to children with special needs
$3,000
Operation Pets Alive · The Woodlands, TX · 2024
Animal Rescue
$3,000
Brownsville Society for Crippled Ch · Brownsville, TX · 2023
Rehabilitative services to children with special needs
$3,000
Operation Pets Alive · The Woodlands, TX · 2023
Animal Rescue
$3,000
Brownsville Society for Crippled Ch · Brownsville, TX · 2022
Rehabilitative services to children with special needs
$3,000
Operation Pets Alive · The Woodlands, TX · 2022
Animal Rescue
$2,000
God'S Garage · Conroe, TX · 2024
Vehicle repairs for those in need
$2,000
God'S Garage · Conroe, TX · 2023
Vehicle repairs for those in need
$2,000
Abundant Harvest · Houston, TX · 2022
Religious support
$2,000
God'S Garage · Conroe, TX · 2022
Vehicle repairs for those in need
$1,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2025
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Tennessee Baptist Children'S Home · Brentwood, TN · 2025
Family Assistance
$1,000
Yeloline Initiative · Meadville, PA · 2025
Take hope to the incarcerated and unseen population of our society to encourage them in their individual pursuit of personal and spiritual reconciliation.
$1,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2024
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Tennessee Baptist Children'S Home · Brentwood, TN · 2024
Family Assistance
$1,000
Yeloline Initiative · Meadville, PA · 2024
Take hope to the incarcerated and unseen population of our society to encourage them in their individual pursuit of personal and spiritual reconciliation.
$1,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2023
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Tennessee Baptist Children'S Home · Brentwood, TN · 2023
Family Assistance
$1,000
Yeloline Initiative · Meadville, PA · 2023
Take hope to the incarcerated and unseen population of our society to encourage them in their individual pursuit of personal and spiritual reconciliation.
$1,000
Houston Spca · Houston, TX · 2022
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Tennessee Baptist Children'S Home · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Family Assistance

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