Funding search · EIN 352205289 · Lake Forest, IL

Robert G Shaw Family Foundation

Name: Robert G Shaw Family 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.

92
grants reported: $85,515
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $238
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

unresticted unrestrited

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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.

Carnegie Mellon University3 grants · $23,500
First Presbyterian Church3 grants · $20,000
Stanford University3 grants · $13,000
Beloit College3 grants · $8,000
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society3 grants · $2,400
Citadel Theatre3 grants · $1,750
Gpf Foundation3 grants · $1,100
Ymca2 grants · $1,054
Lf Police Foundation1 grant · $1,000
McCinlock Post 264 Foundation1 grant · $1,000

Giving over time

$25,463

2022

$29,351

2023

$30,701

2024

Grant history

All 92 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,700
First Presbyterian Church · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,700
First Presbyterian Church · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$6,600
First Presbyterian Church · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,500
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,500
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Lf Police Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
McCinlock Post 264 Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$750
Citadel Theatre · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$600
Gpf Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$600
Elawa Farm Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$554
Ymca · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Ben'S Lighthouse · Newton, CT · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Citadel Theatre · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Ymca · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Citadel Theatre · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$450
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$450
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$361
Chicago Botanical Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$350
Ben'S Lighthouse · Newton, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$350
Dylan'S Wings · Newtown, CT · 2022
Unrestricted
$326
Chicago Botanical Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$300
Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Faraja Fund Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Lake County Sponsors · Libertyville, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
North Shore Community Partners · Lake Bluff, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Reading Power · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$250
Faraja Fund Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Gpf Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Lake County Sponsors · Libertyville, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Lake Forest Library · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
North Chicago Community Partners · Lake Bluff, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$250
Art Impact Project · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Bounce Childrens Foundation · Deerfield, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Faraja Fund Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Gpf Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Lake County Sponsors · Libertyville, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
North Chicago Community Partners · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$250
Wttw 11 · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$225
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$200
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$200
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$200
Elawa Farm Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$200
McHenry County Conservation Foundation · Richmond, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$200
Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$200
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$200
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$200
Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$200
Wttw 11 · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$200
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$200
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$200
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2022
Unrestricted
$200
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$200
The Cove School · Northbrook, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$160
Mitchell Museum of American Indians · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$150
A Safe Place · Zion, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$150
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$150
Lake Forest Preservation Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$150
A Safe Place · Zion, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$150
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$150
Lake Forest Preservation Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$150
A Safe Place · Zion, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$109
Chicago Botanical Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$105
Wedupbs · Tampa Bay, FL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100
American Heart Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unresticted
$100
Lake Forest American Legion · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestrited
$100
Wttw 11 · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$100
American Heart Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unresticted
$100
Career Resource Center · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100
Clearwater Community Band · Clearwater, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100
Gamae International · Cary, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
$100
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$100
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestrited
$100
Salvation Army · Forest Park, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$100
American Cancer Society · Lincolnshire, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100
American Heart Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unresticted
$100
Lake Forest Open Lands Association · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100
Lf-Lb Senior Citizens Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestrited
$100
Salvation Army · Forest Park, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$100
Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$75
League of Women Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$50
Clearwater Community Band · Clearwater, FL · 2022
Unrestricted
$50
Music for All · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted

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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.