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Funding search · EIN 061520789 · Wilton, CT

Shames Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

134
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,000
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.

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Top recipients

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Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct3 grants · $170,000
Davidson College Annual Fund2 grants · $110,000
Norwalk Acts3 grants · $100,100
Family & Childrens Agency3 grants · $80,000
Norwalk Hospital Foundation1 grant · $50,000
Campaign Legal Center3 grants · $37,500
A Better Chance of Wilton3 grants · $32,500
West Side Campaign Against Hunger3 grants · $30,000
Dorot3 grants · $30,000
Brennan Center for Justice3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$253,020

2022

$389,255

2023

$366,905

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 134 grants.

$150,000
Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct · Danbury, CT · 2023
General
$95,000
Davidson College Annual Fund · Davidson, NC · 2024
General
$50,000
Norwalk Acts · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General
$50,000
Norwalk Hospital Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022
General
$30,000
Family & Childrens Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2022
General
$25,100
Norwalk Acts · Norwalk, CT · 2022
General
$25,000
Family & Childrens Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Norwalk Acts · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Family & Childrens Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General
$15,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
General
$15,000
Davidson College Annual Fund · Davidson, NC · 2023
General
$15,000
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$12,500
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$12,500
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$12,500
A Better Chance of Wilton · Wilton, CT · 2022
General
$12,500
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$11,000
Focus for Democracy Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
A Better Chance of Wilton · Wilton, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Camp Treetops · Lake Placid, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct · Danbury, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
Pallative Care for Uganda Llc · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
Renaissance School Annual Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General
$10,000
West Side Campaign Against Hunger · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
A Better Chance of Wilton · Wilton, CT · 2023
General
$10,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
North Country School & Camp Treetops · Lake Placid, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
West Side Campaign Against Hunger · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General
$10,000
Congregation Rodeph Sholom · New York, NY · 2022
General
$10,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2022
General
$10,000
Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct · Danbury, CT · 2022
General
$10,000
West Side Campaign Against Hunger · New York, NY · 2022
General
$8,500
Congregation Rodeph Sholom · New York, NY · 2024
General
$7,500
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$7,500
Southern Vision Alliance · Durham, NC · 2024
General
$7,500
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$7,500
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$7,500
North Country School & Camp Treetops · Lake Placid, NY · 2022
General
$5,500
Congregation Rodeph Sholom · New York, NY · 2023
General
$5,420
Temple Bnai Chaim · Georgetown, CT · 2023
General
$5,000
Ethical Culture Fieldstone School · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
The Child Study Center of Ny · Jericho, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$5,000
Ethical Culture Fieldstone School · New York, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Pallative Care for Uganda Llc · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General
$5,000
The Child Center of Ny · Forest Hills, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Ttees of the University of Pennsylv · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$5,000
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2022
General
$5,000
City of Promise · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General
$5,000
Ethical Culture Fieldstone School · New York, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
Pallative Care for Uganda Llc · Norwalk, CT · 2022
General
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$5,000
The Child Center of Ny · Forest Hills, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$4,720
Temple Bnai Chaim · Georgetown, CT · 2022
General
$4,175
Temple Bnai Chaim · Georgetown, CT · 2024
General
$4,000
Mount Sinai Health System · New York, NY · 2024
General
$4,000
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2022
General
$3,125
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General
$3,100
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2024
General
$3,000
Hope'S Legacy Equine Rescue · Afton, VA · 2024
General
$3,000
Renaissance School Annual Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General
$3,000
Renaissance School Annual Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General
$2,500
Arts for Life · Asheville, NC · 2024
General
$2,500
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
General
$2,500
League of Women Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$2,500
Tuck School · Hanover, NH · 2024
General
$2,500
Wilton Library Association · Wilton, CT · 2024
General
$2,500
League of Women Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$2,500
Tuck School · Hanover, NH · 2023
General
$2,500
United Way of Coastal Fairfield · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General
$2,500
Wilton Library Association · Wilton, CT · 2023
General
$2,500
Jefferson Area Chip · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General
$2,500
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$2,500
Tuck School · Hanover, NH · 2022
General
$2,500
Wilton Library Association · Wilton, CT · 2022
General
$2,285
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,000
Charlottesville Free Clinic · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General
$2,000
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,000
Mount Sinai Health Partners Pc · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,600
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,500
Charlottesville Free Clinic · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General
$1,000
Association of Med School Ped Dept · McLean, VA · 2024
General
$1,000
Buck Squad · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General
$1,000
Child Health Partnership · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General
$1,000
Connecticut Institute for Refugees · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General
$1,000
Hospice of the Piedmont · High Point, NC · 2024
General
$1,000
International Neighbors · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General
$1,000
Charlottesville Free Clinic · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General
$1,000
Buck Squad · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General
$1,000
Register2vote Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$1,000
Stay at Home in Wilton · Wilton, CT · 2022
General
$1,000
United Way of Coastal Fairfield · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
General
$625
Charlottesville Community Baseball · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General

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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.