Funding search · EIN 207267377 · Pasadena, CA
The Shanahan Family Charitable
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 140
- grants reported
- $56.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $103,608
- 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundati4 grants · $8.1M
- Harvey Mudd College5 grants · $7.7M
- Allen Institute3 grants · $5.8M
- Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia4 grants · $5.0M
- Alzheimer'S Disease Data Initiative3 grants · $4.7M
- Cobbs Creek Restoration and Comm Fd3 grants · $2.5M
- Independent Media Initiative2 grants · $2.4M
- Tufts University3 grants · $2.2M
- University of Pennsylvania3 grants · $2.0M
- Stanford University4 grants · $1.9M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 140 grants.
- $2.7M
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundati · New York, NY · 2023
General Purpose
- $2.7M
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundati · New York, NY · 2024
General Purpose
- $2.2M
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2023
General purpose
- $2.1M
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $2.1M
Allen Institute · Seattle, WA · 2024
General Purpose
- $2.1M
Allen Institute · Seattle, WA · 2023
General Purpose
- $1.7M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General Purpose
- $1.7M
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundati · New York, NY · 2022
General Purpose
- $1.7M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Purpose
- $1.6M
Alzheimer'S Disease Data Initiative · Kirkland, WA · 2024
General purpose
- $1.6M
Alzheimer'S Disease Data Initiative · Kirkland, WA · 2023
General purpose
- $1.6M
Alzheimer'S Disease Data Initiative · Kirkland, WA · 2022
General purpose
- $1.5M
Allen Institute · Seattle, WA · 2022
General Purpose
- $1.5M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Purpose
- $1.3M
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $1.2M
Independent Media Initiative · Austin, TX · 2023
General Purpose
- $1.2M
Independent Media Initiative · Austin, TX · 2024
General Purpose
- $1.2M
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Comm Fd · Conshohocken, PA · 2024
General purpose
- $1.1M
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2022
General purpose
- $1.0M
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery Foundati · New York, NY · 2022
General Purpose
- $950,000
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2022
General Purpose
- $948,786
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2022
General purpose
- $910,116
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2024
General Purpose
- $847,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Limited Purpose - Independent Media Initiative
- $735,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General Purpose
- $700,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Purpose
- $680,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Purpose
- $666,666
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Comm Fd · Conshohocken, PA · 2023
General purpose
- $666,666
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Comm Fd · Conshohocken, PA · 2022
General purpose
- $600,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General Purpose
- $555,000
Work To Ride · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Purpose
- $500,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $500,000
University of California Berkeley F · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $497,028
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
- $450,000
St Margaret'S Episcopal School · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $450,000
Work To Ride · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General Purpose
- $420,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $400,000
Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $389,049
University of California Berkeley F · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $365,341
The Episcopal Academy · Newtown Square, PA · 2024
General Purpose
- $350,500
St Margaret'S Episcopal Church · Palm Desert, CA · 2023
General Purpose
- $350,000
St Margaret'S Episcopal School · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $308,820
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2023
General Purpose
- $305,000
The Episcopal Academy · Newtown Square, PA · 2023
General Purpose
- $300,000
Children'S Hospital of Orange Count · Orange, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $300,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
General Purpose
- $300,000
Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $300,000
Children'S Hospital of Orange Count · Orange, CA · 2023
General Purpose
- $300,000
Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2023
General Purpose
- $300,000
Children'S Hospital of Orange Count · Orange, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $250,500
Last Mile Education Fund · Lafayette, CO · 2023
General Purpose
- $250,000
Last Mile Education Fund · Lafayette, CO · 2024
General Purpose
- $250,000
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024
General Purpose
- $250,000
Research Theory · Austin, TX · 2024
General Purpose
- $250,000
Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2023
General Purpose
- $250,000
Research Theory · Austin, TX · 2023
General Purpose
- $249,426
Last Mile Education Fund · Lafayette, CO · 2022
General Purpose
- $235,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $224,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2023
General Purpose
- $200,000
Work To Ride · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Purpose
- $175,027
The Episcopal Academy · Newtown Square, PA · 2022
General Purpose
- $159,167
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
General Purpose
- $150,000
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Livermore, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $150,000
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Livermore, CA · 2023
General Purpose
- $150,000
Atlantic Public Media · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
General Purpose
- $150,000
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation · Livermore, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $125,000
The Episcopal Academy · Newtown Square, PA · 2022
General Purpose
- $118,000
United Friends of the Children · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $113,572
United Friends of the Children · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General Purpose
- $105,747
United Friends of the Children · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $101,470
Canine Companions for Independence · Oceanside, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $101,470
K9s for Warriors · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2022
General Purpose
- $100,000
Canine Companions for Independence · Oceanside, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $100,000
Cora Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Purpose
- $100,000
Desert AIDS Project · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $100,000
K9s for Warriors · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2024
General Purpose
- $100,000
Canine Companions for Independence · Oceanside, CA · 2023
General Purpose
- $100,000
Cora Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General Purpose
- $100,000
K9s for Warriors · Ponte Vedra, FL · 2023
General Purpose
- $100,000
A Kid Again · Columbus, OH · 2022
General Purpose
- $100,000
Cora Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Purpose
- $100,000
Juma Ventures · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $100,000
Mypath · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $100,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purpose
- $100,000
Starligh Children'S Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2022
General Purpose
- $85,951
University of California Berkeley F · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General Purpose
- $75,000
Keewaydin Foundation · Salisbury, VT · 2024
General Purpose
- $75,000
Keewaydin Foundation · Salisbury, VT · 2023
General Purpose
- $75,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Purpose
- $75,000
Everylife Foundation for Rare Disea · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purpose
- $75,000
National Mps Society · Durham, NC · 2022
General Purpose
- $50,500
Graham Windham · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General Purpose
- $50,000
Community Backstop · Media, PA · 2024
General Purpose
- $50,000
Computing Research Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General Purpose
- $50,000
Graham Windham · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General Purpose
- $50,000
The Franklin Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Purpose
- $50,000
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Purpose
- $50,000
Community Backstop · Media, PA · 2023
General Purpose
- $50,000
Computing Research Association · Washington, DC · 2023
General Purpose
- $50,000
Project Alive · Spring Hill, FL · 2023
General Purpose
Who else funds this kind of work
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- UCLA Foundation276 grants · $1.75B
Similar purposes
- Forefront428 grants · $39.4M
- Community Partnership for Children93 grants · $57.5M
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association133 grants · $59.4M
Similar grant size
- The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
- Wk Kellogg Foundation7,234 grants · $1.30B
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