Funding search · EIN 582309103 · Cumming, GA

The Shannon 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.

84
grants reported
$560,750
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationchildhoodearlyartscareelderlyfighthunger

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Top recipients

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  • Trinity Washington University6 grants · $135,000
  • El Rio Community School7 grants · $105,000
  • Palama Settlement3 grants · $77,000
  • The Place of Forsyth County3 grants · $32,000
  • University of Georgia4 grants · $27,000
  • Doctors Without Borders USA1 grant · $27,000
  • Emory University4 grants · $27,000
  • Onstage Atlanta3 grants · $13,500
  • Vanderbilt University3 grants · $11,000
  • Mercy Care Foundation3 grants · $10,500

Giving over time

$94,750
2022
$265,000
2023
$201,000
2024

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

  • $45,000

    Palama Settlement · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Social work in hi

  • $40,000

    Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024

    Education

  • $40,000

    Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2023

    Education

  • $40,000

    Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022

    Education

  • $27,000

    Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023

    Medical assistance

  • $26,000

    El Rio Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Early childhood education

  • $22,000

    Palama Settlement · Honolulu, HI · 2024

    Social work in hi

  • $18,000

    El Rio Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Early childhood education

  • $16,000

    El Rio Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Early childhood education

  • $15,000

    El Rio Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Early childhood education

  • $15,000

    The Place of Forsyth County · Cumming, GA · 2023

    Emergency assistance

  • $10,000

    El Rio Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Early childhood education

  • $10,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    The Place of Forsyth County · Cumming, GA · 2024

    Emergency assistance

  • $10,000

    University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2024

    Education

  • $10,000

    El Rio Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Early childhood education

  • $10,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    El Rio Community School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Early childhood education

  • $10,000

    Palama Settlement · Honolulu, HI · 2022

    Social work in hi

  • $9,000

    Onstage Atlanta · Decatur, GA · 2024

    Promoting arts in community

  • $7,500

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Education

  • $7,000

    The Place of Forsyth County · Cumming, GA · 2022

    Emergency assistance

  • $5,000

    Atlanta Community Food Bank · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Fight hunger

  • $5,000

    National Ataxia Foundation · Golden Valley, MN · 2024

    Research for cure for ataxia

  • $5,000

    Sisters of Notre Dame De Namur · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Care for elderly religious

  • $5,000

    Theatre Artists Studio · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    Theatre arts

  • $5,000

    Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024

    Education

  • $5,000

    Atlanta Community Food Bank · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Fight hunger

  • $5,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Education/classics

  • $5,000

    Mercy Care Foundation · Chamblee, GA · 2023

    Healthcare for homeless

  • $5,000

    Theatre Artists Studio · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    Theatre arts

  • $5,000

    Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2023

    Education

  • $5,000

    University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2023

    Education

  • $5,000

    Trinity Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022

    Education

  • $3,500

    Freewaves · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Out the window project

  • $3,000

    Agnes Scott College · Decatur, GA · 2024

    Education

  • $3,000

    God'S Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2024

    Fight hunger

  • $3,000

    Legal Outreach · Long Island City, NY · 2024

    Law related educational assist

  • $3,000

    Mercy Care Foundation · Chamblee, GA · 2024

    Healthcare for homeless

  • $3,000

    God'S Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2023

    Fight hunger

  • $3,000

    Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart · Yardley, PA · 2023

    Care for elderly religious

  • $3,000

    Legal Outreach · Long Island City, NY · 2023

    Law related educational assist

  • $3,000

    National Ataxia Foundation · Golden Valley, MN · 2023

    Research for cure for ataxia

  • $3,000

    Sisters of Notre Dame De Namur · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Care for elderly religious

  • $3,000

    St Vincent De Paul · Roswell, GA · 2023

    Financial assistance to needy

  • $3,000

    The Dressage Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    Advancement of dressage in us

  • $3,000

    The Dressage Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    Advancement of dressage in us

  • $2,500

    Onstage Atlanta · Decatur, GA · 2023

    Promoting arts in community

  • $2,500

    Legal Outreach · Long Island City, NY · 2022

    Law related educational assist

  • $2,500

    Mercy Care Foundation · Chamblee, GA · 2022

    Healthcare for homeless

  • $2,500

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Education

  • $2,250

    Freewaves · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Out the window project

  • $2,000

    Mockingbird Incubator · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Supports/ trains emerging nonprofits

  • $2,000

    The American Classical League · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education greek and latin languages

  • $2,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Education

  • $2,000

    Onstage Atlanta · Decatur, GA · 2022

    Promoting arts in community

  • $2,000

    University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022

    Education

  • $1,000

    Dickinson Colege · Carlisle, PA · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Freewaves · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Out the window project

  • $1,000

    Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart · Yardley, PA · 2024

    Care for elderly religious

  • $1,000

    Planned Parenthood Fed of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Women's rights

  • $1,000

    The American Classical League · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Education greek and latin languages

  • $1,000

    Unrwa USA · Washington, DC · 2024

    Gasa support

  • $1,000

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foun · New York, NY · 2023

    Civil liberties

  • $1,000

    American Foundation Forsuicide Prev · New York, NY · 2023

    Suicide prevention

  • $1,000

    Cumberland Academy of Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    Dickinson College · Carlisle, PA · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Environmental protection

  • $1,000

    Paideia School · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    Planned Parenthood Fed of America · Washington, DC · 2023

    Women's rights

  • $1,000

    Uncf · Washington, DC · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    American Foundation Forsuicide Prev · New York, NY · 2022

    Suicide prevention

  • $1,000

    Cumberland Academy of Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Education

  • $1,000

    Dickinson College · Carlisle, PA · 2022

    Education

  • $500

    Cumberland Academy of Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Education

  • $500

    Earlham College · Richmond, IN · 2024

    Education

  • $500

    Paideia School · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Education

  • $500

    Atlanta Humane Society · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Prevent animal cruelty

  • $500

    Atlanta Humane Society · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Prevent animal cruelty

  • $500

    Paideia School · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Education

  • $250

    Atlanta Humane Society · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Prevent animal cruelty

  • $250

    Wild Nest Bird Rehab · Decatur, GA · 2024

    Rehab injured and orphaned birds

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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.