Funding search · EIN 621540372 · Los Angeles, CA

Shayne 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.

60
grants reported
$3.1M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$6,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

  • Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program2 grants · $1.1M
  • Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program2 grants · $542,900
  • The Gay and Lesbian Fund of Vermont2 grants · $362,700
  • The Gay and Lesbian Fund of Vermont2 grants · $318,000
  • The Schoolhouse3 grants · $153,900
  • The Schoolhouse1 grant · $122,800
  • Meharry Medical College1 grant · $100,000
  • California Community Foundation1 grant · $82,500
  • World Education2 grants · $50,000
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$734,700
2022
$736,100
2023
$760,200
2024
$866,800
2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

  • $558,000

    Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Boston, MA · 2025

    A donor-advised fund to grant assets to public charities

  • $516,000

    Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Boston, MA · 2024

    A donor-advised fund to grant assets to charities

  • $360,400

    Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Boston, MA · 2023

    Increase philanthropic giving by administering a donor-advised fund to grant assets to charities

  • $186,000

    The Gay and Lesbian Fund of Vermont · Randolph, VT · 2025

    Promote the substantive, valuable contributions lgbtqa donors make to the broader community

  • $182,500

    The Gay and Lesbian Fund of Vermont · Randolph, VT · 2022

    Promote the substantive, valuable contributions LGBTQA donors make to the broader community

  • $182,500

    Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Boston, MA · 2022

    Increase philanthropic giving by administering a donor-advised fund to grant assets to charities

  • $180,200

    The Gay and Lesbian Fund of Vermont · Randolph, VT · 2023

    Promote the substantive, valuable contributions LGBTQA donors make to the broader community

  • $132,000

    The Gay and Lesbian Fund of Vermont · Randolph, VT · 2024

    Promote the substantive, valuable contributions lgbtqa donors make to the broader community

  • $122,800

    The Schoolhouse · Burlington, VT · 2025

    Educational scholarships & grants

  • $100,000

    Meharry Medical College · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Support for one of the nation's oldest and largest historically black academic health science centers dedicated to educating physicians, dentists, researchers, and health policy experts.

  • $92,200

    The Schoolhouse · S Burlington, VT · 2024

    Educational-scholarships & grants

  • $82,500

    California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Build Community Wealth by helping a broad base of local donors invest back into California's communities.

  • $31,500

    The Schoolhouse · S Burlington, VT · 2023

    Educational-scholarships & grants

  • $30,200

    The Schoolhouse · S Burlington, VT · 2022

    Educational-scholarships & grants

  • $25,000

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Independent non-profit organization that provides medical services throughout Middle Tennessee

  • $25,000

    World Education · Boston, MA · 2023

    Improves the quality of life through education for half a million children and adults in 22 countries

  • $25,000

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Independent non-profit organization that provides medical services throughout Middle Tennessee

  • $25,000

    World Education · Boston, MA · 2022

    Improves the quality of life through education for half a million children and adults in 22 countries

  • $20,000

    Vermont Stage · Burlington, VT · 2024

    Support performing arts in burlington, vy

  • $15,000

    New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    International development & relief services

  • $15,000

    New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    International development & relief services

  • $10,000

    Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies · New York, NY · 2023

    Pardes cultivates a life-long love of Jewish learning, the Jewish people and Israel

  • $10,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Food Assistance for Needy

  • $10,000

    Room in the Inn · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To provide programs that emphasize human development and recovery through education, self-help and work, for the homeless

  • $10,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Food Assistance for Needy

  • $10,000

    The Temple-Congregation Ohabai Shalom · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Religious Education

  • $9,000

    The Temple-Congregation Ohabai Shalom · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Religious Education

  • $7,500

    Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Working with communities and individuals to identify our natural and historic assets and protect them forever

  • $6,000

    Nashville Public Radio · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Commercial-free radio programing

  • $6,000

    University School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Educational-scholarships & grants

  • $6,000

    Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2023

    To provide an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world

  • $6,000

    Nashville Public Radio · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Commercial-free radio programing

  • $6,000

    University School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Educational-scholarships & grants

  • $6,000

    Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022

    To provide an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world

  • $5,000

    Doctors Without Borders · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Provides Emergency aid and medical care around the globe.

  • $5,000

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Provide legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes, etc.

  • $5,000

    Room in the Inn · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To provide programs that emphasize human development and recovery through education, self-help and work, for the homeless

  • $5,000

    Doctors Without Borders · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Provides Emergency aid and medical care around the globe.

  • $5,000

    Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Working with communities and individuals to identify our natural and historic assets and protect them forever

  • $4,500

    Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Provide legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes, etc.

  • $4,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    Create lasting solutions to our biggest environmental challenges.

  • $4,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and insure a safe and healthy environment for all livings things

  • $3,500

    Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Bringing people together to grow, cook and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.

  • $3,500

    Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Create lasting solutions to our biggest environmental challenges.

  • $3,500

    Nashville Public Television · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Commercial-free television programing

  • $3,500

    Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Inspires, entertains, and educates through excellence in musical performance

  • $3,500

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    Protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and insure a safe and healthy environment for all livings things

  • $3,000

    Legal Aid Society of Middle Tn · Naahville, TN · 2023

    To Advance, defend and enforce the legal rights of low-income and vulnerable people.

  • $3,000

    Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Inspires, entertains, and educates through excellence in musical performance

  • $3,000

    Unicefusa · New York, NY · 2023

    Fighting for children's rights and delivering the essentials every child needs for an equitable chance in life

  • $3,000

    Civil Rights Corps · Washington, DC · 2022

    Innovative, systememic civil rights litigation aimed at resensitizing our culture to the injustices of the contemporary American legal system

  • $3,000

    Legal Aid Society of Middle Tn · Naahville, TN · 2022

    To Advance, defend and enforce the legal rights of low-income and vulnerable people.

  • $3,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation

  • $2,500

    Open Table Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Housing initiatives. Committed to relational outreach which involves journeying with un-housed and precariously housed individuals and families.

  • $2,500

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation

  • $2,500

    The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2022

    Nonprofit, online journalism organization focusing on issues related to criminal justice in the US.

  • $2,000

    American Jewish Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023

    Advocate of religious freedom worldwide

  • $2,000

    The Contributor · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Help homeless neighbors establish their own micro-business and work their way into housing through selling an award-winning street newspaper

  • $2,000

    Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Bringing people together to grow, cook and share nourishing food, with the goals of cultivating community and alleviating hunger in our city.

  • $2,000

    Open Table Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Housing initiatives. Committed to relational outreach which involves journeying with un-housed and precariously housed individuals and families.

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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.