Funding search · EIN 208075507 · Norfolk, VA

Shearwater Foundation

Name: Shearwater 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.

77
grants reported: $5.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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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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.

Virginia Museum of History & Culture3 grants · $1.5M
Norfolk State University1 grant · $1.5M
Access College Foundation3 grants · $755,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation3 grants · $575,000
Vmi Foundation1 grant · $250,000
Buckley Country Day School3 grants · $90,000
United Way of South Hampton Roads3 grants · $75,000
Tidewater Friends of Foster Care3 grants · $75,000
Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation3 grants · $75,000
Mathews Community Foundation3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$278,500

2022

$274,500

2023

$4.7M

2024

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

$1.5M
Virginia Museum of History & Culture · Richmond, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$1.5M
Norfolk State University · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$735,000
Access College Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$525,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$250,000
Vmi Foundation · Lexington, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Buckley Country Day School · Roslyn, NY · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Buckley Country Day School · Roslyn, NY · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Buckley Country Day School · Roslyn, NY · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Tidewater Friends of Foster Care · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
United Way of South Hampton Roads · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Tidewater Friends of Foster Care · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
United Way of South Hampton Roads · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Tidewater Friends of Foster Care · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
United Way of South Hampton Roads · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Children'S Hospital of the King'S Daughters (Chkd) · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Elizabeth River Project · Portsmouth, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Foodbank of Southeastern Va · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Mathews Community Foundation · Mathews, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Norfolk Academy · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
The Salvation Army · Richmond, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
The Union Mission · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
The Up Center · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Access College Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Children'S Hospital of the King'S Daughters (Chkd) · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Elizabeth River Project · Portsmouth, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Foodbank of Southeastern Va · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Mathews Community Foundation · Mathews, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Norfolk Academy · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
The Salvation Army · Richmond, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
The Union Mission · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
The Up Center · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Virginia Museum of History & Culture · Richmond, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Access College Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Children'S Hospital of the King'S Daughters (Chkd) · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Elizabeth River Project · Portsmouth, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Foodbank of Southeastern Va · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Mathews Community Foundation · Mathews, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Norfolk Academy · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
The Salvation Army · Richmond, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
The Union Mission · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
The Up Center · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Virginia Museum of History & Culture · Richmond, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$7,500
The Deerwood Foundation · Lexington, MA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$7,500
The Deerwood Foundation · Lexington, MA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$7,500
The Deerwood Foundation · Lexington, MA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Chrysler Museum of Art · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Museum of the American Revolution · Yorktown, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Norfolk Botanical Gardens · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
The Mariners' Museum and Park · Newport News, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Virginia Symphony Orchestra · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Virginia Zoological Society · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Chrysler Museum of Art · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Museum of the American Revolution · Yorktown, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Norfolk Botanical Gardens · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
The Mariners' Museum and Park · Newport News, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Virginia Symphony Orchestra · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Virginia Zoological Society · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Chrysler Museum of Art · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Museum of the American Revolution · Yorktown, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Norfolk Botanical Gardens · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Slover Library Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
The Mariners' Museum and Park · Newport News, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Virginia Symphony Orchestra · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$5,000
Virginia Zoological Society · Norfolk, VA · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Boomer Esiason Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Slover Library Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2024
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Boomer Esiason Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Slover Library Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2023
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization
$1,000
Boomer Esiason Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To support tax-exempt purpose of organization

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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.