Funding search · EIN 226627837 · Charlottesville, VA

The Shen Family Foundation

Name: The Shen Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

79
grants reported: $3.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
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

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Top recipients

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New York City Ballet3 grants · $850,000
American Ballet Theatre Fdn2 grants · $520,000
Brooklyn Museum2 grants · $316,550
Princeton Ballet Society3 grants · $235,000
Brooklyn Institute of Arts1 grant · $186,250
Memorial Sloan-Kettering3 grants · $140,000
Signature Theatre2 grants · $135,000
Packer Collegiate Institute3 grants · $100,000
Ballet Society1 grant · $100,000
Green-Wood Historic Fund3 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

All 79 reported grants, largest first.

$350,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2024
General
$260,000
American Ballet Theatre Fdn · New York, NY · 2023
General
$260,000
American Ballet Theatre Fdn · New York, NY · 2022
General
$250,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2023
General
$250,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2022
General
$186,250
Brooklyn Institute of Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$159,550
Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$157,000
Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$110,000
Signature Theatre · New York, NY · 2022
General
$100,000
Ballet Society · New York, NY · 2024
General
$100,000
Princeton Ballet Society · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General
$75,000
Princeton Ballet Society · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General
$70,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General
$65,000
Masters School · Bobbs Ferry, NY · 2024
General
$60,000
Princeton Ballet Society · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General
$50,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering · New York, NY · 2024
General
$50,000
Transport Group · New York, NY · 2024
General
$50,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering · New York, NY · 2023
General
$50,000
New York City Center · New York, NY · 2022
General
$50,000
Packer Collegiate Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$40,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering · New York, NY · 2022
General
$40,000
Premiera · New York, NY · 2022
General
$35,000
Green-Wood Historic Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$35,000
The Vivian Beaumont Theatre · New York, NY · 2023
General
$30,000
Green-Wood Historic Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Alabama Shakespeare Festival · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General
$25,000
Packer Collegiate Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$25,000
Prospect Theater Company · New York, NY · 2024
General
$25,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Packer Collegiate Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Signature Theatre · New York, NY · 2023
General
$25,000
Eugene Oneill Theater Center · Waterford, CT · 2022
General
$25,000
Fiasco Theatre · New York, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Green-Wood Historic Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
Prospect Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022
General
$21,792
Theatre Latte Da · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General
$20,000
Mastervoices · New York, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Out of the Box Theatrics · New York, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Bay Street Theatre Festival · Sag Harbor, NY · 2023
General
$20,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
General
$20,000
Keen Company · New York, NY · 2022
General
$20,000
The Hope Program · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$20,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
General
$19,300
The Director'S Company · New York, NY · 2022
General
$15,000
Classic Stage Company · New York, NY · 2024
General
$15,000
Psclassics · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Masters School · Bobbs Ferry, NY · 2023
General
$15,000
Peter Foley Music Project · New York, NY · 2023
General
$15,000
The Hope Program · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$13,200
The Movement Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
General
$12,500
Red Bull Theater · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
New York City Center · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
The Hope Program · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
The Symphony Space · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Berkshire Theatre Group · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
General
$6,085
Bay Street Theatre Festival · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Peter Foley Music Project · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
City Squash · Bronx, NY · 2022
General
$5,000
New Amsterdam Presents · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$2,500
Bric · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$2,500
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$2,500
City Squash · Bronx, NY · 2024
General
$2,500
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General
$2,500
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield, CT · 2024
General
$2,500
Bric · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
City Squash · Bronx, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
Bric · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$2,500
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$2,500
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General
$2,000
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General
$1,000
The Acting Company · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
The Acting Company · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
Brooklyn Community Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General
$1,000
Penumbra Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,000
The Acting Company · New York, NY · 2022
General

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