Funding search · EIN 462152884 · Boston, MA

William and Gertrude Shelley

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

80
grants reported
$600,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
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

communityeducationalanimalwelfarebusinesscenterculturalfoster

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Top recipients

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  • Camp Takumta4 grants · $100,000
  • Museum of Fine Arts4 grants · $80,000
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation4 grants · $80,000
  • Preeclampsia Foundation4 grants · $40,000
  • University of Washington Foundation4 grants · $40,000
  • March of Dimes4 grants · $20,000
  • Aunt Dot'S Place2 grants · $20,000
  • The Merrymac Farm Sanctuary2 grants · $20,000
  • Children'S Literacy Foundation4 grants · $20,000
  • Live Love Animal Rescue3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$150,000
2022
$150,000
2023
$150,000
2024
$150,000
2025

Grant history

All 80 reported grants, largest first.

  • $25,000

    Camp Takumta · South Hero, VT · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Camp Takumta · South Hero, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Camp Takumta · South Hero, VT · 2023

    Community

  • $25,000

    Camp Takumta · South Hero, VT · 2022

    Community

  • $20,000

    Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    General charitable

  • $20,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2023

    Cultural/educational

  • $20,000

    Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    General charitable

  • $20,000

    Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022

    Cultural/educational

  • $10,000

    Aunt Dot'S Place · Essex Junction, VT · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Preeclampsia Foundation · Melbourne, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    The Merrymac Farm Sanctuary · Charlotte, VT · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Aunt Dot'S Place · Essex Junction, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Preeclampsia Foundation · Melbourne, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    The Merrymac Farm Sanctuary · Charlotte, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Preeclampsia Foundation · Melbourne, FL · 2023

    General charitable

  • $10,000

    Storybrook Farm Sanctuary · Waterbury, VT · 2023

    Animal welfare

  • $10,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General educational- runstead center and foster school of business

  • $10,000

    National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General charitable

  • $10,000

    Preeclampsia Foundation · Melbourne, FL · 2022

    General charitable

  • $10,000

    University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General educational- runstead center and foster school of business

  • $8,000

    Aunt Dot'S Place Co Kitty Daly · Essex Junction, VT · 2023

    Community

  • $7,000

    U N High Council On Refugess · Washington, DC · 2022

    Community

  • $6,000

    Aunt Dot'S Place Co Kitty Daly · Essex Junction, VT · 2022

    Community

  • $5,000

    Children'S Literacy Foundation · Waterbury, VT · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Friends of Orange County'S Homeless Pets · Menifee, CA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Homeward Bound · Middlebury, VT · 2025

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Laura'S House · Aliso Viejo, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Live Love Animal Rescue · Long Beach, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Children'S Literacy Foundation · Waterbury, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Fochp · Menifee, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Laura'S House · Aliso Viejo, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Live Love Animal Rescue · Long Beach, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Burlington, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Children'S Literacy Foundation · Waterbury, VT · 2023

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Laura'S House · Aliso Viejo, CA · 2023

    General charitable

  • $5,000

    Live Love Animal Rescue · Long Beach, CA · 2023

    General charitable

  • $5,000

    March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General charitable

  • $5,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Burlington, VT · 2023

    Community

  • $5,000

    The Little Red Dog · Laguna Hills, CA · 2023

    Community

  • $5,000

    Children'S Literacy Foundation · Waterbury, VT · 2022

    Educational

  • $5,000

    March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General charitable

  • $5,000

    National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable

  • $5,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Burlington, VT · 2022

    Community

  • $5,000

    St Jude'S Research Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Medical

  • $5,000

    We Need Diverse Books · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    Educational

  • $3,000

    Animal Welfare Institute · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $3,000

    Dorset Equine Rescue · East Dorset, VT · 2025

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    Animal Welfare Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Flynn Center for Performing Arts · Burlington, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Animal Welfare Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Animal welfare

  • $3,000

    Dartmouth Natural Resources · Dartmouth, MA · 2023

    General charitable

  • $3,000

    Flynn Center for Performing Arts · Burlington, VT · 2023

    Community

  • $3,000

    Orange County Rescue Mission · Tustin, CA · 2022

    General charitable

  • $2,000

    American Humane Society · Washington, DC · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    Chittenden County Humane Society · South Burlington, VT · 2025

    General purposes

  • $2,000

    Nami · Williston, VT · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    American Humane Society · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Nami · Williston, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    Vermont Foodbank · Barre, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $2,000

    American Humane Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    Animal rescue

  • $2,000

    Best Friends Animal Society · Kana, UT · 2023

    Animal welfare

  • $2,000

    National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General charitable

  • $2,000

    Vt Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2023

    Community

  • $2,000

    Autism Speaks · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    Animal rescue

  • $2,000

    Dartmouth Natural Resources · Dartmouth, MA · 2022

    General charitable

  • $2,000

    Vt Food Bank · Barre, VT · 2022

    Community

  • $2,000

    Wellesley Conservation Land Trust · Welleley Hills, MA · 2022

    General charitable

  • $1,000

    Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust · Dartmouth, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust · Dartmouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Jamboree Housing · Irving, CA · 2022

    Community

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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.