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 2022–2025. 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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Funding pattern
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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
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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