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William J Shaw Family Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 52-2177437 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.4M
Grants reported
19
Typical grant
$25K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: WILLIAM J SHAW FAMILY FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
20259$1.2M
202410$169.5K

Where William J Shaw Family Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

University of Notre Dame

NOTRE DAME, IN

$1MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General support grant

Dvs Legal Services

ROCKVILLE, MD

$50KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

RYE BROOK, NY

$50KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operating fund to support the cure for leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

All About You Adoptions

SIOUX FALLS, SD

$50KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General support grant

Dvs Legal Services

ROCKVILLE, MD

$50KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operating fund to support legal services for domestic violence survivors and families in need.

Showing 5 of the 19 largest grants (19 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from William J Shaw Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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