The Chris & Carrie Shumway Foundation

• If your work fits the foundation's stated themes of education equity, self-empowerment or social services, it is worth checking further, but the filing states no geographic focus, so your area should not on its own rule you in or out.
• The foundation makes contributions only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation that has not been invited should not send one; a warm introduction through someone who already knows the foundation is the realistic route.
• Relationships matter a great deal here, since 98% of its grant dollars to organisations in its most recent filing went to organisations it had also funded in the two filings before.
• Half of its 28 grants to organisations across its three most recent filings were $57,500 or less, so a modest request is most in line with its giving, although about 8 in 10 grants fall between $7,500 and $4,150,000 and its largest grant was $4,200,000, so that band is typical rather than a limit.
• The filing gives no timing for grant decisions, so nothing here sets a deadline.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Harvard University · Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
  $4,125,0002024 tax year
• University of Virginia · To provide administrative services to university entities, university associated organizations, or other entitiesinvolved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real property for the benefitof the university. to that end, the foundation shall engage in real estate activities for one or more of thefollowing reasons: to support the university's primary programs; to provide an investment return; to provide forthe real estate needs of the university for the next 100 years; and to improve the university's boundaries andentrances. to use and administer gifts, grants, bequests, and devises for the benefit of the university.
  $2,550,0002024 tax year
• Deerfield Academy · Deerfield academy is an independent secondary school committed to high standards of scholarship, citizenship, and personal responsibility. through a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, extensive co-curricular program, and supportive residential environment, deerfield encourages each student to develop an inquisitive and creative mind, sound body, and strong moral character.
  $526,0002024 tax year
• Charlotte Hornets Foundation · The foundation supports the enrichment of those in need, especially (continued in sch 0) children, in the charlotte area through community outreach and supporting other orgs with similar goals.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Oxbridge Academy Foundation · To empower students through a distinctive curriculum an enriching environment and an expert faculty to navigate through their educational journey
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Vanderbilt University · Is a center for scholarly research informed and creative teaching and service to the community and society at large
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Rise for REW · Supports sudden infant death syndrome research and organizations offering support for families who have experienced the loss of a child
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Tiny Miracles Foundation · Dedicated to helping families of premature infants in fairfield and new haven counties, connecticut by providing support.
  $10,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.