Shell USA Company Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations, so do not send it an application; your route in is an invitation.
- Its recorded grants span education, health, food banks, religious, arts and humanitarian causes, and the filing states no geographic focus, though most grants go to Texas, Louisiana and the United States.
- Most grants are small, with about 8 in 10 falling between $100 and $8,000 and a median of $1,000, so a modest request is the realistic size; the largest grant was about $365,000, so that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- Grant dollars are heavily repeat, with 91% going to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so its giving leans towards existing relationships.
- The filing gives no timing for approaches.
Overview
Shell USA Company Foundation is a US private foundation based in Houston, TX.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filing records grants across a broad mix of charitable organisations rather than a single recipient type. Recipients include universities and other educational institutions, schools, hospitals and health organisations, food banks and community-service charities, religious organisations, arts and cultural organisations, and humanitarian relief organisations. Its largest recipient-state totals are in Texas and Louisiana, but the record covers 52 states. The filing says contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; it gives no further public account of eligibility or the uses grants must support.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Texas, Louisiana and the United States.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 14,832 grants to organisations were $1,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 10%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 19%
- The largest single recipient received 2% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 91% of grant dollars went to organisations Shell USA Company Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 6% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 4,649 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $1,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- ST Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc · 290782.06$290,7822024 tax year
- Houston Food Bank · 237697.17$237,6972024 tax year
- United Way of Greater Houston · 188718.62$188,7192024 tax year
- Star of Hope Mission · 119514.1$119,5142024 tax year
- United Way of St. Charles · 106834.7$106,8352024 tax year
- University of Texas Foundation · 98285.03$98,2852024 tax year
- The Awty International School · 95620$95,6202024 tax year
- Texas A&M Foundation · 92460.2$92,4602024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Olga A Stevens — Director
- Gretchen H Walkins — Director
- Kate H Yan — Treasurer and Controller
- John S Misso — Director
- Frazier Wilson — Vice President
- Linda L Meagher — Assistant Secretary
- Watkins Gretchen H — Director
- Lynn S Borgmeier — Secretary
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $17,818,294 | $17,071,931 | $52,614,321 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $21,067,352 | $19,642,124 | $8,943,090 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $16,880,470 | $16,017,669 | $8,943,090 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
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Applying to Shell USA Company Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Houston, TX