The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The filing describes a varied group of recipients, including schools, churches, health-care providers and community groups working on food, youth, arts, education and civic life, so a small organisation in one of those areas may find its work fits, though no set funding priorities are stated.
- Most of its grants are recorded simply as support, and half of its 41 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less, so a modest request is the realistic starting point.
- About 8 in 10 grants fall between $9,800 and $1,500,000, a typical band rather than a ceiling, since its largest grant was about $3,750,000.
- The filing lists applications as accepted year round with no deadlines, and although most grants go to Georgia and Florida, no geographic focus is stated, so that pattern should not be read as a rule on who may apply.
- Repeat funding made up 26% of its grant dollars to organisations, so returning recipients do feature, but a first-time applicant is not discouraged by these facts.
Overview
The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation is a US private foundation based in Dalton, GA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) 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
Across the filed grant record, most grants are recorded simply as support. Other stated purposes concern healthcare-system programmes and Christian heritage. Recipients include schools and colleges, churches and religious bodies, health-care providers and medical charities, alongside community organisations involved in food assistance, youth activities, arts, education and civic life. The record therefore documents a varied group of charitable recipients rather than a stated set of funding priorities or a published programme description. Giving is concentrated in Georgia, with additional grants recorded for organisations in Florida, Tennessee and Massachusetts.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Georgia and Florida.
How to apply
The filing lists submissions as year round.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 26% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 41 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 24% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 26% of grant dollars went to organisations The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 13% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 29 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Peacock Legacy Foundation Fund · Support$2,000,0002025 tax year
- Christian Heritage School · Support$2,000,0002025 tax year
- Dalton State College · Support$1,500,0002025 tax year
- 1ST Presbyterian Of Dalton · Support$150,0002025 tax year
- Bright School · Support$105,0002025 tax year
- Westwood Elementary School · Support$101,7002025 tax year
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation · Support$100,0002025 tax year
- Flooring Capital Development Corporation · Support$100,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Robert E Shaw — Trustee
- John Neal — Executive Director
- Robert Shaw JR — Trustee
- Susan Shaw Young — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $4,141,287 | $4,100,000 | $111,807,094 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,059,194 | $4,807,073 | $302,984,589 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $7,545,694 | $6,772,890 | $310,848,865 | Filing for 2025 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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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (706) 529-9658
- Dalton, GA