The Shared Fund
Bloomington, MN · EIN 41-1797725. Reported 153 grants totalling $689,366 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Shared Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $360 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Symphony Orchestra | San Diego, CA | $158,681 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mingei International Museum | San Diego, CA | $69,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Various Charitable | Falls Church, VA | $45,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Coast Repertory Theatre | Solana Beach, CA | $39,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Give Tax Free | Fredericksburg, VA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Temple Solel | Cardiffbythesea, CA | $24,025 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $23,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Conflict Resolution Center | Minneapolis, MN | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| La Jolla Music Society | La Jolla, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Voices for Children | Owosso, MI | $19,450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of Photographic Art | San Diego, CA | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seacrest Foundation | Encinitas, CA | $16,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of San Diego County | San Diego, CA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family and Children's Service | Golden Valley, MN | $13,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Diego Museum of Art | San Diego, CA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kpbs | San Diego, CA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wild Salmon Center | Portland, OR | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Okc | Okalahoma City, OK | $6,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dakota Child & Family Clinic | Burnsville, MN | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abundance Educational Institute | Yazoo City, MS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Avera Marshall Foundation | Marshall, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Desire Childcare Organization | Suwanee, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guthrie | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Contemporary Art | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seeds Worth Sewing | Harlan, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Skidmore Fund | Sarasota Springs, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Minneapolis Institute of Arts | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heifer International | Little Rock, AR | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Diego Humane Society | San Diego, CA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Scripps Health Foundation | La Jolla, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ucsd Foundation Inc | La Jolla, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cure Epilepsy | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Feeding San Diego | San Diego, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harlem Academy | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| La Jolla Playhouse | La Jolla, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North County Food Bank | San Diego, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rancho Coastal Humane Society | Encinitas, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Diego Zoo Critical Needs | San Diego, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Serving Seniors | Edina, MN | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | $2,050 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Tay-Sachs & Allied | Brighton, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Diego River Valley Conservatory | San Diego, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shelter to Soldier | Oceanside, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Minnesota Landscape Arboritum Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Historical Society | Minneapolis, MN | $1,360 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mazon | Sherman Oaks, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minneapolis Jewish Community Foundation | Minnetonka, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Ms Society | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action | Manhattan Beach, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Mpls | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sholom Covid-19 Fund | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Together Rising | Falls Church, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zoom House | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Promises to Kids | San Diego, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Diego Repertory Theatre | San Diego, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
44 of 62 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 88 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $212,800 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $172,950 | $1,275 |
| 2023 | 42 | $131,716 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 40 | $171,900 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 66% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Shared Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 8500 Normandale Lake Blvd 350, Bloomington, MN, 55437. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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