Grants for domestic violence shelters

Name: Top 25 grants made to women and family violence shelters
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,316 women and family violence shelters received at least $15.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,598 grants made from 1,677 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 1,677 foundations, 84% made just a single grant to domestic abuse orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more domestic abuse orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$15,360,656

Total grant dollars given to domestic violence shelters

2,598

Number of grants made annually to domestic violence shelters

1,677

Number of grantmakers funding domestic violence shelters

$1,500

Median grant size to domestic violence shelters

Foundations that support women and family violence shelters

Out of all grants made to domestic violence shelters, 79% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 67% of the dollar-value of grants to domestic abuse orgs. Foundations funding domestic abuse orgs also made grants to food banks, youth development programs, multiservice human service organizations, homeless shelters, and emergency assistance programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,341
Medium	186
Large	150

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	53
Private	1,381
Corporate	100
Other	143

Grants made

Grants made to domestic abuse orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,425
2-3	186
4-10	44
11+	22

Top 10 foundations supporting women and family violence shelters

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to domestic abuse orgs	Number of grants made to domestic abuse orgs	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.2%	95	$800
Community Foundation of Collier County	FL	National	0.5%	58	$2,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	47	$350
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.1%	37	$500
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.1%	33	$18
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	29	$100
Charity Partners Foundation	MA	National	1.1%	27	$32
The MakeSense Foundation	OK	National	7.2%	17	$2,500
Community Foundation of North Central Wi	WI	Metro	0.7%	17	$1,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.2%	17	$1,000

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Women and family violence shelters grantees

Domestic violence shelters with more than $5 million in total revenues received 69% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 29% of all domestic abuse orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	2,595
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	3

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,727
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	196
Florida	167
Texas	166
New York	158
Other	1,911

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	137
Chicago	106
Des Moines	101
Naples	84
Other	1,863

Top 25 grants made to domestic violence shelters

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio	$4,497,777	Annual Allocation, Youthabilities, Holocaust Survivors, Home Delivered Meals, Forward Focus, Coronavirus Relief, Response To Dementia, Scholarships, Capital Campaign, Annual Campaign, General Support	Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Women in Distress of Broward County	$2,779,400	Payment for Support of General Function of Domestic Abuse Shelters and Related Entities	Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV)
Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Childrens Hospital	$2,693,262	To Support Child Advocacy Programs	Nationwide Children's Hospital
Underground Railroad	$5,000	General Support	Orville and Helaine Lutz Memorial Trust
Shelter for Help in Emergency	$5,000	Charitable	Gayla S Harris and Kenneth M Bielak
Peace at Home Family Shelter	$5,000	Charitable	Don S Harris and Debra D Harris Family Charitable Trust
Young Women's Christian Association of Memphis Tennessee	$5,000	Common Ground	The Turley Foundation
Turning Point	$5,000	General Operating Support	L and H Foundation
Community Crisis Services	$5,000	Health	The Columbus Foundation
New Horizons Shelter and Outreach Centers	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Africentric Personal Development Shop (APDS)	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Concerned Citizens Against Violence Against Women	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Concerned Citizens Against Violence Against Women	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Safe Harbor	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Haven House of Pickaway County	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
The James House Intervention / Prevention Services	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Ywca of San Diego County	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Coburn Place Safehaven Ii	$5,000	To Fund Operations	MCR Foundation
The Julian Center	$5,000	To Fund Operations	MCR Foundation
Samaritan House	$5,000	Domestic Violence	Kelly and Linda Thorp Foundation
Wisconsin Rapids Family Center	$5,000	Operations	Robert W Clark Charitable Foundation
Women Aware	$5,000	Matching Gifts	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Alexandra House	$5,000	Human Services	The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation
Family Shelter Service	$5,000	Entreprenuership	The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Domestic violence shelters" category for this page is determined by the "P43: Family Violence Shelters and Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.