The Shockey Foundation concentrates its giving on a small set of cultural, educational, and local health-related institutions, with large, multi‑year gifts to familiar organizations rather than many tiny awards. Major support goes to higher education scholarships, arts and museum organizations, and locally oriented health and eldercare charities; it also shows a specific interest in institutions tied to American history and civic memory. Recurring grants to a few named recipients suggest long‑term relationships rather than one‑off funding.
A $200,000 scholarship grant to Roanoke College anchors the Shockey Foundation’s recent giving and points to a funder that backs a narrow set of institutions with sizable, recurring support. Across the grants list, the foundation favors higher education, museums, historic institutions, and local health-related charities, often returning to the same organizations over multiple years. That pattern appears in support for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum, and The Laurel Center, alongside gifts to regional colleges and medical causes. The foundation’s giving also reaches organizations connected to American history and civic memory, including the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum and the National Sporting Library & Museum. In arts and culture, it has supported both major institutions and performance groups, such as the Grand Teton Music Festival. Health-related grants include indigent care and medical research, showing that the Shockey Foundation funds both institutional operating needs and targeted program purposes. Its recent activity suggests a relationship-driven grantmaker that concentrates resources in a small number of named recipients rather than dispersing many small awards.
Education appears through scholarship support at regional colleges. In 2024, the foundation gave $200,000 to Roanoke College for scholarships, and it also awarded $10,000 to the same college in 2023 for scholarships. Arts and culture are another clear thread: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts received $50,000 for its annual campaign in 2023, another $50,000 in 2024, and $50,000 for a capital campaign in 2025. Historic and civic institutions also received steady backing. The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum was supported with $50,000 in 2023, $50,000 in 2024, and $25,000 in 2025 for operating funds. Health-oriented grantmaking includes $25,000 to Our Health for indigent health care and $20,000 to Skin Cancer Foundation for medical research.
Typical grants cluster at meaningful mid-sized levels, with a p25 of $10,000, median of $25,000, and p75 of $50,000. The distribution also includes one much larger scholarship award at $200,000. The record shows repeated support to the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025, including multiple gifts to arts and historic institutions. The foundation appears to be a grantmaking entity rather than an operating charity, and it does not make program-related investments. Its gifts are documented as direct grants rather than an application-driven open call.
$75K
$4K
$1K
$83K
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$50K
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Concentrated giving with a few large grants dominating total dollars; repeat support to longstanding grantees and a mix of unrestricted/annual campaign and operating gifts rather than many small pilot awards.
Notable grantees: Roanoke College, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum, Grand Teton Music Festival, The Laurel Center
Giving is regional and heavily concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 73% of grants. Recent recipient cities in the state include Salem, Richmond, Winchester, Staunton, Front Royal, and Middleburg. Outside Virginia, the foundation’s grants reached Wilson and Jackson in Wyoming, New York, New York, and Nantucket, Massachusetts. All recorded grants in the current data went to U.S. recipients.
The foundation gives to higher education scholarships, arts and museum organizations, historic and civic institutions, and local health-related charities. Recent grants include scholarships at Roanoke College, annual and capital support for Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, operating funds for the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum, and indigent health care support through Our Health.
The grant-size distribution is centered in the mid-five-figure range: p25 is $10,000, the median is $25,000, and p75 is $50,000. The list also includes a larger outlier at $200,000 for scholarships at Roanoke College.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025; the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Roanoke College received scholarship support in both 2023 and 2024.
Its grantmaking is concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 73% of grants. Recent Virginia recipients include organizations in Salem, Richmond, Winchester, Staunton, Front Royal, and Middleburg.
The foundation’s grants include scholarships, annual fund support, operating funds, capital campaign support, benevolent endowment funding, general fund grants, sponsor support, and indigent health care support. That mix shows both unrestricted and purpose-specific funding.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | RICHMOND, VA | $50,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL campaign |
| WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL | STAUNTON, VA | $25,000 | 2025 | operating fund |
| ROANOKE COLLEGE | SALEM, VA | $200,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM | STAUNTON, VA | $50,000 | 2024 | OPERATING FUND |
| VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | RICHMOND, VA | $50,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL CAMPAIGN |
| GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL | WILSON, WY | $35,000 | 2024 | SPONSOR |
| NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY & MUSEUM | MIDDLEBURG, VA | $25,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL CAMPAIGN |
| VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES | RICHMOND, VA | $5,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL CAMPAIGN |
| WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM | STAUNTON, VA | $50,000 | 2023 | OPERATING FUND |
| VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | RICHMOND, VA | $50,000 | 2023 | ANNUAL CAMPAIGN |
| THE LAUREL CENTER | WINCHESTER, VA | $50,000 | 2023 | ANNUAL FUND |
| THE VILLAGE AT ORCHARD RIDGE | WINCHESTER, VA | $40,000 | 2023 | BENEVOLENT ENDOWMENT FUND |
| WARREN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | FRONT ROYAL, VA | $25,000 | 2023 | ANNUAL FUND |
| OUR HEALTH | WINCHESTER, VA | $25,000 | 2023 | INDIGENT HEALTH CARE |
| GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL | WILSON, WY | $24,000 | 2023 | SPONSOR |
| SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2023 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| ROANOKE COLLEGE | SALEM, VA | $10,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS |
| ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | JACKSON, WY | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL FUND |
| ST JOHN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION | JACKSON, WY | $5,000 | 2023 | INDIGENT HEALTH CARE |
| NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOC | NANTUCKET, MA | $5,000 | 2023 | ANNUAL FUND |
| VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES | RICHMOND, VA | $5,000 | 2023 | ANNUAL CAMPAIGN |
| VIRGINIA COLLEGE FUND | RICHMOND, VA | $250 | 2023 | GENERAL FUND |
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
$50,000CAPITAL campaign
WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL
$25,000operating fund
WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
$50,000OPERATING FUND
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
$50,000ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
SPONSOR
NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY & MUSEUM
$25,000ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
$50,000OPERATING FUND
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
$50,000ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
THE LAUREL CENTER
$50,000ANNUAL FUND
THE VILLAGE AT ORCHARD RIDGE
$40,000BENEVOLENT ENDOWMENT FUND
WARREN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$25,000ANNUAL FUND
OUR HEALTH
$25,000INDIGENT HEALTH CARE
SKIN CANCER FOUNDATION
$20,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$10,000GENERAL FUND
VIRGINIA COLLEGE FUND
$250GENERAL FUND