Carter Chapman Shreve Family Foundation

About Carter Chapman Shreve Family Foundation

The Carter Chapman Shreve Family Foundation stands out for repeated large grants to the State University of Iowa Foundation’s Wahls Therapeutic Lifestyle Fund, including multiple awards of $500,000 and $100,000 to support research connected to Dr. Terry Wahls. That pattern sits alongside major unrestricted gifts to GiveDirectly and Mercy Corps, showing a mix of research funding, poverty alleviation, and humanitarian response. Across the recent grants listed, the foundation works through established institutions rather than individuals, with awards that are often sizable enough to function as core support for program or research activity. Its portfolio also includes support for disaster-related relief and recovery, such as grants tied to the Turkey-Syria earthquake and wildfire response, as well as general operating support for nonprofits and academic institutions. The grant list shows recurring support over several years to some organizations, especially the Iowa research fund, GiveDirectly, and Mercy Corps. That continuity suggests a funding style built around a few ongoing relationships rather than a wide spread of one-time awards. The foundation’s giving reaches both U.S.-based service organizations and university-linked research efforts, with a consistent preference for grants that can be used flexibly or applied to defined research or relief purposes.

What Carter Chapman Shreve Family Foundation Funds

In therapeutic lifestyle and clinical research, the foundation repeatedly supported the State University of Iowa Foundation for the Wahls Therapeutic Lifestyle Fund, including grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The same recipient also received funding for research led by Dr. Terry Wahls and for research of Terry Wahls, indicating a clear interest in investigator-led work. For poverty alleviation, GiveDirectly received multiple unrestricted grants, including a $600,000 award in 2025 and $400,000 awards in 2023 and 2024. In humanitarian relief, Mercy Corps received unrestricted support in 2023, 2024, and 2025, with amounts ranging from $300,000 to $500,000. The foundation also funded disaster response through named relief vehicles, including the Turkey-Syria earthquake fund at GiveDirectly and the Wildfire Fund at Community Foundation. These grants show support for both global emergencies and U.S.-based disaster recovery.

How Carter Chapman Shreve Family Foundation Gives