Robert And Virginia Shiller Foundation
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting charitable initiatives. Its mission centers around assisting recipients in fulfilling their charitable purposes, with a notable focus on healthcare, education, and community development. The foundation provides grants to a variety of organizations, including hospitals, educational institutions, and community organizations, reflecting a commitment to enhancing health services and educational opportunities. It primarily serves a diverse range of causes and populations, indicating a broad philanthropic interest.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A mission-aligned nonprofit (commonly public media, higher-education, health systems, or national public-interest organizations) that can be introduced to the trustees or is visible in the networks they monitor.
Good Fit
- • Work in public media, investigative journalism, healthcare, education, or similar fields seen among past grantees.
- • Project size matching past awards (many small-to-mid grants with occasional large gifts, e.g., $2.5K–$50K commonly and rare six-figure gifts).
- • A known relationship or warm referral to a trustee, previous grantee, or intermediary that the trustees use.
- • Geographic visibility in states the funder has supported (notably VA and CT among others).
Geography
Grants have gone to organizations across many states (9 states in 2024 and 17 states in 2022), though a single state (VA) received 58% of 2024 dollars.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded 14 distinct recipients in 2024 (43 in 2022) with a high rate of new recipients in the latest year, and only two recurring grantees across the observed period, indicating a broad and changing recipient set.
New Applicants
Behavior shows many one-off/new grantees (12 of 14 in 2024), but the foundation explicitly indicates it only funds preselected/invited organizations and no public application route is available, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to successfully apply without an introduction.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
