Delaware · Private foundation
Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $29k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $942k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $29k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $22k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $52k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $40k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Second Chance for Ziva Inc | $127,500 | 6 | 32% |
| William & Mary Business School Foundation | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $41,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Grace Episcopal Church | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sigma Chi Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Futures and Options Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kuemper Catholic School Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation
- How much does Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation give?
- Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $28,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (45%), Education (26%), Health (16%).
- Who are Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: A Second Chance for Ziva Inc ($128k), William & Mary Business School Foundation ($65k), The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($41k).
- Does Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation based?
- Good Shepherd of Darien Foundation is based in DE.
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