Washington · Private foundation
Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $434k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $67,174
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $434k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $400k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $326k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $372k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $406k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $324k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $357k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $354k | 32% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Pomeroy | $576,444 | 9 | n/a |
| Washington State University Foundation | $425,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Pomeroy School District | $349,737 | 9 | n/a |
| Pomeroy Community Center | $107,391 | 5 | n/a |
| Garfield County | $92,512 | 3 | n/a |
| Garfield County Food Bank | $53,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Pomeroy Swim Team | $43,452 | 4 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Symphony Society Inc | $19,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Garfield County Fire District #1 | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Pomeroy | $576,444 | 9 | n/a |
| Washington State University Foundation | $425,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Pomeroy School District | $349,737 | 9 | n/a |
| Pomeroy Community Center | $107,391 | 5 | n/a |
| Garfield County | $92,512 | 3 | n/a |
| Garfield County Food Bank | $53,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Pomeroy Swim Team | $43,452 | 4 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Symphony Society Inc | $19,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Garfield County Fire District #1 | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Quality Behavioral Health | $6,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Garfield County Pioneer Association | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Pomeroy Community Connection | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Holy Rosary | $4,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Touchet Valley Soccer | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pirate Booster Club | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pomeroy Community Garden | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the Nazarene | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homes of Hope A Christian Nonprofit Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), 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: Blue Mountain Community Foundation · Innovia Foundation · Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation with peer funders
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About Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation
- How much does Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation give?
- Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $434,492 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Public Benefit (24%), Health (4%).
- Who are Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Pomeroy ($576k), Washington State University Foundation ($425k), Pomeroy School District ($350k).
- Does Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Mountain Community Foundation, Innovia Foundation, Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation.
- Where is Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation based?
- Harold & Helen Shepherd Foundation is based in WA.
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