Kentucky · Private foundation
Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $18k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $144k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 13 | $18k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $12k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $8k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $12k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $11k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $9k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $6k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paws With Purpose Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Second Chances Wildlife Center | $11,250 | 9 | 1% |
| Primate Rescue Center | $11,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Can Do Canines | $7,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc | $6,250 | 9 | 0% |
| The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | $5,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Paws With A Cause | $5,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Wildcat Sanctuary | $5,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Kentucky Pets Alive Inc | $3,250 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paws With Purpose Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Second Chances Wildlife Center | $11,250 | 9 | 1% |
| Primate Rescue Center | $11,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Can Do Canines | $7,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc | $6,250 | 9 | 0% |
| The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | $5,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Paws With A Cause | $5,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Wildcat Sanctuary | $5,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Kentucky Pets Alive Inc | $3,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Col Potter Cairn Rescue Network | $1,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Oldham County | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tribe Animal Sanctuary Inc | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Logan County Humane Society Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Medical Mutts Service Dogs Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Nation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Turpentine Creek Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (90%), Human Services (9%), Public Benefit (1%).
- Who are Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Paws With Purpose Inc ($18k), Second Chances Wildlife Center ($11k), Primate Rescue Center ($11k).
- Does Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc.
- Where is Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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