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Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$82kHuman Services$9kPublic Benefit$1k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$144k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Second Chances Wildlife Center$2,000
Kentucky Humane Society$2,000
Primate Rescue Center$2,000
Can Do Canines$2,000
Paws With A Cause$1,500
The Elephant Sanctuary$1,500
Southeastern Guide Dogs$1,500
Leader Dogs for the Blind$1,500
Wildcat Sanctuary$1,000
Humane Society of Oldham County$1,000
Kentucky Pets Alive$750
Saving Paws Animal Rescue$750
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Southeastern Guide Dogs: $2k → 10%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $2k → 8%Paws With A Cause: $2k → 10%Southeastern Guide Dogs: $2k → 10%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $2k → 8%Paws With A Cause: $2k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $500 → 10%Paws With A Cause: $500 → 10%Southeastern Guide Dogs: $500 → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $500 → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $500 → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $500 → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $500 → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $500 → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $500 → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $500 → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $500 → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $250 → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
NY
IN
PA
CA
CO
KY
AR
TN
HI
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$86k · 16 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
6

Total granted

$86k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
0%

Still filing today

88%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PW
    PAWS WITH PURPOSE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $18k · revenue +65%
  • SC
    SECOND CHANCES WILDLIFE CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +89%
  • PR
    PRIMATE RESCUE CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • PP
    Pacific Primate Society
    one grant, 2024 · $750
  • IC
    Indiana Canine Assisstance Network
    one grant, 2023 · $500
  • MM
    Medical Mutts Service Dogs Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $500 · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Where the Wild Things Are Rescue in

The rescue and rehabilitation of canines.

Animals
2
Raskels Rescue
Animals
3
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
4
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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5
Purple Paws 2nd Chance Rescue
Animals
6
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
7
Paws and Claws Animal Welfare Society Inc

Animal Rescue

Animals
8
Lexis Legacy Animal Rescue
Religion
9
Paws Claws Exotics

A sanctuary for unfortunate animals

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10
From the Heart Animal Sanctuary
Animals
11
Platte Ranch Forever Home Sanctuary
Animals
12
Happy Tails Animal Sanctuary
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wildcat Sanctuary; the most unlike its peers is Paws With Purpose Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECOND CHANCES WILDLIFE CENTER: $11,250 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCES WILDLIFE CENTERPRIMATE RESCUE CENTER: $11,000 · AnimalsPRIMATE RESCUE CENTERTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $5,750 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEETHE WILDCAT SANCTUARY: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE WILDCAT SANCTUARYKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $3,500 · AnimalsKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUEKENTUCKY PETS ALIVE INC: $3,250 · AnimalsKENTUCKY PETS ALIVE INCCOL POTTER CAIRN RESCUE NETWORK: $1,750 · Animals+4 more: $2,250 · AnimalsPAWS WITH PURPOSE INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesPAWS WITH PURPOSE INCSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $6,250 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs IncPaws With A Cause: $5,500 · Human ServicesPaws With A CauseLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $3,000 · Human ServicesLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLINDCAN DO CANINES: $7,250 · OtherCAN DO CANINESMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT SIDEKICK FOUN: $1,250 · OtherMARA ELEPHANT PR…HUMANE SOCIETY OF OLDHAM COUNTY: $1,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY O…Tribe Animal Sanctuary Inc: $1,000 · OtherTribe Animal San…Saving Paws Animal Rescue: $750 · OtherSaving Paws Anim…Pacific Primate Society: $750 · OtherPacific Primate …Indiana Canine Assisstance Network: $500 · OtherTHE DOLPIN PROJECT: $500 · OtherPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $1,000 · Public BenefitTURPENTINE CREEK FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Environment
Animals$43,750Human Services$32,750Other$13,000Public Benefit$1,000Environment$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPAWS WITH PURPOSE INC: $18,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSECOND CHANCES WILDLIFE CENTER: $11,250 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetPRIMATE RESCUE CENTER: $11,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $7,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $6,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $5,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $5,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDCAT SANCTUARY: $5,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKENTUCKY PETS ALIVE INC: $3,250 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOL POTTER CAIRN RESCUE NETWORK: $1,750 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOGAN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMedical Mutts Service Dogs Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL NATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURPENTINE CREEK FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds PAWS WITH PURPOSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCES WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PRIMATE RESCUE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CAN DO CANINES ↗
  • Who funds Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds Paws With A Cause ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDCAT SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY PETS ALIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds COL POTTER CAIRN RESCUE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF OLDHAM COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds LOGAN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Medical Mutts Service Dogs Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL NATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TURPENTINE CREEK FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Honorable Order of Ke…Mightycause Charitabl…Leslie L Alexander Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels IncKY13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Shelp Charitable Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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