· Private foundation
Shepherd Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $155k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST SCHOLASTICA MONASTERY | $50,000 |
| GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | $30,000 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH | $25,000 |
| WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRY | $25,000 |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| TURNING POINT USA | $25,000 |
| ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| INJURED POLICE OFFICERS FUND | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION3× · 2018–2020 · $250k · revenue +87%
- NCN C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC4× · 2019–2022 · $51k · revenue +33%
- IPINJURED POLICE OFFICERS FUND2× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- MCMAYO CLINICone grant, 2021 · $25k
- BHBENEDICTINE HEALTH CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +31%
- AKAMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -9%
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.
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.
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
To reduce the number of homeless pets through adoption, rescue and spay and neuter programs.
K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…
The mission of the veterinary medical association executives is to help veterinary medical association executives create thriving organizations and provide effective leadership within the veterinary profession.
The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.
The humane society of utah is dedicated to the elimination of pain, fear, and suffering in all animals. in 2024, hsu provided over 13,000 affordable spay/neuter surgeries, administered 121,000 vaccinations, adopted 6,363 pets into loving…
In the spirit of service, not self, the mission of the american legion auxiliary is to support the american legion and to honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military, and their families, both at…
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds N C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds Arizona Humane Society ↗
- Who funds CARS AGAINST CRIME INC ↗
- Who funds BENEDICTINE HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds INJURED POLICE OFFICERS FUND ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RETIRED PAWS ↗
- Who funds HAPPY TAILS RESCUE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Hospice of the Valley ↗
- Who funds GREATER LAKE SYLVIA ASSOCIATION 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.
Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Shepherd Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shepherd Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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