West Virginia · Public charity
Shepherd University Foundation Inc
Provide scholarships and awards for students attending shepherd university, shepherdstown, wv and provide assistance and support for faculty, facilities and programs of the university.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $36,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,071,036
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $49M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Shepherd University Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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 | 7 | $1.3M | 43% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $1.5M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $752k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $921k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $183k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $211k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $131k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $90k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd University | $4,566,211 | 9 | n/a |
| Shepherdstown Public Library Foundation Inc | $62,875 | 2 | 22% |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | $60,250 | 4 | 13% |
| Eastern Area Health Education | $49,725 | 3 | 24% |
| Casa of the Eastern Panhandle Inc | $41,125 | 2 | 5% |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle Inc | $39,563 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Networks Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Camp Frame 4-H Association Inc | $36,250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $36,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Jefferson County Community Ministries Inc | $35,500 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd University | $4,566,211 | 9 | n/a |
| Shepherdstown Public Library Foundation Inc | $62,875 | 2 | 22% |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | $60,250 | 4 | 13% |
| Eastern Area Health Education | $49,725 | 3 | 24% |
| Casa of the Eastern Panhandle Inc | $41,125 | 2 | 5% |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle Inc | $39,563 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Networks Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Camp Frame 4-H Association Inc | $36,250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $36,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Jefferson County Community Ministries Inc | $35,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Shenandoah Community Health Foundation | $31,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkeley County Meals on Wheels Inc | $31,250 | 2 | 3% |
| Semper Liberi Incorporated | $30,750 | 1 | 31% |
| Catholic Charities West Virginia Inc | $29,835 | 1 | 0% |
| A Farm Less Ordinary | $29,835 | 1 | 7% |
| Good Samaritan Free Clinic Inc | $28,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkeley County Committee on Aging Inc | $21,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Literacy Volunteers of The | $14,082 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls on the Run of the Shenandoah Valley | $11,833 | 1 | 8% |
Where it is load-bearing
Shepherd University Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation · United Way of the Eastern Panhandle · Bowles Rice Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Shepherd University Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Shepherd University Foundation Inc
- How much does Shepherd University Foundation Inc give?
- Shepherd University Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $1,314,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shepherd University Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (89%), Health (3%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Shepherd University Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Shepherd University ($4.6M), Shepherdstown Public Library Foundation Inc ($63k), Contemporary American Theater Festival ($60k).
- Does Shepherd University Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Shepherd University Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation, United Way of the Eastern Panhandle, Bowles Rice Foundation.
- Where is Shepherd University Foundation Inc based?
- Shepherd University Foundation Inc is based in WV.
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