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Sheppard Foundation at a glance

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Sheppard Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$32kHealth$27kRecreation & Sports$24kReligion$10kPublic Benefit$9kCommunity Improvement$6kHuman Services$6kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$267k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$3,000
UAB SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY$2,500
TALLAHASSEE QUARTERBACK CLUB FOUNDATION$1,000
TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$1,000
PI KAPPA ALPHA FOUNDATION$1,000
QUARTERBACKING CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000
JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE$500
CARILLION BEACH CHAPEL$500
LEON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$500
ROTARY FOUNDATION$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%REFUGE HOUSE: $100 → 19%REFUGE HOUSE: $100 → 19%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

IL
NY
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Sheppard Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 0% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 12%.

Sheppard Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$117k · 34 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
12

Total granted

$117k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+16%

Still filing today

56%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AU
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $12k · revenue +83%
  • TQ
    TALLAHASSEE QUARTERBACK CLUB FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9k · revenue +23%
  • TJ
    THE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • FA
    FCA AUBURN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $500
  • RH
    RED HILLS JOURNALISM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $350
  • AA
    AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250 · revenue +36%
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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3
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
4
Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
5
The Florida State University Foundation Inc

The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…

Education
6
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
7
Shands Jacksonville Foundation Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Education
8
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc

The mission of the florida atlantic university foundation inc. is to encourage, promote, and provide funds and other resources for the benefit of florida atlantic university (a part of the florida state university system) in furtherance of…

Education
9
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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10
Flagler Health Care Foundation Inc

The organization's mission is to support uf health promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the…

Health
11
Augustana College

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…

Education
12
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 46 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC: $8,000 · OtherTHE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INCUAB SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY: $7,250 · OtherUAB SCHOOL OF DENTISTRYROTARY FOUNDATION: $6,100 · OtherROTARY FOUNDATIONAUBURN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY: $5,000 · OtherAUBURN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHARMACYAUBURN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $5,000 · OtherAUBURN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONAUBURN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $5,000 · OtherAUBURN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS1ST BAPTIST CHURCH - TALLAHASSEE FL: $5,000 · Other1ST BAPTIST CHURCH - TALLAHASSEE FLONE MORE CHILD INC: $5,000 · OtherONE MORE CHILD INCTALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $4,100 · OtherTALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INCCARILLON BEACH CHAPEL INC: $4,000 · OtherCARILLON BEACH CHAPEL INCUAB PEDIATRIC DENTAL GIFT FUND: $3,000 · Other+18 more: $8,725 · Other+18 moreAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $11,850 · EducationAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT…TALLAHASSEE QUARTERBACK CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $8,600 · EducationTALLAHASSEE QUARTERBACK C…Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation: $5,000 · EducationPi Kappa Alpha Foundation+2 more: $950 · EducationQuarterbacking Children's Health Foundation: $7,000 · PhilanthropyTALLAHASSEE QUARTERBACK CLUB: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,200 · Youth DevelopmentBig Bend Hospice Foundation Inc: $2,025 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,100 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $800 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global: $300 · HealthAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY FOUNDATION: $250 · HealthCAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthLEON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,900 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $200 · Animals
Other$66,175Education$26,400Philanthropy$7,000Recreation & Sports$6,000Youth Development$5,200Health$4,825Animals$3,100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $11,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTALLAHASSEE QUARTERBACK CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $8,600 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetQuarterbacking Children's Health Foundation: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTALLAHASSEE QUARTERBACK CLUB: $6,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPi Kappa Alpha Foundation: $5,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $4,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,900 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBig Bend Hospice Foundation Inc: $2,025 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAUBURN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWOOD MUSEUM AND GARDENS INC: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGE HOUSE INC: $300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEE'S PLACE: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $50 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 AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TALLAHASSEE QUARTERBACK CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Quarterbacking Children's Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TALLAHASSEE QUARTERBACK CLUB ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LEON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Big Bend Hospice Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GOODWOOD MUSEUM AND GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds RED HILLS JOURNALISM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Global ↗
  • Who funds REFUGE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Battlefield Trust ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEE'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Community Foundation …The Beatitude Foundat…Capital City Bank Gro…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of North Florida IncFL17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Florida Inc · The Beatitude Foundation Inc · Capital City Bank Group Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Sheppard Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sheppard Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Refuge House Inc: 10% of income from government
  • The National Federation of the Blind: 2% of income from government
  • Leon County Humane Society: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 46 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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