Alabama · Private foundation
The Good Shepherd Foundation
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.
- $103k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $24,232
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 33
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Good Shepherd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 30 | $102k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $114k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $115k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $72k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $86k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of the Cumberlands Inc | $86,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samford University | $34,031 | 4 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $11,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Greater Birmingham Humane Society Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Bible Society | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Foundry Ministries Inc | $4,250 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of the Cumberlands Inc | $86,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samford University | $34,031 | 4 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $11,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Greater Birmingham Humane Society Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Bible Society | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Foundry Ministries Inc | $4,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $2,450 | 6 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank of Central Alabama | $1,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Cooperative Downtown Ministries Inc | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Brother Bryan Mission | $1,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Arc of Central Alabama Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| All Secure Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Downtown Jimmie Hale Mission | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($356k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Good Shepherd Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Community Food Bank of Central Alabama · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Horne Family Charitable Foundation · Holle Family Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · United Way of Central Alabama Inc · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Altecstyslinger Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Good Shepherd Foundation
- How much does The Good Shepherd Foundation give?
- The Good Shepherd Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $102,963 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Good Shepherd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Religion (32%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The Good Shepherd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of the Cumberlands Inc ($86k), Samford University ($34k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($16k).
- Does The Good Shepherd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Good Shepherd Foundation 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 The Good Shepherd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Enterprise Holdings Foundation, Community Food Bank of Central Alabama, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama.
- Where is The Good Shepherd Foundation based?
- The Good Shepherd Foundation is based in AL.
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