· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k28 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUTH HIGHLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $24,232 |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS | $24,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON | $10,000 |
| GOD'S WORD FOR WARRIORS - CO DR TOM SEALES | $7,500 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| SAMFORD UNIVERSITY | $5,031 |
| FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| THE FOUNDRY | $2,500 |
| SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND | $2,500 |
| CHIMALA MISSION & HOSPITAL | $2,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY | $1,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 THE CUMBERLANDS INC6× · 2020–2025 · $86k · revenue +30%
Samford University4× · 2022–2025 · $34k · revenue +1%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION3× · 2022–2025 · $16k · revenue +83%
Funded once
- NSNAVY SEAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $3k
- SFSEMPER FIone grant, 2022 · $3k
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +78%
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.
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…
The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Hjf partners to advance military medicine for our nations warfighters. as a global nonprofit organization authorized by congress, hjf provides scientific, administrative and program management services to researchers and clinicians. hjf…
Cj3 foundation provides services, support, and advocacy to united states military service members, veterans/disabled veterans, law enforcement, and emergency responders who need/require assistance, and then connecting them with resources…
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 55 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 THE CUMBERLANDS INC ↗
- Who funds Samford University ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
- Who funds THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds Ronald McDonald House Global ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ↗
- Who funds COOPERATIVE DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
- Who funds BROTHER BRYAN MISSION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Good Shepherd Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Good Shepherd Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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