Maryland · Private foundation
The Shepard Family Private 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $252,481
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Shepard Family Private Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $320k 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 | $1.1M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $889k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $752k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $835k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $440k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $470k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $652k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $156k | 62% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Hermann Foundation | $699,528 | 8 | 1% |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | $541,918 | 8 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $360,678 | 4 | 0% |
| Associated Catholic Charities Inc | $212,313 | 2 | 0% |
| Frontera Healthcare Network | $208,647 | 2 | 1% |
| US Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Zach Johnson Foundation | $130,885 | 4 | 3% |
| The Jensen Project Inc | $121,979 | 2 | 2% |
| Some Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc | $102,275 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shepard Family Private Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: GreenState Credit Union · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
Compare The Shepard Family Private Foundation with peer funders
About The Shepard Family Private Foundation
- How much does The Shepard Family Private Foundation give?
- The Shepard Family Private Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $1,182,055 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Shepard Family Private Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Public Benefit (14%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Shepard Family Private Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Memorial Hermann Foundation ($700k), Texas Public Policy Foundation ($542k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($361k).
- Does The Shepard Family Private Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shepard Family Private 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 Shepard Family Private Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include GreenState Credit Union, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is The Shepard Family Private Foundation based?
- The Shepard Family Private Foundation is based in MD.
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