North Carolina · Private foundation
The Shepherd Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $176k
- Granted FY2022
- 5
- Grants FY2022
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of The Shepherd Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $172,482
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 25% of the organizations The Shepherd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 4 | $3k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $7k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Ministries | $4,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Christ Baptist Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Christian Thought Inc | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneers | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NourishNC Inc | $700 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Shepherd Foundation
- How much does The Shepherd Foundation give?
- The Shepherd Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $175,632 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The Shepherd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (93%), Religion (7%), Food & Nutrition (0%).
- Who are The Shepherd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Angel Ministries ($4k), Christ Baptist Church ($2k), Center for Christian Thought Inc ($1k).
- Does The Shepherd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 Shepherd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Shepherd Foundation based?
- The Shepherd Foundation is based in NC.
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