Maryland · Public charity
The Shepherd Foundation Ltd
Tuition assistance for catholic high school and grade school students who require financial aid.
- $652k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 79%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $405k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $42,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 29
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 79% of the organizations The Shepherd Foundation Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 30 | $405k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $380k | 79% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $341k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's College High School | $84,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Academy of the Holy Cross Inc | $68,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Gonzaga College High School | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Archbishop Carroll High School | $46,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Connelly School of the Holy Child | $44,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgetown Preparatory School Inc | $43,000 | 3 | n/a |
| San Miguel School Inc | $41,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Marys Ryken Inc | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Inc | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church | $32,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's College High School | $84,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Academy of the Holy Cross Inc | $68,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Gonzaga College High School | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Archbishop Carroll High School | $46,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Connelly School of the Holy Child | $44,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgetown Preparatory School Inc | $43,000 | 3 | n/a |
| San Miguel School Inc | $41,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Marys Ryken Inc | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Inc | $34,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church | $32,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bishop McNamara High School | $32,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel High School | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Elizabeth Seton High School | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Vincent Pallotti High School Inc | $28,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Mercy Church & School | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Redeemer Church | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dematha Catholic High School | $21,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Bartholomew Catholic Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jane Frances de Chantal Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Don Bosco Cristo Rey Highschool of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Elizabeth Catholic Church | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shrine of St Jude | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Heights Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Francis International School | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Redeemer Church | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Saint Matthias Catholic Church | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Ambrose Church | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Saint Marys Catholic Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($229k), 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Redskin Foundation Inc George Preston Marshall Foundation · The James M Johnston Trust for Char & Educ Purposes · Crimsonbridge Foundation Inc · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Catholic Business Network of Montgomery County Scholarship & Grant Foundation · Catholic Coalition for Special Education Inc · Andreas Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shepherd Foundation Ltd
- How much does The Shepherd Foundation Ltd give?
- The Shepherd Foundation Ltd reported 30 itemized grants totaling $404,500, out of $652,430 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 29 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Shepherd Foundation Ltd fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (96%), Religion (4%).
- Who are The Shepherd Foundation Ltd's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: St John's College High School ($84k), Academy of the Holy Cross Inc ($68k), Gonzaga College High School ($50k).
- Does The Shepherd Foundation Ltd fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 79% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Shepherd Foundation Ltd?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area.
- Where is The Shepherd Foundation Ltd based?
- The Shepherd Foundation Ltd is based in MD.
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