North Carolina · Private foundation
The Shepherds Hands
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $20k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $9,816
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,816
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $596k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Shepherds Hands funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $140k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $48k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $34k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church of the Holy Family | $139,678 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairview Christian Fellowship | $39,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Orchard Church Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Covenant Church of Waynesville | $9,834 | 1 | n/a |
| House of Hope International | $9,816 | 1 | 2% |
| Refuge for Women Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Dallas | $3,167 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($128k), 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: American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Shepherds Hands
- How much does The Shepherds Hands give?
- The Shepherds Hands reported 2 grants totaling $19,632 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Shepherds Hands fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (52%), Human Services (25%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are The Shepherds Hands's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Church of the Holy Family ($140k), Fairview Christian Fellowship ($39k), Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated ($23k).
- Does The Shepherds Hands fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shepherds Hands accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Shepherds Hands?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Shepherds Hands based?
- The Shepherds Hands is based in NC.
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