Funding search · EIN 456748619 · Encino, CA
Shepher Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 72
- grants reported
- $2.5M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $7,625
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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11 grants matching “israeli” · $1.3M
- $340,000
Israeli-American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2025
Build a united and engaged israeli-american community
- $20,000
Stand By Me · Encino, CA · 2025
Provide moral support and necessary services to israeli-american cancer patients
- $290,000
Israeli-American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
Build a united and engaged israeli-american community
- $20,000
Stand By Me · Encino, CA · 2024
Provide moral support and necessary services to israeli-american cancer patients
- $5,000
Beit Halochem · New York, NY · 2024
To care for disabled israeli service members
- $5,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024
To support israeli charitable organizations
- $387,600
Israeli-American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023
Build a united and engaged israeli-american community
- $5,000
Stand By Me · Encino, CA · 2023
Provide moral support and necessary services to israeli-american cancer patients
- $156,000
Israeli-American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022
Build a united and engaged israeli-american community
- $20,000
Stand By Me · Encino, CA · 2022
Provide moral support and necessary services to israeli-american cancer patients.
- $5,000
Israeli Scouts of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Educate youth about democracy, tolerance and social responsibilty.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Israeli-American Council4 grants · $1.2M
- Israel Emergency Alliance Dba Stand With US3 grants · $205,000
- Birthright Israel Foundation3 grants · $154,000
- American Israel Education Foundatio1 grant · $150,000
- Israel Christian Nexus4 grants · $135,000
- Friends of the Idf3 grants · $102,000
- American Israel Education Foundation1 grant · $100,000
- Gift of Life2 grants · $70,000
- Stand By Me4 grants · $65,000
- Israel Emergency Alliance1 grant · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 72 reported grants, largest first.
- $387,600
Israeli-American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023
Build a united and engaged israeli-american community
- $340,000
Israeli-American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2025
Build a united and engaged israeli-american community
- $290,000
Israeli-American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
Build a united and engaged israeli-american community
- $156,000
Israeli-American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022
Build a united and engaged israeli-american community
- $150,000
American Israel Education Foundatio · Washington, DC · 2022
Support select educational programs including middle east research, educational materials, and conferences
- $100,000
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Support select educational programs including middle east research, educational materials, and conferences
- $100,000
Israel Emergency Alliance Dba Stand With US · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Supporting israel and fighting antisemitism
- $100,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Provide an opportunity for young jewish adults around the world to visit israel.
- $55,000
Israel Emergency Alliance Dba Stand With US · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Supporting israel and fighting antisemitism
- $50,000
Gift of Life · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Curing blood cancer through cellular therapy
- $50,000
Israel Emergency Alliance Dba Stand With US · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Supporting israel and fighting antisemitism
- $50,000
Israel Christian Nexus · North Hollywood, CA · 2023
Encourage relationships between christians and jews
- $50,000
Israel Emergency Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Ensure that israel is accurately represented on college campuses, in high schools, and in communities around the world.
- $36,000
Friends of the Idf · New York, NY · 2025
Provide for health, welfare, and education of idf soldiers
- $36,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Provide opportunities for young jewish adults around the world to visit israel
- $36,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2024
Volunteer medics
- $36,000
Friends of the Idf · New York, NY · 2023
Provide for health, welfare, and education of idf soldiers
- $35,000
Israel Christian Nexus · North Hollywood, CA · 2024
Encourage relationships between christians and jews
- $30,000
Friends of the Idf · New York, NY · 2024
Provide for health, welfare, and education of idf soldiers
- $30,000
American Friends of Shanti House · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Create a supportive environment for runaway and homeless youth
- $25,000
Israel Christian Nexus · North Hollywood, CA · 2025
Encourage relationships between christians and jews
- $25,000
Horizons of Greater Boston · Dedham, MA · 2023
Advance educational equity
- $25,000
Israel Christian Nexus · North Hollywood, CA · 2022
Educate christian and jewish communities and the general population about the crucial role of israel and the jewish people.
- $20,000
Stand By Me · Encino, CA · 2025
Provide moral support and necessary services to israeli-american cancer patients
- $20,000
Gift of Life · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Curing blood cancer through cellular therapy
- $20,000
Shanti House · Miami, FL · 2024
Housing for at risk youth
- $20,000
Stand By Me · Encino, CA · 2024
Provide moral support and necessary services to israeli-american cancer patients
- $20,000
Ajc Global Jewish Advocacy · New York, NY · 2022
Assist in introducing diverse global thought leaders to israel
- $20,000
Stand By Me · Encino, CA · 2022
Provide moral support and necessary services to israeli-american cancer patients.
- $18,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Provide opportunities for young jewish adults around the world to visit israel
- $10,000
Freinds of Nahal Haredi · 2025
Support of idf haredi soldiers
- $10,000
Maccabi World Union · New York, NY · 2025
Sports and education
- $10,000
Pef Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2025
Enable distribution of funds to approved charities in israel
- $10,000
Kadima Hebrew Academy Dba Kadima Day School · West Hills, CA · 2023
Help children connect with their jewish roots
- $10,000
Larger Than Life - La Family · Encino, CA · 2022
Support children with cancer
- $7,750
Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Promote jewish culture and values through dance and song
- $7,500
Lehosheet Yad La · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
To care for children with cancer
- $7,500
Chabad of North Hollywood · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Assist children stricken with severe illness
- $6,800
Women'S International Zionist Organization · New York, NY · 2023
Provide individuals and families in israel with the resources and support needed to improve their lives
- $6,000
Women'S Internat'L Zionist Organiza · New York, NY · 2022
Provide individuals and families in israel with the resources and support needed to improve their lives.
- $5,000
Chp 11-99 Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2025
Aid chp employees and families
- $5,000
Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
Promote jewish culture and values through dance and song
- $5,000
Larger Than Life · Encino, CA · 2025
To help children cope with cancer
- $5,000
Oseh Chessed · Valley Village, CA · 2025
Distribute food to families in need
- $5,000
Shaili Org · Tarzana, CA · 2025
Increase public awareness of those in need
- $5,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2025
Documentation, study, and interpretation of the holocaust
- $5,000
Beit Halochem · New York, NY · 2024
To care for disabled israeli service members
- $5,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024
To support israeli charitable organizations
- $5,000
Larger Than Life · Encino, CA · 2024
To help children cope with cancer
- $5,000
Lehosheet Yad La · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
To care for children with cancer
- $5,000
Oseh Chessed · Valley Village, CA · 2024
Distribute food to families in need
- $5,000
Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Promote jewish culture and values through dance and song
- $5,000
Oseh Chessed · Valley Village, CA · 2023
Distribute food to families in need
- $5,000
Shaili Org · Tarzana, CA · 2023
Increase public awareness of those in need
- $5,000
Stand By Me · Encino, CA · 2023
Provide moral support and necessary services to israeli-american cancer patients
- $5,000
Israeli Scouts of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Educate youth about democracy, tolerance and social responsibilty.
- $5,000
Kadima Day School · West Hills, CA · 2022
Help children connect with their jewish roots.
- $5,000
Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Promote jewish culture and values through dance and song.
- $5,000
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Provide free holocaust education to students
- $5,000
Maccabi USA · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Build jewish identity, perpetuate jewish continuity worldwide, and strengthen support for the state of israel
- $4,300
Shaili Org · Tarzana, CA · 2022
Increase public awareness of those in need.
- $3,600
Chabad of the Valley · Tarzana, CA · 2024
Religious and educational foundation
- $2,500
Shaili Org · Tarzana, CA · 2024
Increase public awareness of those in need
- $2,500
Women'S International Zionist Organization · New York, NY · 2024
Provide individuals and families in israel with the resources and support needed to improve their lives
- $2,500
Oseh Chessed · Valley Village, CA · 2022
Distribute food to families in need
- $1,800
Chabad of North Hollywood · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
Assist children stricken with severe illness
- $1,800
Chabad of North Hollywood · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Assist children stricken with severe illness
- $1,800
American Friends of Beit Hatfutsot Dba American Friends of Anu-Museum · New York, NY · 2023
Resource development
- $1,800
Maccabi World Union · New York, NY · 2023
Build jewish identity, perpetuate jewish continuity worldwide, and strengthen support for the state of israel
- $1,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Provide holocaust education
- $500
Give Click 4 Love · N Hollywood, CA · 2025
Assist individuals and families with financial and/or physical difficulties
- $50
Cedars Sinai · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Healthcare research and clinical care
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