Funding search · EIN 811880032 · Louisville, KY

Shelp Charitable Foundation

Name: Shelp Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

49
grants reported: $44,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $750
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.

What they fund

animal rescue service training

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Second Chances Wildlife Center3 grants · $4,000
Can Do Canines3 grants · $4,000
Primate Rescue Center3 grants · $4,000
Paws With a Cause3 grants · $3,500
Kentucky Humane Society3 grants · $3,500
Southeastern Guide Dogs3 grants · $3,500
Leader Dogs for the Blind2 grants · $3,000
The Elephant Sanctuary3 grants · $2,750
Paws With Purpose1 grant · $2,000
Wildcat Sanctuary3 grants · $2,000

Giving over time

$6,500

2022

$7,500

2023

$12,000

2024

$18,000

2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$2,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2025
Service Dog Training
$2,000
Kentucky Humane Society · Louisville, KY · 2025
Animal Rescue
$2,000
Primate Rescue Center · Nicholasville, KY · 2025
Animal Rescue
$2,000
Second Chances Wildlife Center · Mt Washington, KY · 2025
Animal Rescue
$2,000
Paws With Purpose · Louisville, KY · 2022
Service dog training
$1,500
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester, MI · 2025
Service Dog Training
$1,500
Paws With a Cause · Wayland, MI · 2025
Animal Rescue
$1,500
Southeastern Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2025
Service Dog Training
$1,500
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2025
Animal Rescue
$1,500
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2024
Service Dog Training
$1,500
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester, MI · 2024
Service Dog Training
$1,500
Paws With a Cause · Wayland, MI · 2024
Animal Rescue
$1,500
Southeastern Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2024
Service Dog Training
$1,000
Humane Society of Oldham County · Lagrange, KY · 2025
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Wildcat Sanctuary · Sandstone, MN · 2025
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Kentucky Humane Society · Louisville, KY · 2024
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Primate Rescue Center · Nicholasville, KY · 2024
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Second Chances Wildlife Center · Mt Washington, KY · 2024
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Primate Rescue Center · Nicholasville, KY · 2023
Animal Rescue
$1,000
Second Chances Wildlife Center · Mt Washington, KY · 2023
Animal Rescue
$750
Kentucky Pets Alive · Shelbyville, KY · 2025
Animal Rescue
$750
Saving Paws Animal Rescue · Owensboro, KY · 2025
Animal Rescue
$750
Pacific Primate Society · Haiku, HI · 2024
Animal Rescue
$750
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2024
Animal Rescue
$750
Second Chances Wildlife Center · Mt Washington, KY · 2022
Animal rescue
$500
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge · Eureka Springs, AR · 2025
Animal Rescue
$500
Medical Mutts · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Service Dog Training
$500
Wildcat Sanctuary · Sandstone, MN · 2024
Animal Rescue
$500
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2023
Service Dog Training
$500
Indiana Canine Assisstance Network · Zionsville, IN · 2023
Animal Rescue
$500
Kentucky Humane Society · Louisville, KY · 2023
Animal Rescue
$500
Kentucky Pets Alive · Shelbyville, KY · 2023
Animal Rescue
$500
Logan County Humane Society · Russellville, KY · 2023
Animal Rescue
$500
Paws With a Cause · Wayland, MI · 2023
Animal Rescue
$500
Paws With Purpose · Louisville, KY · 2023
Service Dog Training
$500
Southeastern Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2023
Service Dog Training
$500
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2023
Animal Rescue
$500
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2023
Animal Rescue
$500
Wildcat Sanctuary · Sandstone, MN · 2023
Animal Rescue
$500
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2022
Service dog training
$500
Mara Elephant Project Sidekick Foun · Carmel, IN · 2022
Animal rescue
$500
Paws With a Cause · Wayland, MI · 2022
Service dog training
$500
Primate Rescue Center · Nicholasville, KY · 2022
Animal rescue
$500
Southeastern Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2022
Service dog training
$500
The Elephant Sanctuary · Hohenwald, TN · 2022
Animal rescue
$500
Wildcat Sanctuary · Sandstone, MN · 2022
Animal rescue
$250
Kentucky Pets Alive · Shelbyville, KY · 2024
Animal Rescue
$250
Logan County Humane Society · Russellville, KY · 2024
Animal Rescue
$250
Kentucky Pets Alive · Shelbyville, KY · 2022
Animal rescue

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