Funding search · EIN 476991937 · Chattanooga, TN

Shepard Milner Wardlaw Fdn

Name: Shepard Milner Wardlaw Fdn grants, 2022–2025
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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.

64
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

San Francisco Spca4 grants · $200,000
Florida Humane Society4 grants · $140,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank2 grants · $100,000
Sf-Main Food Bank2 grants · $100,000
Rocket Dog Rescue4 grants · $100,000
Abandonned Pet Rescue4 grants · $100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area4 grants · $70,000
The Everglades Foundation4 grants · $65,000
Wind in the Willows Early Learning3 grants · $60,000
Boys & Girls Club of Broward County4 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$365,916

2022

$333,512

2023

$317,442

2024

$349,603

2025

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$50,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$50,000
San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Sf-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Sf-Main Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
San Francisco Spca · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Sf-Main Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating
$35,000
Florida Humane Society · Pompano Beach, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$35,000
Florida Humane Society · Pompano Beach, FL · 2024
General operating
$35,000
Florida Humane Society · Pompano Beach, FL · 2023
General operating
$35,000
Florida Humane Society · Pompano Beach, FL · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Abandonned Pet Rescue · Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Rocket Dog Rescue · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Abandonned Pet Rescue · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Rocket Dog Rescue · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Abandonned Pet Rescue · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Rocket Dog Rescue · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Abandonned Pet Rescue · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Rocket Dog Rescue · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating
$20,916
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
$20,000
Alvarado Elementary Pta · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Wind in the Willows Early Learning Center · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Wind in the Willows Early Learning · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Feeding America · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Wind in the Willows Early Learning · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Feeding America · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General operating
$20,000
The Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2022
General operating
$20,000
Wind in the Willows Early Learning · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Boward · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Spark Sf Public Schools · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
The Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Boward · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating
$15,000
The Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Boward · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
The Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Boward · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Big Cat Rescue Corp · Tampa, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Humane Society of Sonoma County · Santa Rosa, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Big Cat Rescue Corp · Tampa, FL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Humane Society of Sonoma County · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Big Cat Rescue Corp · Tampa, FL · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Humane Society of Sonoma County · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating
$10,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Big Cat Rescue Corp · Tampa, FL · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Humane Society of Sonoma County · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
General operating
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General operating
$9,603
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$3,512
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023
General operating
$2,442
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
General operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.