Funding search · EIN 586065260 · Atlanta, GA

Shepherd Foundation

Name: Shepherd Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

232
grants reported: $923,592
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Shepherd Center Foundation4 grants · $167,617
Atlanta Classical Academy4 grants · $80,000
Peachtree Presbyterian Church4 grants · $69,700
Ga Public Policy Fdn4 grants · $48,500
Presbyterian Heritage Center4 grants · $42,000
Young Harris College1 grant · $35,000
Uga Foundation3 grants · $31,500
Atlanta Speech School4 grants · $24,833
Skyland Trail3 grants · $23,200
Canine Companions2 grants · $22,917

Giving over time

$178,225

2021

$167,700

2022

$308,167

2023

$269,500

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 232 grants.

$62,917
Shepherd Center Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$48,000
Shepherd Center Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General fund
$43,000
Atlanta Classical Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General fund
$38,200
Shepherd Center Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$35,000
Young Harris College · Young Harris, GA · 2024
General fund
$31,200
Peachtree Presbyterian Church · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$27,000
Atlanta Classical Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Peachtree Presbyterian Church · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$22,500
Ga Public Policy Fdn · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Presbyterian Heritage Center · Montreat, NC · 2024
General fund
$20,000
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General fund
$18,500
Uga Foundation · Athens, GA · 2023
General fund
$18,500
Shepherd Center Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$15,000
Ga Public Policy Fdn · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$14,000
Presbyterian Heritage Center · Montreat, NC · 2023
General fund
$14,000
The Historic Oakland Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$13,000
Peachtree Presbyterian Church · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General fund
$12,917
Canine Companions · Orlanda, FL · 2023
General fund
$12,000
Pace Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$12,000
Skyland Trail · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$11,000
Skyland Trail · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$11,000
Atlanta Speech School · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$11,000
Atlanta Police Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$10,000
Canine Companions · Orlanda, FL · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Operation Smile · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Uga Foundation · Athens, GA · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Uva College & Graduate · Boone, IA · 2024
General fund
$10,000
International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Montreat Presbyterian Church · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Ga Public Policy Fdn · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$10,000
Richard J Caron Foundation · Wernersville, PA · 2021
General fund
$7,000
Atlanta Classical Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$7,000
Chi Psi Educational Trust · Nashville, TN · 2022
General fund
$7,000
Presbyterian Heritage Center · Montreat, NC · 2021
General fund
$6,000
Atlanta Speech School · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General fund
$6,000
Mount Hebron Baptist Church · Blairsville, GA · 2023
General fund
$6,000
Population Services International · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$6,000
Mount Hebron Baptist Church · Blairsville, GA · 2021
General fund
$5,833
Atlanta Speech School · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$5,000
International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Special Forces Charitable Trust · Essex, CT · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Camp Sunshine · Decatur, GA · 2023
General fund
$5,000
International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Montreat Presbyterian Conference Center Develop · Montreat, NC · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Roadsafe America · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Cops Directorg · San Ramon, CA · 2021
General fund
$5,000
Pace Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$5,000
Uva College & Graduate · Boone, IA · 2021
General fund
$4,000
Children'S Healthcare of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$3,525
Kiawah Conservancy · Kiawah Island, SC · 2021
General fund
$3,500
Ga State University Risk Management Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$3,000
Montreat Presbyterian Conference Center Develop · Montreat, NC · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Presbyterian College · Clinton, SC · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Westminster Schools · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Atlanta Police Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Atlanta Classical Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$3,000
Camp Sunshine · Decatur, GA · 2021
General fund
$3,000
Uga Foundation · Athens, GA · 2021
General fund
$2,500
Back the Blue Buckhead · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper · Smyrna, GA · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Atlanta Childrens Shelter · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Ga State University Fdn · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Nami · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Richard J Caron Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,500
St Paul'S On the Green Episcopal Church · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Atlanta History Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Mount Calvary Baptist Church · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Atlanta Community Food Bank · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$2,500
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Atlanta Childrens Shelter · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Mount Hebron Baptist Church · Blairsville, GA · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Westminster Schools · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Atlanta Dream Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Childspring International · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Foundation of Wesley Woods · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Ga State University Risk Management Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Kiawah Conservancy · Kiawah Island, SC · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Men Opposing Sex Trafficking · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Population Services International · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$2,000
The Lovett School · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
The Wesleyan School · Peachtree Corners, GA · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Alliance Theater · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Atlanta Ballet · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Camp Sunshine · Decatur, GA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Ga State University Risk Management Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Montreat Presbyterian Conference Center Develop · Montreat, NC · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Unc-Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Atlanta Speech School · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
General fund
$2,000
International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Population Services International · Washington, DC · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Presbyterian College · Clinton, SC · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2021
General fund
$2,000
Westminster Schools · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General fund

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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.