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Elizabeth Buford Shepherd Scholarship: 22 grants to organizations, $60,000 (tax year ended December 2025)

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Elizabeth Buford Shepherd Scholarship, a private foundation in Birmingham, AL, paid 22 grants to organizations totaling $60,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 14, 2026. The largest was $21,000 to University of Tennessee at Knoxville in Knoxville, TN for scholarships.

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EIN: 626047221
Based in: Birmingham, AL
Assets: $1,705,166
Grants paid: $60,000
Tax year ended: December 2025

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025

From the Form 990-PF filed May 14, 2026, IRS object ID 202631349349103348. It reported $60,000 in grants paid; 22 grants to organizations are listed.

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Cause	Amount	Source
University of Tennessee at Knoxville	Knoxville, TN	Scholarships		$21,000	apps.irs.gov
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	Scholarships		$4,500	apps.irs.gov
Lipscomb University	Nashville, TN	Scholarship		$3,000	apps.irs.gov
TN Technological University	Cookeville, TN	Scholarships		$3,000	apps.irs.gov
University of Mississippi	University, MS	Scholarships	Education	$3,000	apps.irs.gov
Austin Peay State University	Clarksville, TN	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Bethel University	St Paul, MN	Scholarship	Education	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Furman University	Greenville, SC	Scholarship	Education	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville, AL	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Lee University	Cleveland, TN	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Mississippi State University	MS State, MS	Scholarships	Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Murray State University	Murray, KY	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	General operating	Education	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Ut Health & Science Center	Memphis, TN	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	Scholarships	Education	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Yale University	New Haven, CT	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed May 13, 2025, IRS object ID 202511339349103726. It reported $60,000 in grants paid; 23 grants to organizations are listed.

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Cause	Amount	Source
University of Tennessee at Knoxville	Knoxville, TN	Scholarships		$18,000	apps.irs.gov
TN Technological University	Cookeville, TN	General operating		$4,500	apps.irs.gov
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	Scholarships		$4,500	apps.irs.gov
Lee University	Cleveland, TN	General operating		$3,000	apps.irs.gov
University of Mississippi	University, MS	General operating	Education	$3,000	apps.irs.gov
Berry College	Mt Berry, GA	General operating	Education	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green, OH	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Bryan College	Dayton, TN	General operating	Education	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
College of William and Mary	Williamsburg, VA	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Institute of Technology	Brooklyn, NY	General operating	Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville, AL	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Murray State University	Murray, KY	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Syracuse University	Syracuse, NY	General operating	Education	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Scholarships		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	General operating	Education	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Ut Health & Science Center	Memphis, TN	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Villanova University	Villanova, PA	General operating	Education	$1,500	apps.irs.gov
Yale University	New Haven, CT	General operating		$1,500	apps.irs.gov

Causes funded

From grants whose recipient has a cause.

Cause	Granted
Education	$19,500
Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations	$3,000

States funded

Recipient state	Granted
Tennessee	$70,500
Mississippi	$7,500
Alabama	$6,000
California	$6,000
South Carolina	$4,500
Pennsylvania	$4,500
Florida	$3,000
Kentucky	$3,000

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Updated May 14, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.