Sheperds Foundation

Analysis

Sheperds Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Isanti, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Sheperds Foundation reported income of $585k and spending of $838k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $517k to $585k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 213%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sheperds Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Choe Andrew World Mission ($585k), Overcomers International Fellowship ($585k) and Twelve Stones Ministries Inc ($584k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $936k against liabilities of $316, net assets of $936k.