Wisconsin · Nonprofit
SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC
SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,325 to it, the largest being WESLEY W SAUL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION ($23,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Shepherds Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the shepherds foundation, inc. Is to support the primary mission of shepherds ministries, inc. Through effective communication, faithful stewardship and promotion of philanthropic activities. (continued on schedule o)the shepherds foundation, inc. Encourages donors to contribute and arrange various types of charitable gifts to enhance the work of educating and training students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Shepherds foundation, inc. Serves as the philanthropic arm of shepherds ministries, inc. To provide financial support through various types of contributions and gift income arrangements.
$2,708,718 spentof which $1,795,615 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,708,718.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $3.0M to $3.5M (+18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 16% · 2021 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Scott Huedepohl
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 65% · 2021 100% · 2022 90% · 2023 67% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 33 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Shepherds Ministries Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC?
- SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,325 to it, the largest being WESLEY W SAUL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION ($23,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $61,325 in grants to SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC?
- WESLEY W SAUL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION is the largest funder on record, with $23,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHEPHERDS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing