Good Shepherd Conservancy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833118858
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Lindsborg, KS, USA
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$111,578
Expenses
$100,350
Assets
$122,867

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Frank Reese (President)
  • Yadidya Greenberg (Executive Director & Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Frank Reese (President)
  • Patrick Martins (Treasurer)
  • Yadidya Greenberg (Executive Director & Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Good Shepherd Conservancy GSC founded in 2019 is focused on safeguarding biodiversity through the development of Standardbred poultry and historical purebred lines of livestock for agricultural use. GSC is committed to conservation education and research and development in collaboration with farmers poultry producers scientists and consumers of these Standardbred lines for many years to come. GSC is committed to supporting any and all mission-aligned entities to produce Standardbred poultry and livestock for the food industry.

What it reported doing in 2021

Beginning in 2020 and throughout 2021 the GSC directors continued to secure donations from both public and private sources in order for the mission of GSC to become a reality in 2021 and for many years to come. In addition the website and the technology is now in place to solicit funds from donors who are committed to see the mission of GSC move forward. With a portion of the donations received to date GSC has begun the construction of the Good Shepherd Conservation Center on farm property in Lindsborg Kansas. In 2021 the excavation and foundation of the main barn was completed and the construction of the barn and supporting buildings will continue in 2022 as additional donations are received.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.8%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 66.5%; rating input score 67

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.8% of revenue deployed · 66.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.