One Shepherd Leadership Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824682999
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Ofallon, MO, USA
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Vocational, Technical Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $113,063
- Expenses
- $122,725
- Assets
- $35,183
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Christopher E Larsen (President)
People named in this filing
- Christopher E Larsen (President)
- John Robertson (Secretary)
- Matthew Geders (Treasurer)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
One Shepherd provides expeditionary and experiential educational services in leadership processes doctrine and philosophy for adult and minor learners. One Shepherd educational services take place in an outdoor wilderness camp environment and involve military simulation systems to create game opportunities for learners to gain first-hand experience of leadership command. The specific objectives and purpose of this organization shall be: a. To provide world-class experiential leadership education through gaming simulation; b. To provide staff officers cadre instructors facilities and equipment for learners to participate in a community of practice focused on the scholarly pursuit of leadership; c. To provide opportunities for learners to participate in recreational and competitive gaming simulation in the outdoor wilderness; d. To sponsor host and or participate in events and activities that promote leadership education through expeditionary and experiential learning.
What it reported doing in 2025
One Shepherds Warrior Leader Program WLP curriculum was established in 1995 and has been continuously refined ever since. The WLP curriculum leverages: Expeditionary Learning in which Warriors are removed from a traditional classroom and immersed into an authentic operational environment. Experiential Learning in which Warriors acquire mastery of leadership skill through authentic activity and self-reflection on performance. Problem-Based Learning in which Warriors are prompted to solve ill-structured ill-defined yet authentic tactical tasks that have no single correct answer. The WLP is designed as a six-semester curriculum with each semester spanning seven days for a total of 42 days of training. Warriors live in a field environment for the duration of each week while conducting daytime and nighttime patrols. The WLP hosted 25 training courses over five semesters with 285 Warriors enrolled; the OWLP hosted 3 courses over a single semester with 24 Warfighters enrolled. The OWLP curriculum spans four semesters across two years and blends synchronous and asynchronous online learning combined with an in-person STAFFEX simulation each semester. Our TY2025 participation rate averaged 19 Warriors per semester.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $123K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.