Shepherd's Foundation

Legal name: The Shepherd's Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411751767
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Isanti, MN, USA
Phone
+1 763-227-0286
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$556,158
Expenses
$501,806
Assets
$902,364
Liabilities
$122

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KYLE KRECKLOW (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARB WICKLANDER (ADMINISTRATOR): $30,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Shepherd’s Foundation is dedicated to Christ-centered, socially relevant, measurable, sustainable, and reproducible mission projects in Ukraine that bring lasting transformation to individuals and partner communities. The day before yesterday, we hosted an Easter (Orthodox) festival event for veterans and their families. More than 30... [![Incredible. In 1993, Shepherd’s Foundation began supporting communities in Ukraine through partnering with professionals in a home-stay program connected with the local church. God used multiple team visits yearly, allowing volunteers to share their knowledge and experience as the Gospel spread to many communities. Our goal was to develop Godly, skilled, and motivated Ukrainian Christian leaders in every sphere of work in the community. These resourceful people latched onto the best ideas and ran with them. In 2016, Camp Maximum opened to provide...

What it reported doing in 2025

Camp maximum. Shepherd's foundation is currently the largest supporter of camp maximum, a christian camp and retreat center in zolotonosha, ukraine. Camp maximum hosts esl camps, sports camps, special needs camps, war veterans' camps, and family camps providing spiritual, educational, and recreational experiences to the people of ukraine and surrounding countries. Camp maximum is also used as a retreat center for churches and other large organizations who need a full-service facility for their conference needs. Team building, pastor's, family, and youth conferences take place there on a monthly basis. In 2025, camp maximum hosted 15 rental groups and 67 camping programs, serving 3,255 youth, adults, veterans and people with disabilities.camp maximum's new prosthetic clinic celebrated its grand opening in the spring of 2024 and now provides medical and prosthetic care to both civilians and military personnel. This one-of-a-kind center delivers timely, compassionate, high-quality care. In 2025, the program accepted 19 new patients fitting them with new prosthetics, helping them lead more functional and fulfilling lives. Plans are underway to expand the service capabilities of the clinic in 2026. In 2025, camp maximum continued offering specialty trauma-healing camps for children and adults affected by the atrocities of war, with particular emphasis on veterans and their families. Professional psychologists trained in trauma care staff these camps and help participants address the ongoing mental health effects of war. As the conflict continues, the need for this support grows each day. Despite the war, the camps remain full and often have waiting lists. Through camp maximum, thousands of lives are being impacted with the gospel on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. The program has now expanded to provide follow-up and ongoing care within participants' local communities through local churches which are receiving training to support those living with the long-term psychologial effects of war.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 91% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.8; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 78.9% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $436K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.