Shepherds Love
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS MATERIALS TO ORPHANAGES BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, AS WELL AS, TO PRESENT LECTURES AND SEMINARS TO INTERESTED PERSONS ON THE ISSUES OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AND THE SUPPORT OF ORPHANAGES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TRADITIONAL AND HISTORIC CHRISTIAN FAITH.
- Income
- $78,840
- Spending
- $83,035
- Reserves
- 1.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $77,758 spent. There are currently 32 children in the care of Twinomujuni Children?s Home. Approximately half of the children are now young adults in high school, college, nursing school, and various trade schools. As they graduate and become employed, they will be expected to leave the orphanage and begin supporting themselves. The boys who were looking for jobs in metal fabrication and auto mechanics in 2023 have now begun jobs. Six of our girls and three of the boys are now supporting themselves and are no longer living at the Children?s Home. Three boys have qualified for university studies, two in law, one in engineering. All are currently attending classes. The van that was modified last year began earning rental income in 2024 and enough income was generated to pay for school uniforms. The van is still being rented and is expected to continue to generate income. The children still living at the Children?s Home attended various field trips and workshops and youth events to round out their educations. The four apartment that were under construction in 2023 were 80% completed in 2024 and expected to be ready to rent by September of 2025. Programs for 2024 were to continue to provide for the 43 orphans at various stages of life and education. During 2024, several more children graduated high school and entered various trade schools. The older children have acquired skills that are of use in maintaining the campus of the Children?s Home. We have several young men in plumbing school and electrical school Care for 5 boys (brothers) whose parents abandoned them continues. Shepherd?s Love found sponsors for the boys and for the year of 2024 provided rental of a small house, furniture, clothing and committed to another year of feeding and educating the boys. The program will be reevaluated in 2025. The half of the children who are still in elementary and high school continue to receive 100% of all personal needs including housing, clothing, medical care, academic and religious education and adult supervision. Joseph House was sold in 2024 to provide the funds to finish the rental apartments. The population of the Elder Care home had dwindled to only one elderly woman whose granddaughter agreed to give her a home.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2008.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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