Shepherd Ministries Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Shepherd Ministries, Inc. exists to provide an online library of Christian teachings. This includes articles, books, bible teachings, 2 websites, and digitizing a library of over 8000 sermons to be made available for free streaming or download.
- Income
- $270
- Spending
- $93,613
- Reserves
- 7.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $66,062, treasurer
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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, 2025, 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, 2025, 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 (3)
- $90,273 spent. We digitized 2,142 cassettes, 819 Reel-To-Reel tapes, and 62 Wire Recordings. 760 Messages were edited and uploaded to the website. 720 videos were published on YouTube, and 16 podcasts were published. We had over 40,000 views on YouTube and 9860 streams or downloads from our website. We also came into possession of 7 films of The Camps Farthest Out from the 1930s and had those digitized.
- $1,500 spent. Matt Leach's sermons were fully transcribed and 14 were published on our website as blog articles.
- $1,570 spent. 2 of our books were sent to be re-typeset and new covers designed. One just got completed and the other will be done soon. 2 ISBN number sets were purchased as welll.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on April 15, 2022 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on April 15, 2022.
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 2025.
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 September 2022.
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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