The Good Shepherd's Heart Ministry
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to providing charitable support primarily to religious and faith-based initiatives, as well as various human services. It focuses on funding organizations that address community needs, including youth development, homelessness, and general support for charitable activities. The foundation demonstrates a strong commitment to enhancing the well-being of individuals and communities through its financial contributions to a diverse range of nonprofit organizations.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small to mid-sized charities, often faith-based or human-services oriented, with programs in California or ties to California communities and the ability to accept modest general-support grants.
Good Fit
- • Mission aligns with faith-based, pregnancy center, homelessness, youth development, or general human-services work.
- • Organizational presence or program activity in California, or a clear connection to CA-based networks.
- • Ability to use unrestricted or general operating support.
- • A funding request in the typical range seen ($2k–$30k is common; median gifts are around $5k).
- • Existing relationship, referral, or endorsement from someone in the funder’s network or from previous grantees.
Geography
Giving is concentrated in California (about 63% of dollars) but the latest year included recipients across roughly a dozen states plus one international recipient, indicating a state-heavy but multi-state footprint.
Recipient Variety
The latest year funded 64 distinct organizations with many newcomers (42 new grantees in 2024 and 62 new in 2023), showing a broad and varied recipient set; financial concentration is modest (top five ~25%) and does not imply a tiny recipient circle.
New Applicants
Behavior shows regular entry of new grantees (large numbers of new recipients across observed years), which suggests new entrants can join the portfolio, but the funder also declares grants are by preselection and provides no public application portal or contact details, so unsolicited applicants are unlikely to gain access without referral.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
