Minnetonka, MN

SHELTER FOR LIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

EIN 39-1657081

Housing, Food & Basic Needs Emergency Assistance & Relief Immigrants & refugees Women & girls Children & youth

Mission

To enable people affected by conflict and disaster to rebuild their lives and communities by providing shelter, settlement, and related humanitarian and development services, guided by Christian faith and principles.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About SHELTER FOR LIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Shelter For Life International, Inc. is an established international faith-based relief and development organization (founded in 1982) headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The organization focuses on providing shelter, settlement services and long-term reconstruction for communities affected by conflict, displacement, and natural disaster. Shelter For Life implements three core program areas—population movement & settlement (shelter, DRR, disaster relief), public infrastructure reconstruction (roads, WASH, irrigation/flood protection), and social & economic development (livelihoods, climate-smart agriculture)—operating in countries across Asia and Africa and responding to crises such as in Afghanistan and Ukraine. In recent years the organization has been active in emergency relief and recovery (including earthquake response in Afghanistan), implemented a WFP-funded maternal and child benefits program, and launched climate-smart agricultural initiatives; it also maintains current U.S. nonprofit filings and annual reports and reports multi-million dollar annual program activity.

Notable achievements

Longstanding operational history

Founded in 1982, Shelter For Life has operated for four decades delivering both emergency shelter and longer-term reconstruction, including historically building large-scale shelter solutions (e.g., geodesic domes and local housing components) for displaced communities.

WFP-funded maternal & child program

Implemented a Maternal Child Benefits Program (MCBP) in partnership with the World Food Programme to support pregnant and breastfeeding women and mothers with young children, with a program target of reaching over 5,000 women in the Warduj area.

Recent program scale and funding

In its most recent fiscal reporting year Shelter reported multi-million dollar operations (total revenue in the low single-digit millions and program expenditures exceeding $6M), including significant government grant funding supporting international projects and emergency responses.

At a glance

Total assets: $19.5M
Annual revenue: $7.1M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 39-1657081
Location: Minnetonka, MN
Website: shelter.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Rated and profiled by major U.S. charity information services and listed publicly as an active 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with accessible Form 990 filings.

Registered and active with the Minnesota Attorney General’s charity registry as an operating charitable organization headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Recognized by charity evaluators (Charity Navigator profile with multi-star rating) and cited as a partner/donor recipient by international humanitarian agencies on program work.

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