GIVE
Stewardship is the work.
Your gift makes it possible.
Every dollar funds practitioners, not overhead. Training stipends, transitional housing, instructor costs, and the infrastructure that makes placement real.
Where gifts are deployed
Four commitments. Every dollar accounted for.
Practitioner stipends
Living support during training so recruits can commit fully. Veterans and career changers leave their previous lives behind to learn. The stipend makes that transition viable.
Transitional housing
Regional placement often requires relocation. Housing support during training and early placement lets practitioners focus on learning instead of logistics.
Instructor costs
Mark Shepard's methodology requires time, land, and sustained instruction. This is not a lecture series. It is practitioner-led formation on working ground.
Training infrastructure
Regional facilities, curriculum materials, operational systems. The infrastructure that converts individual training into a repeatable placement pipeline.
Governance
Governance and transparency.
The 25th Acre Foundation Inc. is a Florida nonprofit corporation with 501(c)(3) status pending. Three-person board: President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer. The Foundation trains and places. Commercial operations run independently. Your gift funds formation, not operations.
"We do not accept every gift. We look for alignment first."
The 25th Acre Foundation
Alignment
Giving begins with a conversation.
The Foundation does not treat giving as a transaction. Before any commitment, we want to understand what draws you to this work, what you believe about land and stewardship, and whether our principles match yours.
This is not a screening process. It is an invitation to talk. If we are aligned, there are meaningful ways to participate. If we are not, we would rather know that early and part well.
The mission carries the ask.
Stewardship gifts begin with alignment. If you believe in this work, start a conversation.
