Shield Inc

Analysis

Shield Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cincinnati, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Shield Inc reported income of $159k and spending of $151k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $158k to $159k (+0.2%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shield Inc sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Br&a Charitable Foundation Inc ($159k), Norman Coalition for Refugee Support ($159k) and 127pure ($159k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $805k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $805k.