Shepherds Pantry

Analysis

Shepherds Pantry is a registered charity in United States, based in Glendora, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Shepherds Pantry reported income of $5.4m and spending of $5.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $5.4m (+223%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shepherds Pantry sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Howard Area Community Center ($5.4m), The Lighthouse Voc-Ed Center Inc ($5.4m) and Prevail Ca ($5.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $281k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 10 employees.