Good Shepherd Fund

Analysis

Good Shepherd Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Good Shepherd Fund reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.8m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $2.5m (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Good Shepherd Fund sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Nonprofit Excellence ($2.5m), Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc ($2.6m) and Florida Panthers Foundation Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $194k, net assets of $4.1m.