Shepherd Community Inc

Analysis

Shepherd Community Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1988, 38 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, Shepherd Community Inc reported income of $8.4m and spending of $8.9m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.8m to $8.4m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shepherd Community Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include YMCA Camp Tecumseh Inc ($8.4m), Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc ($8.4m) and Community Action Agency of Greater Kansas City ($8.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $239k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.6m. It paid $306k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $13.7m against liabilities of $561k, net assets of $13.1m. It reported 103 employees.