House of the Good Shepherd

Analysis

House of the Good Shepherd is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1946, 80 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 June 2023, House of the Good Shepherd reported income of $792k and spending of $1.2m, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $1.5m to $792k (-48%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, House of the Good Shepherd sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lexington Center for Mental Health Services Inc ($792k), Movementforward ($792k) and Victory Living Programs Inc ($792k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $408k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $1.4m.