Loving Shepherd International Services and Foundation Inc

Analysis

Loving Shepherd International Services and Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bluffton, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2002, 24 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 August 2023, Loving Shepherd International Services and Foundation Inc reported income of $7.0m and spending of $6.1m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $4.4m to $7.0m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Loving Shepherd International Services and Foundation Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greene County Skills Inc ($7.0m), Seasons Hospice Inc ($7.0m) and Petaluma People Service Center ($7.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $139k (2.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $841k. At year end it held assets of $9.9m against liabilities of $83k, net assets of $9.8m. It reported 17 employees.