Good Shepherd Orphanage & School Foundation

Analysis

Good Shepherd Orphanage & School Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Kingsport, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 Orphanage & School Foundation reported income of $134k and spending of $131k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $208k to $134k (-36%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Good Shepherd Orphanage & School Foundation sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willow Resource Foundation Inc ($133k), Gordonstoun American Foundation ($134k) and Integrity Childrens Fund Inc ($133k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $319k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $319k.