Shepherd Sugar Bush Corporation

Analysis

Shepherd Sugar Bush Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Shepherd, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 February 2024, Shepherd Sugar Bush Corporation reported income of $264k and spending of $177k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2020 to February 2024, income grew from $218k to $264k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Shepherd Sugar Bush Corporation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inlet Public-Private Association Inc ($264k), Gallia County Convention & Visitors Bureau ($264k) and National Association of Securities Professionals ($264k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending February 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $780k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $780k.