Shields of Hope

Analysis

Shields of Hope is a registered charity in United States, based in Zeeland, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Shields of Hope reported income of $127k and spending of $100k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $94k to $127k (+35%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Shields of Hope sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Johns Church Charitable TR ($127k), Arc of Tuscaloosa County Endowment Fund Inc ($127k) and Austin Helps Honduras ($126k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. At year end it held assets of $264k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $264k.