Good Shepherd Foundation

Analysis

Good Shepherd Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Manhattan, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1996, 30 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Good Shepherd Foundation reported income of $633k and spending of $644k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $585k to $633k (+8.1%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Good Shepherd Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prashanthi Nilayam ($633k), United Way of Cass County Inc ($633k) and Good Samaritan Foundation of Haiti Inc ($632k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $64k, net assets of $4.2m.