Shepherds Inn

Analysis

Shepherds Inn is a registered charity in United States, based in Elizabethton, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 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 December 2023, Shepherds Inn reported income of $103k and spending of $92k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $85k to $103k (+22%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shepherds Inn sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centro Cultural Latinos Unidos Inc ($103k), Encore Park Dallas ($103k) and Projectartbox Inc ($103k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 40% of the total. At year end it held assets of $127k against liabilities of $81k, net assets of $46k.