Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Analysis

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is a registered charity in United States, based in Bastrop, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.6m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Juanita Bynum International Incorporated ($1.6m), Camp Wojtyla Inc ($1.6m) and Jewish Community of Greater Stowe ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 83% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $939k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $939k. It reported 46 employees.