Little Shepherds Incorporated

Analysis

Little Shepherds Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Little Shepherds Incorporated reported income of $859k and spending of $639k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2020 to August 2023, income grew from $333k to $859k (+158%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Little Shepherds Incorporated sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knoxville College ($859k), Dreamhouse Inc ($859k) and Ledyard Charter School of Lebanon ($859k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 77% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $436k. At year end it held assets of $914k against liabilities of $144k, net assets of $770k. It reported 33 employees.