The Good Shepherd Foundation

Analysis

The Good Shepherd Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2002, 24 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 (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, The Good Shepherd Foundation reported income of $206k and spending of $460k, spending 223% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $244k to $206k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Good Shepherd Foundation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Friends of Beautiful Gateministries International ($206k), Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools ($206k) and The Volunteer Center of the Triad ($206k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 162% of the total. At year end it held assets of $566k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $566k.