Shield of Faith Inc

Analysis

Shield of Faith Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bend, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1955, 71 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, Shield of Faith Inc reported income of $749k and spending of $775k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $498k to $749k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shield of Faith Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Center ($749k), Defense and Confirmation Project Inc ($749k) and Assemblies of God Expression of Marriage Encounter Inc ($749k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $21k. At year end it held assets of $145k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $145k. It reported 1 employees.