Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES
SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,185,744 to it, the largest being THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ($1,169,737). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 82
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $8.4M
What South Hills Interfaith Ministries does
Mission
Shim mobilizes community resources and implements sustainable programs that compassionately help our neighbors meet basic needs, achieve self-sufficiency and build community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Shim was founded in 1968 by a minister, a rabbi, and a priest who joined together to address the growing need that people in the south hills were experiencing. Beginning as an information and referral center in south hills village mall and offering youth programming and interfaith activities, shim continued to adapt over the years to the ever-changing needs of the community. From connecting people to employment opportunities in the mid-1980s, to helping people who were struggling with homelessness in the early 1990s, shim grew to be the trusted human service agency serving the south hills. In the early 2000s, thousands of bosnian refugees were resettled in the south hills after escaping a war-torn country and seeking a new life in america. With the support from the allegheny county department of human services, shim established a family support center and expanded programming to address the needs of refugee and immigrant families. Since then, many other refugees from around the world have been resettled in the south hills. Today, shim provides food, clothing, financial aid, education, family support, and a host of other services to people in need in pittsburgh's southern suburban…
$2,625,639 spentof which $454,110 as grants100% of program spendingShim programming operates at three sites in bethel park, baldwin, and whitehall borough. While serving the greater allegheny county region, shim's programs primarily serve the communities of baldwin-whitehall, bethel park, castle shannon, dormont, greentree, mt. Lebanon, south park, and upper st. Clair. Children and families, especially those who are foreign-born, are a particular focus of shim programs. Shim serves more than 300 children across all youth programs. Many children enroll at a young age and stay engaged through their high school graduation. - last year all 10 early childhood program graduates started kindergarten without needing language services. - in 2023, for the eleventh consecutive year, 100% of youth mentoring seniors graduated from high school. 15 high school seniors graduated, most of whom are now enrolled in college. - shim's after school program and youth mentoring were recipients of a 2018 apost quality award- in 2019 youth mentoring received the excellence in mentoring award from the mentoring partnership of southwestern pa. - shim provided 1,093 backpacks with school supplies in 2024.to support kids from birth to graduation shim offers home visits, an…
Shim accomplishes the goal of building community by bringing together neighbors of all faiths and life experiences through interfaith programming, community gardens, checkmates, and a very robust volunteer program. As an anchor nonprofit organization in the south hills, shim continuously adapts and expands to provide crucial programs to neighbors in need. Shim knows that a community's strength comes from the involvement and engagement of its members. Over 200 volunteers donated 14,150 hours in 2024. Some volunteers attend family volunteer events or group volunteer events. By offering these informative experiences to children and individuals unable to commit to weekly volunteer hours, shim shares valuable information to more community members, broadening their knowledge of the suburban poverty in their neighborhoods. Since its founding 55 years ago, shim values the importance of community engagement in the development of its programs. Shim staff work closely with refugee and immigrant families to understand and assess needs, to engage parents in their children's education, and to improve program offerings. Shim's close relationships with local families allows parents to feel…
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,625,639.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $6.2M to $9.3M (+51%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Guffey James
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $701k → $1.4M.
14 of 82 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 82 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 35% · 2019 33% · 2020 29% · 2021 44% · 2022 23% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
53% of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,325 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,325 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES?
- SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,185,744 to it, the largest being THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ($1,169,737). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 82 organizations giving $10,185,744 in grants to SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES, 58 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES?
- THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA is the largest funder on record, with $1,169,737 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 82 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing