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THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC

THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,630 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND EASTERN OHIO ($90,127). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$458k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$155k
Net assets
$970k
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What The Good Shepherd Center Inc does

Mission

To meet the needs of the economically disadvantaged.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Food pantry: the food pantry services approximately 250 households each month. These clients meet the financial guidelines under tefap/non-tefap. Fema/efsp and sema funds are used to purchase food from mercer county community food warehouse. We also receive usda foods and donated foods and purchased food from a local grocery store with designated contributions. We serve emergency meals to those in need.

    $95,007 spentof which $40,861 as grants
    45% of program spending
  2. Hot meal program: we serve an average of 720 meals each month in-house to anyone in need. Food is purchased with designated contributions and obtained from a stat volunteers food program. Volunteers prepare the food and it is served like a soup kitchen with no charge and no registration.

    $65,931 spentof which $28,356 as grants
    32% of program spending
  3. Housing program: this program includes rent and utility assistance, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and director's discretionary expenditures. Individuals are eligible when they have exhausted all other resources, are homeless, or are at risk of eviction.

    $47,883 spentof which $20,594 as grants
    23% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $208,821.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($299k) Expenses 100 ($216k) Net assets 100 ($399k)2021 Revenue 79 ($236k) Expenses 85 ($184k) Net assets 119 ($475k)2022 Revenue 88 ($264k) Expenses 96 ($206k) Net assets 120 ($480k)2023 Revenue 103 ($309k) Expenses 135 ($292k) Net assets 135 ($539k)2024 Revenue 147 ($440k) Expenses 139 ($301k) Net assets 180 ($718k)2025 Revenue 153 ($458k) Expenses 133 ($288k) Net assets 243 ($970k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (153)Expenses (133)Net assets (243)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $720k to $970k (+35%).

$402k
$479k
$484k
$541k
$720k
$970k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$83k
’20
$51k
’21
$58k
’22
$17k
’23
$139k
’24
$169k
’25
40
months of
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed444434
Joined·+0+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·00011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $23k.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

88% 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 THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC.

58%
largest funder
84%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

20% of THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

65% of THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $55k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
MO
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 28%Fundraising 0%

Governance

23
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC?
THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,630 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND EASTERN OHIO ($90,127). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $154,630 in grants to THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND EASTERN OHIO is the largest funder on record, with $90,127 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER INC 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 8 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