Virginia · Nonprofit
THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE
THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,402 to it, the largest being HERMAN & SEENA LUBCHER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($74,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $175k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $99k
- Net assets
- $344k
What The Shepherds Center of Fairfax-Burke does
Mission
Provide programs and services for older adults.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Accompanied medical transportation and companion shopping programs this is the organizations flagship program. The organization provides free transportation to medical appointments and errands of necessity to adults over 50 that reside in the fairfax/burke areas. Volunteer drivers accompany clients to ensure safety and assistance as needed, remain with the client, and drive them home at the conclusion of their appointment. The organization expanded its service area many years ago to include southern fairfax county locations. In 2024 the organization provided 2,420 rides to clients, and 147 clients were served, with an average of 75-80 active drivers each month.
$132,187 spent100% of program spendingFriendly caller/friendly visitor during the height of the pandemic, social isolation was a severe side effect for many older adults. During the pandemic, the organization modified the program and increased capacity. In 2024, 13 volunteers provided over 999 calls and 105 visits to over 20 clients.
Program activities: exercise casses enhance health and community connections and in 2024, 144 virtual yoga exercise classes were conducted with 5,794 participants.
Book club is an educational enrichment activity. There were 9 club meetings with 120 participants. The annual highlight included discussions with authors who joined our meetings.
Other programs services include:lunch n life programs provide education, enrighment, and social activities. Five lunch programs were held with 231 attendees. Handy helper program assists older adults in the community with minor home repairs. In 2024, 15 tasks were completed with several requests pending. Out and about was introduced in 2023 but the frist program was held in 2024. 55 participants enjoyed tours, educational outings, and healthy living presentations and the goal is to expand this program.tech tutoring was also introduced in 2024 in partnership with george mason universitys tech for good (t4g) organization. This program incorporates one-to-one technology tutoring support and intergenrational engagment and served over 50 older adults, the goal is to expand this program.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $132,187.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $265k to $334k (+26%).
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: 2023 68% · 2024 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Arlene Darke
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $181 → $12k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE’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 SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
25% 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 SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 55% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE
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In Virginia
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
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE?
- THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,402 to it, the largest being HERMAN & SEENA LUBCHER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($74,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $99,402 in grants to THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE?
- HERMAN & SEENA LUBCHER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $74,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF FAIRFAX-BURKE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 5 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