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Shepherd Community Center

EIN 35-1765846Human Services Indiana Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Breaking the cycle of poverty

Shepherd is a faith-based, nonprofit organization established in 1985 with a simple but staggering goal: to break the cycle of poverty on the near Eastside of Indianapolis by engaging and empowering the community to cultivate healthy children, strong families, and vibrant neighborhoods through a Christ-centered approach that meets the spiritual, physical, emotional, and academic needs of our neighbors.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.47Overall score
out of 100

88.49Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,269,105

Total expenses · USD$6,208,023

Program expenses

$4,519,440.74 recorded amount

72.8%

Fundraising expenses

$807,042.99 recorded amount

13.0%

Administrative expenses

$869,123.22 recorded amount

14.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jay Height
Recorded compensation: $138,862.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.23%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Shepherd Community Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Shepherd is a faith-based, nonprofit organization established in 1985 with a simple but staggering goal: to break the cycle of poverty on the near Eastside of Indianapolis by engaging and empowering the community to cultivate healthy children, strong families, and vibrant neighborhoods through a Christ-centered approach that meets the spiritual, physical, emotional, and academic needs of our neighbors.
`ein` EIN	35-1765846
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6208023.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.13
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.728
`fscore` Financial score	88.49
`leader` Recorded leader	Jay Height
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	138862.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0223
`motto` Tagline	Breaking the cycle of poverty
`name` Charity name	Shepherd Community Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6269105.0
`score` Overall score	90.47
`state` State code	IN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4519440.744
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	807042.99
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	869123.2200000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 35-1765846
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Indiana (IN)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.