SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

X90

Classification

1700

Street

2601 S PARK RD

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Mission and programs · 2024

• 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 NEIGHBORHOODS. WITH 27 FULL-TIME AND 10 PART-TIME STAFF MEMBERS, AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS, SHIM SERVES MORE THAN 8,500 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY. SHIM'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE OFTEN MEASURED BY ITS ABILITY TO MEET THE NEED IN THE SOUTH HILLS COMMUNITY. IN THE LAST YEAR:-SHIM PROVIDED OVER 9,000 POUNDS OF FOOD PER DISTRIBUTION TO 8,500 INDIVIDUALS-SHIM'S 14 COMMUNITY GARDENS PROVIDED 17,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE TO SHIM PANTRIES. -APPROXIMATELY 3,900 INDIVIDUALS ATTEND PANTRY DISTRIBUTIONS EACH MONTH, 35% OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN, 17% OF WHOM ARE SENIORS, AND 7% OF WHOM ARE DISABLED. -SHIM SERVED APPROXIMATELY 300 INDIVIDUALS WITH UTILITY ASSISTANCE, HELPING TO AWARD $71,000. -FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AIDED 181 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH $110,000 IN EMERGENCY GRANT FUNDING.

  Expenses $3,203,325 · Grants $435,547

• SHIM PROGRAMMING OPERATES AT FOUR SITES IN BETHEL PARK, BALDWIN, WHITEHALL BOROUGH, AND WEST MIFFLIN. WHILE SERVING THE GREATER ALLEGHENY COUNTY REGION, SHIM'S PROGRAMS PRIMARILY SERVE THE COMMUNITIES OF BALDWIN-WHITEHALL, BETHEL PARK, BRENTWOOD, WEST MIFFLIN, 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 400 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 2025, FOR THE THIRTEENTH 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 1,700 BACKPACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES IN 2025.TO SUPPORT KIDS FROM BIRTH TO GRADUATION, SHIM OFFERS HOME VISITS, AN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM, AFTER SCHOOL, YOUTH MENTORING, AND SUMMER CAMP. SHIM PROVIDES ESSENTIAL RESOURCES AND WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILIES INCLUDING NURTURING PARENTING CLASSES, GROUP COUNSELING, ENRICHING FAMILY ACTIVITIES, AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS (ISAC). WOMEN AND MEN GAIN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH WOMEN'S GROUP, FAMILY GROUP, AND DAD'S GROUP. ADDITIONALLY, BILINGUAL STAFF PROVIDE WALK-IN SUPPORT AT SHIM'S FAMILY CENTER. FORTY-TWO INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED NURTURING PARENTING CLASSES, AND 17 DADS COMPLETED THE FATHERHOOD PROGRAM. SHIM ASSISTED OVER 300 CLIENTS THROUGH WALK-IN SUPPORT AT SHIM'S FAMILY CENTER.

• SHIM ACCOMPLISHES THE GOAL OF BUILDING COMMUNITY BY BRINGING TOGETHER NEIGHBORS OF ALL FAITHS AND LIFE EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY GARDENS PROGRAM, 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 300 VOLUNTEERS DONATED 15,000 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 57 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 COMFORTABLE ENTRUSTING SHIM TO THE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN. SHIM STAFF MEMBERS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SUCCESS. SHIM LEADERSHIP IS COMMITTED TO HIRING CULTURALLY DIVERSE STAFF, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM WITHIN THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES BEING SERVED. STAFF MEMBERS ARE TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, MENTORSHIP BEST PRACTICES AND MORE TO ENSURE COMPASSIONATE AND INFORMED RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH CLIENTS. CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP COMBINED WITH GENEROUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT POWERS SHIM'S CRITICAL SERVICES. SHIM IS POISED TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT MEANINGFUL CARE TO NEIGHBORS NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,003,841

  Expenses

  $4,388,410

  Contributions

  $4,637,088

  Grants paid

  $435,547

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,365,952

  Expenses

  $3,494,130

  Contributions

  $4,908,337

  Grants paid

  $454,110

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,856,506

  Expenses

  $3,204,055

  Contributions

  $3,694,045

  Grants paid

  $547,790

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,515,168

  Expenses

  $3,068,916

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,280,298

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,450,831

  Expenses

  $2,785,735

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,022,050

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,539,660

  Expenses

  $2,414,838

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,093,939

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,221,907

  Expenses

  $2,384,600

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,010,561

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,445,370

  Expenses

  $2,330,337

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,139,196

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,806,105

  Expenses

  $2,080,523

  Assets (EOY)

  $994,265

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,614,717

  Expenses

  $1,739,057

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,268,259

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,644,548

  Expenses

  $1,433,702

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,318,007

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,279,762

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,134,971

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $846,691

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,025,946

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• JEFFERSON REGIONAL FOUNDATION

  $160,000

  2023 · SHIM CENTER ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, SUMMER PROGRAM

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $155,650

  2023 · RELIGION RELATED

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $137,800

  2024 · RELIGION RELATED

• JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICE

  $131,060

  2023 · SUPPORT STRUGGLING REFUGEES

• JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICE

  $101,430

  2022 · SUPPORT STRUGGLING REFUGEES

• JEFFERSON REGIONAL FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2024 · PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENHANCE SERVICES, TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GREATER COMMUNITY IMPACT, AND TO ENSURE FISCAL HEALTH FOR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES TO INCREASE OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE JEFFERSON FOOTPRINT.

• THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  $100,000

  2024 · UNITED WAY GRANT

• THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  $100,000

  2023 · UNITED WAY GRANT

• THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  $96,049

  2022 · UNITED WAY GRANT

• THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION

  $72,206

  2024 · EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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