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SHEPHERD COMMUNITY INC

EIN 35-1765846 INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Revenue 2024
$13,716,624
Expenses 2024
$11,391,493

Program services were 83.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P600
Classification
1000
Street
4107 E WASHINGTON ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Shepherd Community cultivates healthier children, stronger families, and safer neighborhoods through supportive relationships that meet the physical, emotional, and academic and spiritual needs of area residents.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Providing care for low income families on the near east side of Indianapolis, IN.

  • The organization provides a continuum of care to residents of the 46201 and 46203 area codes. We offer programs to children, teens, adults, and families, helping them meet their physical, emotional, academic and spiritual needs. We serve more than 500 families (10,000+ individuals), including approximately 450 children and youth in grades K3-12th, annually in our programs.

    Expenses $8,222,507 · Grants $1,589,174 · Revenue $449,286

  • Shepherd Community Academy is an accredited elementary school serving K3-5th grade students. All students are taught utilizing evidenced based programs and curriculum adhering to all state standards. With a high English Language Learner population among students, Shepherd Community Academy provides ELL teachers and specialized reading help. The academy is also very connected to all other parts of Shepherd's Continuum of Care in order to serve the whole family and remove barriers to a student's ability to learn.

    Expenses $1,269,545 · Grants $351,047 · Revenue $2,199,424

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Ben Lotter

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rich Cherry

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robby Phillips

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Lowery

    Board Member (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • De'Niece Harrison-Hudson

    Board Member (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Everling

    Board Member (Part Year)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Kuykendall III

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lowell Short

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Smith

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Emch

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim George

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Green

    Asst. Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $119,995
    From this org
    $92,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,979
    Hours/week
    45 + 2 related

  • Jay Height

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $156,991
    From this org
    $119,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,159
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,832
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,159
    Filer's total
    $156,991

  • Wes Terry

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 2 related

  • Tim Sturgess

    Chief Administrative Officer (part year)

    Total calculated
    $149,247
    From this org
    $119,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,777
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $13,716,624
    Expenses
    $11,391,493
    Contributions
    $10,677,408
    Grants paid
    $1,940,221
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,356,538
    Expenses
    $8,884,343
    Contributions
    $6,051,071
    Grants paid
    $1,039,949
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,537,356
    Expenses
    $8,295,447
    Contributions
    $8,169,447
    Grants paid
    $970,580

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
    $8,451,700
    Expenses
    $6,911,434
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,371,405

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,032,656
    Expenses
    $7,035,383
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,523,553

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,815,156
    Expenses
    $6,119,891
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,145,581

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,964,022
    Expenses
    $6,566,959
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,642,275

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,269,105
    Expenses
    $6,208,023
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,790,645

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,863,383
    Expenses
    $4,637,412
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,486,396

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,909,472
    Expenses
    $4,686,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,264,951

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,121,225
    Expenses
    $4,828,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,868,096

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,085,213
    Expenses
    $4,588,765
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,575,599

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,719,237
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,137,056

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

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Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.