Shepherds Center of Kansas City Central
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To honor our elders by celebrating, empowering and serving older adults.
- Income
- $1.7 million
- Spending
- $1.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 76%
- Reserves
- 5.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 46%
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 326
- Highest pay
- $132,588, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 64 out of 100.
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.9 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 40% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 10% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1576% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 14 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2515 of 15 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (6)
- $599,952 spent. Home Delivered Meals - In 2024 KCSC delivered over 186,000 frozen and hot meals to food insecure, low income, isolated older adults. Delivered 147,605 frozen meals this year, averaging 12,300 meals per month, to 963 clients in over 60 zip codes. Forty-five volunteers donated 3,500 hours by delivering daily hot meals to 194 clients five days per week, over 38,807 hot meals per year. KCSC pet program delivered 21,286 lbs. of pet food to 50 clients, 100 pets.
- $312,540 spent. The Senior Companion Program matches seniors 55 and over in Jackson County, MO who live at or below 200% of the federal financial poverty line with homebound seniors. Senior Companions spend up to 30 hours per week providing assistance and friendship to low-income and isolated older adults, and respite for family members and/or caregivers. For their dedication, the Senior Companions are paid a small stipend and are reimbursed for their transportation. In 2024, 36 Senior Companions provided more than 32,000 hours of in-home companionship and caregiver support to 33 seniors in KCs urban core.
- $292,609 spent. Resource and Referral and Other Continuum of Care Services. In 2024 KCSC provided 262 hours of case management to 49 clients, provided in-home vaccinations to homebound older adults and held vaccination clinics in senior living apartments, administering 452 vaccines to 321 clients, and assisted 197 older adults with durable medical equipment, assistive device replacements, rent, utilities, new beds, coats, home repairs, emergency food, car repairs and much more, totaling more than $8,600 thanks to generous donors.
- $122,870 spent. Advocacy - True to KCSCs unique mission of respecting older adults experience and expertise to speak for themselves, lead, volunteer, serve and meet their own needs, KCSCs advocacy program facilitates increased engagement of older adults in self-advocacy, voter registration and turnout, and ongoing civic participation in self-determination and power sharing in policy that affects their health and wellbeing. We have taken a strong and apolitical stand in engaging in local and regional advocacy initiatives to ensure that the voice of the older adult, often ignored, is embedded in policy decisions that affect their health, financial security and wellbeing. KCSC is strategically positioned and has facilitated a unique aging-specific regional and broad-based collaboration of public, corporate, and community organizations to provide policy engagement opportunities for a community that is historically marginalized and excluded from power and political processes - older adults, particularly low-income, BIPOC and LGBTQ older
- $67,966 spent. Adventures in Learning - Thirty-one Adventures in Learning volunteers provided programming to 122 repeat participants, for a total of 114 class hours and 1,276 volunteer hours. The AIL program facilitated the Evidence-Based program Matter of Balance offering 416 hours fall of prevention class time.
- $31,325 spent. Medicare Assistance Program helps individuals & families understand how to navigate the Medicare system & secure supplemental insurance to meet their changing healthcare needs. The program helps clients enroll in Medicare Advantage Plans, select the best Medicare Supplement Plan & Medicare Part D Prescription Plan annually, file appeals for medical charges believed to be incorrect, enrollment in assistance programs from other state & federal sources, helps replace lost Medicare & Social Security cards & connects clients to other valuable resources through referral. Most clients benefit from meeting with MO CLAIM SHIP trained counselors by saving money and having better access to benefits they are entitled to. In 2024, seven volunteers provided 1,449 Medicare-eligible individuals with 1,063 hours of professional, compassionate carrier-agnostic, and free benefits counseling.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1972.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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