Good Shepherd Ministries is a 1-star charity. It has overhead spending within Ci’s reasonable range, but it is not financially transparent and has a below-average results reporting grade and Low demonstrated impact.

Founded in 1963, Good Shepherd Ministries is a Roman Catholic charity that serves poor and homeless people in Toronto, Ontario. The charity strives to end chronic homelessness in its community by providing free food, shelter, clothing, medical care, addiction treatment and counseling services. It runs programs at three locations: Good Shepherd Centre, Barrett House, and St. Joseph’s Residence. The charity does not provide a breakdown of spending by locations or programs.

Good Shepherd Centre runs an emergency shelter that houses 97 adult men each night. The occupancy rate in F2022 was 96%. It also offers dining and meal services that provide up to 1,000 meals each day. In F2022, the charity served 261,593 meals in total. Each meal includes soup, a main course, vegetables or salad, bread, dessert and a beverage. Additionally, Good Shepherd Centre offers a Drug and Alcohol Recovery Enrichment Program (DARE), which provides shelter and treatment for 25 homeless men with addictions. The Resettlement Program works one-on-one with homeless men to help them find and keep suitable housing. In F2022, the charity helped 47 people through its Resettlement and DARE programs.

Good Shepherd Ministries states that Barrett House is Toronto's first supportive housing residence for people living with HIV and AIDS. Barrett House has six bedrooms and provides residents with 24-hour care, dining services, medical care, transportation, and housing support.  

St. Joseph’s Residence supports eight seniors over 55 years of age with a history of chronic homelessness. Individuals who suffer from mental health issues, chronic illness, addiction, or disabilities are prioritized for this program.

Good Shepherd Ministries is not financially transparent. The charity's financial statements are not posted online nor available upon request from the charity. The financial review for Good Shepherd Ministries was completed using audited financial statements received from the CRA.

In F2022, Good Shepherd Ministries had donations of $3.3m. The charity received $4.5m in government funding, representing 58% of total revenues. Administrative costs are 8% of revenues (less investment income), and fundraising costs are 9% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 16%. For every dollar donated, 84 cents go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. This is an improvement from F2019, in which 65 cents of every dollar went to the cause.

Good Shepherd Ministries has $5.4m in reserve funds, once the term loan of $4.0m is accounted for. The charity could cover 115% or roughly 14 months of its annual program costs with its reserves.

Charity Intelligence has sent this update to Good Shepherd Ministries for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on July 25, 2023 by Krystie Nguyen.