2024-04-18T17:30:03Z 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 834193754 SHEPHERDS OFFICE INC SHEP 3028588556 408 N BEDFORD ST GEORGETOWN DE 19947 Jim Martin Pastor and Director 3028588556 2024-04-18 Jim Martin true 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X www.shepherdsoffice.org X X 169860 169860 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 169860 0 0 0 0 26282 9163 145759 181204 -11344 20635 0 9291 X 20635 9291 0 0 0 0 20635 9291 0 0 20635 9291 X The Shepherds Office serves the homeless and hungry in the Georgetown Delaware community We provide Free Home Made meals Free Clothing Free Camping Equipment and Free Supplies and Provisions to our guests We gave out over 2500 free meals each month during 2023 We also give out Free Bikes Free Bus Passes as our supplies last We call ourselves the Office because we are open during the day We are a drop in spot for about 100 homeless people who are in the Georgetown area We are a Faith-Based Christian Organization approved as a 501c3 in April 2019 0 0 Eric Bodenweiser Founder and Board Chairman Volunteer 30.00 0 0 0 Pastor Jim Martin Director and Lead Pastor Volunteer 20.00 0 0 0 Greta Browning Asst Director Board Member Volunteer 20.00 0 0 0 Rev Carl Desmond Wed Night Church Service and Sermon 5.00 0 0 0 Matthew Opaliski Board Member Volunteer 10.00 0 0 0 Beth Hicks Food and Bread Community Liason - Volunteer 20.00 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false DE Pastor Jim Martin 408 N BEDFORD ST GEORGETOWN DE 19947 3028588556 false false false false false false false false X false false false NONE NONE true X 5792 19671 48444 158257 169860 402024 5792 19671 48444 158257 169860 402024 402024 402024 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule O: Section B on top of first page: We did not check the Initial Return box in Section B because the initial return we filed was the Form 990-N in 2020. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 - Line 1 Contributions, Gifts, Grants: The Shepherds Office did not host or attend any in-person Local Fundraising Venues or Gaming Events during the year. We did participate in two on-line events called Giving Tuesday and the on-line Giving Day in Delaware called Do More 24 Delaware. In total, we received on-line donations from 909 donors in 2023. There are no fundraising fees for us to participate on-line and there are no event logistics costs and the average individual donation amounts received in 2023 through these on-line platforms was $169 per donor for these on-line platforms. We did mail out Thank you cards to our individual donors. We also received in-kind donations during 2022 of expired can goods and various food and clothing from the public. We do not accept household items or furniture items because we focus on helping the homeless who live outside or outdoors. We included these in-kind donations under ?Love Donations in the Line 1 total. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Part 1 - Line 16 OTHER EXPENSES of $145,759 includes the following: Food for Free Meals-Water-Coffee-Meal Container Supplies $41,518, Brown Bag Ministry 18,489, Hygiene needs for guests $2,306, Bus Passes for guests $2,957, Housekeeping & Trash Removal $ 25,171, Clothing/Shoes $ 4,175, Camping Set-Ups/Gear&Tents $ 8,251, Sheltering-Motel moms/group homes $ 13,985, Gloves-Handwarmers-Propane-Buddy Heaters $ 3,831, Bikes-Bike Repairs $ 6,862, Thank You Cards $ 6,233, Logistics, Yard set up & Storage $12,061, .................. TOTAL OTHER EXPENSES: $ 145,759 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Part 3 - Line 28 Program Service Accomplishments: The Shepherds Office is open every day. We are also open on Sunday and we have a Sunday Church Service at Noon for the homeless or hungry and then a Free Lunch at 1 PM every Sunday. Our location has a lot of visibility. We are well known in our Georgetown community. We are close to the local psychiatric hospital, the Federally Qualified Health Center, the nearby state prison and the local State Service Center. We see a lot of poverty and despair and our local grassroots volunteer team serves on the front lines of untreated mental illness, hunger, homelessness, loneliness, unemployment, severe addiction. We focus our attention on those who live outdoors in the Georgetown, DE area. We also serve motel moms and car dwellers who are the invisible homeless. Each month over 2023, we gave out over 2,500 Free Homemade meals every month. Each hot meal is home made and is sealed inside a white Styrofoam Clam Shell Container. With each hot meal, we also provide a Brown Bag packed with bottled water, apple sauce, crackers, peanut butter, jelly sandwich and other individually packaged snacks, some are homemade cookies or brownies when donated by our many volunteers. We have Free Dinners on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 4 pm to 5:30 PM, on Saturdays we have a Free Breakfast at 9 am and on Sundays we have a Free Lunch at 1 PM. In addition, we provide Free Clothing, Water Bottles, Free Coffee, Free Hot Cocoa, Free Wi-Fi, and a Free Mailing Address. We provide Camping Gear and Supplies to our homeless, hungry or lonely guests as requested. Together, we have created a place of hope, kindness, light, compassion and connection for our guests each day. We welcome the poor, the sick, the downtrodden, the elderly, the car dwellers, the returning citizens from the Georgetown prison, the injured, the unemployed to our place the Office because we are open every day when the other churches are closed. As a first step, we provide immediate needs for our guests. We also find them a place to sleep at a local motel or within a group home setting. As a last resort, we help them to set up a sheltered place to sleep outside. We provide them with the necessary camping gear, provisions and supplies. As they attend our daily meals, we also help our guests to connect with addiction treatment/medical services that are in the community around us. We even invite other non-profits to our location so that they can do their outreach activities with our guests during our Free Meal times and during our Free Clothing events each day. Shepherds Office also helps our guests to find employment out in the community and also to apply for long-term housing. Over time, as our guests are encouraged to find their sobriety, stability, and mental health recovery. We won a Governors Volunteer Appreciation Award because of having a dedicated team of over 75 volunteers. They visit regularly. They volunteer diligently and consistently. We are happy that they chose our location and each serves with us for about 10 to 15 hours each week. Some of them travel by bus, so this is additional time and effort they dedicate. They are awesome people! We collaborate and team up with each other to find solutions to everyday problems related to poverty. They all jump right in and try to help out. Our volunteers are great role models for others because of their own lived experiences. They have a deep compassion for our many guests and they help them find their resilience, grit and strength while in the storms of life. Because of this, our team of volunteers have solid and practical ideas for helping our guests. Our volunteers bring joy, hope, respect and dignity to our homeless, hungry or lonely neighbors in Georgetown, DE. Our volunteers help us to provide food and clothing, we are sometimes referred to as The Jesus Office. Jesus is our Shepherd and this is why we are called ?The Shepherds Office. We believe that we are the Hands and Feet of our Shepherd Jesus. Our hope is to love and care for the poor as Jesus teaches us in the Bible so that no one falls through the serve and help others who are hurting in our community unconditionally. During 2023, we held 104 Worship Services, 156 Bible Studies, 312 Morning Prayers/Praises. We also have a Sunday Church Service every Sunday at 1 PM with a Free Lunch on Sundays at 1 PM. (Note: No one lives or sleeps at our Shepherds Office location overnight unless it is 32 degrees or below outside. We have been approved as a Code Purple Overnight Shelter during the winter when the temps fall below 32 degrees.)