SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

2601 S PARK RD, BETHEL PARK, PA 15102-3635

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

JENNIFER GEORGE, 2601 SOUTH PARK ROAD, BETHEL PARK, PA 15102

Signed the 990

JENNIFER GEORGE, TREASURER

Phone

(412) 854-9120

Website

WWW.SHIMCARES.ORG

Return prepared by

HOLSINGER PC

Mission

SHIM MOBILIZES COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND IMPLEMENTS SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS THAT COMPASSIONATELY HELP OUR NEIGHBORS MEET BASIC NEEDS, ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND BUILD COMMUNITY.

Program accomplishments

• 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.

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

25-1213332

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1970

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Religion-related (X90)

Assets (IRS master file)

$10,122,959

Income (IRS master file)

$6,430,890

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 25-1213332).

Questions about SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES

What is the EIN of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES?

The employer identification number (EIN) of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES is 25-1213332.

Is SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1970.

Are donations to SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JENNIFER GEORGE.

Who are the officers and directors of SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 22 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $154,586 (GUFFEY JAMES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,003,841, expenses of $4,388,410 and total assets of $10,122,959 at year end.

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