At the Cross Ministries

Analysis

At the Cross Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Chambersburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, At the Cross Ministries reported income of $435k and spending of $418k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $413k to $435k (+5.1%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, At the Cross Ministries sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Midwives Organized to Help Establish Self-Reliance Corporatio ($435k), Representative Payee Services ($435k) and Involveddad ($435k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 8.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $231k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $20k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 6 employees.