Mesorah Inc

Analysis

Mesorah Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Silver Spring, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Mesorah Inc reported income of $517k and spending of $221k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $284k to $517k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mesorah Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 70th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lily Kelly Ministries ($517k), Emmaus Center Inc ($517k) and Beautiful Restoration Inc ($516k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 3.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $2.8m.