Carry the Cross Ministries

Analysis

Carry the Cross Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Paola, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2006, 20 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, Carry the Cross Ministries reported income of $233k and spending of $146k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $381k to $233k (-39%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Carry the Cross Ministries sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stepping Stone Ministry Inc ($233k), True Gospel Holiness Christian Center Inc ($233k) and Friends of Chabad of the Dominican ($233k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. It paid $1,883 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $925k against liabilities of $88k, net assets of $837k.