Downline Ministries

Analysis

Downline Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Germantown, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2005, 21 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 July 2023, Downline Ministries reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.3m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income fell from $1.5m to $1.4m (-9.7%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2020, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Downline Ministries sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Thomas Missionary Baptist Church Inc ($1.4m), Timothy International ($1.4m) and Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $285k (22% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $333k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $225k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 11 employees.