Self Enquiry Life Fellowship

Analysis

Self Enquiry Life Fellowship is a registered charity in United States, based in Penn Valley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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, Self Enquiry Life Fellowship reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.7m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Self Enquiry Life Fellowship sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lightbearers Ministries International Inc ($1.7m), Freeway Ministries Inc ($1.7m) and Worldwide Discipleship Association Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $288k. At year end it held assets of $5.0m against liabilities of $522k, net assets of $4.5m. It reported 5 employees.