Mustard Seed Ranch

Analysis

Mustard Seed Ranch is a registered charity in United States, based in Cookeville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2007, 19 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, Mustard Seed Ranch reported income of $1.1m and spending of $809k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $989k to $1.1m (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mustard Seed Ranch sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roots Academy Incorporated ($1.1m), Vermont Associates for Mexican Opportunity & Support Inc ($1.1m) and St Peters Kitchen Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 1.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $311k. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $103k, net assets of $4.1m. It reported 13 employees.