Zarephath Ministries

Analysis

Zarephath Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Gresham, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Zarephath Ministries reported income of $308k and spending of $276k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $270k to $308k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Zarephath Ministries sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brain Injury Association of Wyoming ($308k), Abigail E Keller Foundation ($308k) and Kidworks Learning Center ($308k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $226k against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $210k.