Mission at the Cross

Analysis

Mission at the Cross is a registered charity in United States, based in Laurel, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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, Mission at the Cross reported income of $536k and spending of $586k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $754k to $536k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 337%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mission at the Cross sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ottawa Valley Center Incorporated ($536k), First United Methodist Day Care Center of Bowling Green Ohio ($536k) and Tucson Refugee Ministry ($536k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% of the total. At year end it held assets of $7.7m against liabilities of $709k, net assets of $7.0m.