First Shiloh Baptist Church

Analysis

First Shiloh Baptist Church is a registered charity in United States, based in Orange, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, First Shiloh Baptist Church reported income of $609k and spending of $691k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $467k to $609k (+30%), an average of +5.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, First Shiloh Baptist Church sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 77th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ring Lake Ranch Inc ($609k), Iowa Catholic Radio Foundation ($609k) and Keys Ministries Inc ($608k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $131k (19% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $13k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $1.6m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.