The Fund for Christian Service

Analysis

The Fund for Christian Service is a registered charity in United States, based in Westfield, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2012, 14 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, The Fund for Christian Service reported income of $4.1m and spending of $2.5m, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $4.1m (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Fund for Christian Service sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Joseph Real Estate Services Corporation ($4.1m), Faith Broadcasting Network Inc ($4.1m) and Philadelphia Waldorf Initiative Inc ($4.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $96k, net assets of $3.5m.