True Life Youth Ministries
Analysis
True Life Youth Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Lebanon, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1991, 35 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, True Life Youth Ministries reported income of $1.3m and spending of $628k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $521k to $1.3m (+148%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.
Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, True Life Youth Ministries sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unity Revival Movement ($1.3m), Fields Retreat and Learning Center Inc ($1.3m) and Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches ($1.3m).
On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $307k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $7,858, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 12 employees.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Contributions & grants 92%
- Other 7.7%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Unity Revival Movement | Burnsville | $1.3m |
| Fields Retreat and Learning Center Inc | Annandale | $1.3m |
| Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches | Minneapolis | $1.3m |
| Pacific Northwest Outreach Inc | Brush Prairie | $1.3m |