Hands Up High Ministries

Analysis

Hands Up High Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Milton, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Hands Up High Ministries reported income of $78k and spending of $84k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $54k to $78k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Hands Up High Ministries sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Servants to the City International ($78k), Burbank Gospel Assembly Inc ($78k) and Kairos Ministries Guatemala - USA ($78k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $42k (49% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $28k against liabilities of $106k, net assets of -$77k. It reported 2 employees.

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.