Community Ministries

Analysis

Community Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Paducah, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2013, 13 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, Community Ministries reported income of $649k and spending of $757k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $445k to $649k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 171%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Community Ministries sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Associated Baptist Press ($649k), Nefesh International Inc ($649k) and Jackson Charitable Foundation Inc ($649k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $50k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $134k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $22k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 7 employees.