Absolute Ministries

Analysis

Absolute Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Auburn, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Absolute Ministries reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $717k to $1.2m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Absolute Ministries sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 81st percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Monadnock Area Peer Support Agency ($1.2m), Silence Aloud Inc ($1.2m) and Open Paths Counseling Center ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 49% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $120k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $369k. At year end it held assets of $649k against liabilities of $43k, net assets of $606k. It reported 16 employees.