Bread Upon the Waters

Analysis

Bread Upon the Waters is a registered charity in United States, based in Burkeville, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Bread Upon the Waters reported income of $147k and spending of $223k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $230k to $147k (-36%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Bread Upon the Waters sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fairfield Womens Exchange Inc ($147k), Coast for Christ Baptist Ministries ($147k) and Alliance of Jamacian & American Humanitarians ($147k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5,466 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5,466.