Signposts Ministries

Analysis

Signposts Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Indian Trail, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 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, Signposts Ministries reported income of $59k and spending of $47k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $66k to $59k (-10%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 206%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Signposts Ministries sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 21st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sparta Education Foundation ($59k), Power of Dad Ministries ($59k) and Daniel Ministries of LA Inc ($59k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% of the total. At year end it held assets of $222k against liabilities of $135k, net assets of $87k.