Come and Reason Ministries

Analysis

Come and Reason Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Ooltewah, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Come and Reason Ministries reported income of $1.9m and spending of $952k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $995k to $1.9m (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Come and Reason Ministries sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hospice of Garrett County Inc ($1.9m), Crosstown Learning Center Inc ($1.9m) and Utah Parent Center Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 1.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $55k. At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $4.4m. It reported 2 employees.