Westerville Area Resource Ministry

Analysis

Westerville Area Resource Ministry is a registered charity in United States, based in Westerville, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Westerville Area Resource Ministry reported income of $3.0m and spending of $3.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $3.0m (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Westerville Area Resource Ministry 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 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Survivors of Torture International ($3.0m), The Center for Safer Communities ($3.0m) and Spanish Catholic Center Inc ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $114k (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $770k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $86k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 60 employees.