Messiah Lifeways Community Support Services

Analysis

Messiah Lifeways Community Support Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Mechanicsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Messiah Lifeways Community Support Services reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.1m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $1.9m to $1.9m (-0.5%), an average of -0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Messiah Lifeways Community Support Services sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southwest Community Development Corp ($1.9m), Partnership for Resillence ($1.9m) and Playdate Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.0% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $216k against liabilities of $3.1m, net assets of -$2.9m. It reported 101 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.