Leaving the Jar

Analysis

Leaving the Jar is a registered charity in United States, based in Centreville, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2019, 7 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, Leaving the Jar reported income of $131k and spending of $100k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $223k to $131k (-41%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Leaving the Jar sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Michael Grant Minitries Inc ($131k), Netlink Church Consulting Inc ($131k) and Freedom in Jesus Christ Charitable Trust ($131k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $246k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $246k.