Society for Christian Instruction

Analysis

Society for Christian Instruction is a registered charity in United States, based in Allendale, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1990, 36 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Society for Christian Instruction reported income of $6.7m and spending of $2.9m, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $1.6m to $6.7m (+315%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Society for Christian Instruction sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Special Olympics Missouri ($6.7m), Legal Aid Society Inc ($6.7m) and Mental Illness Recovery Center Inc ($6.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 40% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $13.3m against liabilities of $63k, net assets of $13.3m. It reported 114 employees.