Ministry with Community Inc

Analysis

Ministry with Community Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Kalamazoo, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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 September 2023, Ministry with Community Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $2.3m, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.8m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 49%. 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, Ministry with Community Inc 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 85th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alternatives to Violence Inc ($1.8m), Tavon Center ($1.8m) and Building Futures Inc ($1.8m).

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 $84k (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $9.9m against liabilities of $110k, net assets of $9.8m. It reported 57 employees.