Silver Lining Missions

Analysis

Silver Lining Missions is a registered charity in United States, based in San Jose, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 December 2023, Silver Lining Missions reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $961k to $1.7m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Silver Lining Missions sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newborns in Need Inc ($1.7m), Health and Medical Research Charities of America ($1.7m) and Parent Teacher Organization of Ravenwood High School Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $187k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $165k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 7 employees.