Outside the Walls Ministries

Analysis

Outside the Walls Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Lubbock, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 December 2022, Outside the Walls Ministries reported income of $97k and spending of $141k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $421k to $97k (-77%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Outside the Walls Ministries sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Renewal Initiative Inc ($97k), Touch a Heart Foundation Inc ($97k) and Three Rivers House of Prayer ($97k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $14k against liabilities of $6, net assets of $14k.