Sunflower Mission

Analysis

Sunflower Mission is a registered charity in United States, based in Stafford, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Sunflower Mission reported income of $877k and spending of $495k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $620k to $877k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Sunflower Mission sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Last Bell Ministries Inc ($876k), World Without Orphans Global ($878k) and Euphrates Institute ($876k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% and program service revenue 28% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.0m.