Bless the Children Ministries Inc

Analysis

Bless the Children Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Tulsa, OK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2012, 14 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, Bless the Children Ministries Inc reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.1m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $719k to $1.0m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Bless the Children Ministries Inc sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within OK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ibu Foundation ($1.0m), Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network Inc ($1.0m) and Fundepaz-Nyc Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $246k (22% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $15k. It paid $28k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $67k against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $57k. It reported 4 employees.