Bethlehem Christian Academy

Analysis

Bethlehem Christian Academy is a registered charity in United States, based in West Plains, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2013, 13 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, Bethlehem Christian Academy reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $553k to $1.1m (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Bethlehem Christian Academy 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 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include World Harvest Missions Outreach Inc ($1.1m), Partnership for Transparency Fund Inc ($1.1m) and Carolina for Kibera Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $318k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $318k.