Elohim Temple

Analysis

Elohim Temple is a registered charity in United States, based in Meriden, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Elohim Temple reported income of $72k and spending of $87k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $99k to $72k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Elohim Temple 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 28th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Consolidated Christian Ministries ($72k), Marine Reach - Family Care Centre ($72k) and Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Southwest Lousiana Inc ($72k).

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 $362k against liabilities of $279k, net assets of $84k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.