Messengers of Light Ministry Inc

Analysis

Messengers of Light Ministry Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lebanon, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2021, Messengers of Light Ministry Inc reported income of $376k and spending of $277k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2021, income grew from $255k to $376k (+48%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Messengers of Light Ministry Inc 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 66th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Radical Walk Inc ($376k), Reap International Inc ($376k) and Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research Inc ($376k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $61k (22% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $382k against liabilities of $40k, net assets of $342k.