Ablaze Ministries Inc

Analysis

Ablaze Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bryan, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2012, 14 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 2024, Ablaze Ministries Inc reported income of $455k and spending of $470k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2024, income fell from $909k to $455k (-50%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ablaze Ministries Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Heart of Texas Ministries LLC ($454k), Avatar Meher Baba Heartland Center ($455k) and MJ Dubbeld Ministries ($454k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $66k (14% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $183k against liabilities of $158k, net assets of $25k. It reported 19 employees.

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.