Diamond Willow Ministries

Analysis

Diamond Willow Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Thompson, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Diamond Willow Ministries reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.5m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Diamond Willow Ministries sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Passageways ($1.5m), Society for Handicapped Citizens Inc-Warren County ($1.5m) and Vernon Continuing Care Homes Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $511k. At year end it held assets of $5.6m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 24 employees.