Hands of Mercy Outreach Center

Analysis

Hands of Mercy Outreach Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Fayetteville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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, Hands of Mercy Outreach Center reported income of $445k and spending of $431k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $202k to $445k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hands of Mercy Outreach Center sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rainbow Kitchen Community Services ($445k), Zezzo House Corporation ($445k) and Virginia Ffa Foundation Inc ($445k).

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 $225k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $225k.