Mission West Foundation

Analysis

Mission West Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a private non-operating foundation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2020, Mission West Foundation reported income of $2.1m and spending of $215k, leaving 90% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2020, income grew from $72k to $2.1m (+2884%), an average of +2884% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 2884%. Over the whole period it spent 13% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mission West Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Victory Television Network Inc ($2.1m), John Paul II Healing Center Inc ($2.1m) and In Grace Ministries Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2020, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.4m.