Berthas Mission

Analysis

Berthas Mission is a registered charity in United States, based in Bedford, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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, Berthas Mission reported income of $104k and spending of $164k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $80k to $104k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Berthas Mission sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Killeen Volunteers Inc ($104k), Family Clothes Tree Inc ($104k) and West End Pantry Inc ($104k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $57k. At year end it held assets of $196k against liabilities of $94k, net assets of $102k.