Serving Orphans and Widows Ministries

Analysis

Serving Orphans and Widows Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Chula Vista, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 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, Serving Orphans and Widows Ministries reported income of $428k and spending of $306k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $184k to $428k (+133%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Serving Orphans and Widows Ministries sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include San Mateo County Union Community Alliance ($428k), Love Inc - Heartland ($428k) and Family Counseling Service of Northern Utah Inc ($428k).

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 $654k against liabilities of $2,621, net assets of $651k.