Bethel Media

Analysis

Bethel Media is a registered charity in United States, based in Redding, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending July 2023, Bethel Media reported income of $2.2m and spending of $2.8m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income fell from $2.4m to $2.2m (-8.3%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bethel Media 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 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life for the Innocent ($2.2m), Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship ($2.2m) and Sonset Solutions Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 6.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $851k against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of -$478k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.