Connect Ministries

Analysis

Connect Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Edmonds, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Connect Ministries reported income of $211k and spending of $159k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $325k to $211k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Connect Ministries sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Briland Modem Relief Fund ($210k), Friends of Maiti Nepal a Non-Profit Corporation ($211k) and Wall of Hope ($210k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $46k (29% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $605k against liabilities of $101k, net assets of $504k. It reported 1 employees.