Friends of the Department of Religious Studies

Analysis

Friends of the Department of Religious Studies is a registered charity in United States, based in Lawrence, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a organisation supporting a government-owned college or university under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Friends of the Department of Religious Studies reported income of $99k and spending of $5,659, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2023, income grew from $69k to $99k (+43%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 33% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of the Department of Religious Studies sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nicaraguan Christian Relief Ministries Inc ($99k), Dress Right Dress Inc ($99k) and His Supper Table ($99k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $999k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $999k.