The Corporation for the Relief of the Widows & Children of the Clerg

Analysis

The Corporation for the Relief of the Widows & Children of the Clerg is a registered charity in United States, based in Baltimore, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a suspense under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Corporation for the Relief of the Widows & Children of the Clerg reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.4m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $5.1m to $1.2m (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Corporation for the Relief of the Widows & Children of the Clerg sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rio Bravo Ministries ($1.2m), Irf Secretariat ($1.2m) and Trinity Center for World Mission Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 1.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $113k. At year end it held assets of $40.8m against liabilities of $9.3m, net assets of $31.6m. It reported 4 employees.