Alafia Baptist Church

Analysis

Alafia Baptist Church is a registered charity in United States, based in Mount Rainier, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1955, 71 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Alafia Baptist Church reported income of $255k and spending of $282k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2017 to December 2023, income grew from $130k to $255k (+95%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Alafia Baptist Church sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Vincent de Paul Particular Council of Cedar Rapids Iowa ($255k), Little League Baseball Inc ($255k) and Freedom Athletic Association ($255k).

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 $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.