Christian Help Inc

Analysis

Christian Help Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Morgantown, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Christian Help Inc reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.0m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $544k to $3.1m (+467%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Christian Help Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Families First in Essex County Inc ($3.1m), Feeding the Hungry ($3.1m) and Seattle Housing and Resource Effort ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $55k (1.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $139k. At year end it held assets of $736k against liabilities of $5,015, net assets of $731k. It reported 6 employees.