Ezra Leadership Institute

Analysis

Ezra Leadership Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Warrenton, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Ezra Leadership Institute reported income of $149k and spending of $194k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $88k to $149k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 249% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Ezra Leadership Institute sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid Atlantic Christian Ministries ($149k), Calvary Hill Church and Retreat Center ($149k) and Open the Gates Inc ($148k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.4% and program service revenue 50% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5.5m against liabilities of $99k, net assets of $5.4m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.