Encounter Church

Analysis

Encounter Church is a registered charity in United States, based in Broken Arrow, OK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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 2022, Encounter Church reported income of $202k and spending of $233k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $155k to $202k (+31%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Encounter Church sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within OK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Victory Life Fellowship of CC Inc ($202k), Calvary Cornerstone ($202k) and Kevin Derryberry Ministries Inc ($202k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8,796 against liabilities of $90k, net assets of -$81k.