Jamaica Relief Ministries Inc

Analysis

Jamaica Relief Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fair Play, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 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 May 2023, Jamaica Relief Ministries Inc reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income grew from $458k to $1.5m (+224%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Jamaica Relief Ministries Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 86th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southeast Alaska Food Bank ($1.5m), Well Beings ($1.5m) and Mexican Coalition for the Empowerment of Youth and Families ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 146% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $152k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $155k. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 43 employees.