Metropolitan Baptist Church

Analysis

Metropolitan Baptist Church is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 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, Metropolitan Baptist Church reported income of $237k and spending of $110k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income grew from $184k to $237k (+29%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Metropolitan Baptist Church sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester Fellowship of Churches Inc ($237k), Carl Bauman Ministries International Inc ($237k) and Tom Harrison Pastoral Ministries Inc ($237k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $41k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 2 employees.